Download or read book On Trails written by Robert Moor and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 2009, while thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, Robert Moor began to wonder about the paths that lie beneath our feet: How do they form? Why do some improve over time while others fade? What makes us follow or strike off on our own? Over the course of the next seven years, Moor traveled the globe, exploring trails of all kinds, from the miniscule to the massive. He learned the tricks of master trail-builders, hunted down long-lost Cherokee trails, and traced the origins of our road networks and the Internet. In each chapter, Moor interweaves his adventures with findings from science, history, philosophy, and nature writing--combining the nomadic joys of Peter Matthiessen with the eclectic wisdom of Lewis Hyde's The Gift. Throughout, Moor reveals how this single topic--the oft-overlooked trail--sheds new light on a wealth of age-old questions: How does order emerge out of chaos? How did animals first crawl forth from the seas and spread across continents? How has humanity's relationship with nature and technology shaped the world around us? And, ultimately, how does each of us pick a path through life? With a breathtaking arc that spans from the dawn of animal life to the digital era, On Trails is a book that makes us see our world, our history, our species, and our ways of life anew"--Book jacket flap.
Download or read book Path integral methods and their applications written by and published by Allied Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Best Care at Lower Cost written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-05-10 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's health care system has become too complex and costly to continue business as usual. Best Care at Lower Cost explains that inefficiencies, an overwhelming amount of data, and other economic and quality barriers hinder progress in improving health and threaten the nation's economic stability and global competitiveness. According to this report, the knowledge and tools exist to put the health system on the right course to achieve continuous improvement and better quality care at a lower cost. The costs of the system's current inefficiency underscore the urgent need for a systemwide transformation. About 30 percent of health spending in 2009-roughly $750 billion-was wasted on unnecessary services, excessive administrative costs, fraud, and other problems. Moreover, inefficiencies cause needless suffering. By one estimate, roughly 75,000 deaths might have been averted in 2005 if every state had delivered care at the quality level of the best performing state. This report states that the way health care providers currently train, practice, and learn new information cannot keep pace with the flood of research discoveries and technological advances. About 75 million Americans have more than one chronic condition, requiring coordination among multiple specialists and therapies, which can increase the potential for miscommunication, misdiagnosis, potentially conflicting interventions, and dangerous drug interactions. Best Care at Lower Cost emphasizes that a better use of data is a critical element of a continuously improving health system, such as mobile technologies and electronic health records that offer significant potential to capture and share health data better. In order for this to occur, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, IT developers, and standard-setting organizations should ensure that these systems are robust and interoperable. Clinicians and care organizations should fully adopt these technologies, and patients should be encouraged to use tools, such as personal health information portals, to actively engage in their care. This book is a call to action that will guide health care providers; administrators; caregivers; policy makers; health professionals; federal, state, and local government agencies; private and public health organizations; and educational institutions.
Download or read book Methods of Achieving the Paths written by Lobsang Tharchin (Sermey Khensur Rinpoche) and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Critical Path Method written by Arnold Kaufmann and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1969 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graphs and sequencing; Establishing a program of research of production; Generalizing the PERT method; Optimizing the economic function of costs.
Download or read book Path Integral Methods written by Taro Kashiwa and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing a self-contained step-by-step explanation, this book provides a guide to path integral methods for readers with a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics
Download or read book Techniques and Applications of Path Integration written by L. S. Schulman and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10-10 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this text develops the techniques of path integration and deals with applications, covering a host of illustrative examples. 26 figures. 1981 edition.
Download or read book Path Integral Methods in Quantum Field Theory written by R. J. Rivers and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988-10-27 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The applications of functional integral methods introduced in this text for solving a range of problems in quantum field theory will prove useful for students and researchers in theoretical physics and quantum field theory.
Download or read book Compressive Force Path Method written by Michael D Kotsovos and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-04 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a method which simplifies and unifies the design of reinforced concrete (RC) structures and is applicable to any structural element under both normal and seismic loading conditions. The proposed method has a sound theoretical basis and is expressed in a unified form applicable to all structural members, as well as their connections. It is applied in practice through the use of simple failure criteria derived from first principles without the need for calibration through the use of experimental data. The method is capable of predicting not only load-carrying capacity but also the locations and modes of failure, as well as safeguarding the structural performance code requirements. In this book, the concepts underlying the method are first presented for the case of simply supported RC beams. The application of the method is progressively extended so as to cover all common structural elements. For each structural element considered, evidence of the validity of the proposed method is presented together with design examples and comparisons with current code specifications. The method has been found to produce design solutions which satisfy the seismic performance requirements of current codes in all cases investigated to date, including structural members such as beams, columns, and walls, beam-to-beam or column-to-column connections, and beam-to-column joints.
Download or read book Critical Path Methods in Construction Practice written by James M. Antill and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1991-01-08 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated and revised edition of the standard work on the use of critical path methods (CPM) in the construction industry. Describes the mechanics and procedures of CPM in construction planning and works control and demonstrates its application to large and small projects alike. Emphasis is not on the mathematics--the stress here is on the solution of problems commonly encountered in construction practice.
Download or read book Critical Path Method written by M. Krishnamoorthy and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Atomic Habits written by James Clear and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 20 million copies sold! Translated into 60+ languages! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field. Learn how to: make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy); overcome a lack of motivation and willpower; design your environment to make success easier; get back on track when you fall off course; ...and much more. Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.
Download or read book Methods of Bosonic Path Integrals Representations written by Luiz C. L. Botelho and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The special Internet categories are: Physics; Engineering Quantum Physics; and Applied Mathematics. The emphasis in this monograph is on non-trivial path integral variable change on previously obtained path integral solutions for difficult stochastic and functional equations by keeping the main objective to arrive at...another path integral which the author expects to be in a 'final' suitable form of become predictive. Note that path-integrals are mathematical objects specially tailored to the work of our modern 'slavers': computer machines.
Download or read book Automated Reasoning with Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods written by Neil V. Murray and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-07-31 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Analytic Tableaux and Related Methods, TABLEAUX'99, held in Saratoga Springs, NY, USA, in June 1999. The volume presents 18 revised full papers and three system descriptions selected from 41 submissions. Also included are system comparisons and abstracts of an invited paper and of two tutorials. All current issues surrounding mechanization of reasoning with tableaux and similar methods are addressed - ranging from theoretical foundations to implementation and systems development and applications, as well as covering a broad variety of logic calculi. As application areas, formal verification of software and computer systems, deductive databases, knowledge representation, and systems diagnosis are covered.
Download or read book Paths to the Professoriate written by Ann E. Austin and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2004-03-29 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Download or read book Astral Projection A Path to Inner Peace and Self discovery Proven Techniques and Methods for Learning to Travel Astral Plain written by Jeremiah Amos and published by Jeremiah Amos. This book was released on with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Astral Projection Beginner’s Guide offers an exclusive look inside the realm of the spiritual world, which is largely unknown to many individuals in today’s society. The techniques explained in this book are very clear and doable, requiring no specialized knowledge and no mystic powers. They are techniques that you will find, at face value, too ordinary to believe. Yet once you get to practice them you will clear any doubts you ever had about ordinary people doing extraordinary things. You will be a living testimony that all you need is basic but important knowledge to do what a mystic can do in terms of astral projection. In the guide you will: · Learn about my special technique that has resulted in out of body experiences · Lots of references and links to outside teachers and resources · Learn about the Vibration State and why it's so important to inducing an out of body experience · Learn about Sleep Paralysis and how it's related to Astral Projection Written by a seasoned practitioner of astral projection and this book is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in exploring the frontiers of consciousness? With step-by-step instructions, practical tips, and fascinating insights, "The Ultimate Guide to Astral Projection and will take you on an unforgettable journey beyond the limits of reality.
Download or read book Creating Paths of Change written by Will McWhinney and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1997-05-07 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the reader with a strategy for making changes and resolving issues more effectively. This book addresses the problems faced in the daily operations of organizational life and offers a foundation and theory for effective and sustained issue resolution.
