The Baghdad Set

The Baghdad Set

Author: Adrian O'Sullivan

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-05-06

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 3030151832

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This book provides the first ever intelligence history of Iraq from 1941 to 1945, and is the third and final volume of a trilogy on regional intelligence and counterintelligence operations that includes Nazi Secret Warfare in Occupied Persia (Iran) (2014), and Espionage and Counterintelligence in Occupied Persia (Iran) (2015). This account of covert operations in Iraq during the Second World War is based on archival documents, diaries, and memoirs, interspersed with descriptions of all kinds of clandestine activity, and contextualized with analysis showing the significance of what happened regionally in terms of the greater war. After outlining the circumstances of the rise and fall of the fascist Gaylani regime, Adrian O’Sullivan examines the activities of the Allied secret services (CICI, SOE, SIS, and OSS) in Iraq, and the Axis initiatives planned or mounted against them. O'Sullivan emphasizes the social nature of human intelligence work and introduces the reader to a number of interesting, talented personalities who performed secret roles in Iraq, including the distinguished author Dame Freya Stark.


Shipboard Automatic Identification System Displays

Shipboard Automatic Identification System Displays

Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for Evaluating Shipboard Display of Automated Identification Systems

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0309085500

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Assesses the state of the art in Automatic Identification System (AIS) display technologies, evaluates system designs and capabilities, and reviews the human factors aspects associated with operating these systems.


Multimodal Concepts for Integration of Cytotoxic Drugs

Multimodal Concepts for Integration of Cytotoxic Drugs

Author: Martin J. Brown

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-08-06

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 3540356622

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The first part of this book summarizes the rationale and the preclinical data for combined treatment with ionizing radiation and pharmaceutical agents. Individual chapters focus on forms of combined treatment, with due consideration being given to a range of drugs and to emerging combinations with small molecules and antibodies. The second part comprises a series of disease-specific chapters in which the clinical results of combined modality treatment are presented.


Souls of the Sea

Souls of the Sea

Author: Damien Tiernan

Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland

Published: 2012-08-30

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1444743937

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In January 2007, within the space of only six days, three large fishing boats - the Pere Charles, the Honey Dew II and the Renegade - capsized and sank off the south east coast of Ireland. There were eleven crewmen on board the three vessels. In a tragic week, seven fishermen lost their lives in storm-force winds and waves. In Souls of the Sea, Damien Tiernan gets to the heart of the tragedy that stunned Ireland and made headlines around the world. He talks to the families of those who drowned, as well as to the survivors from the sunken boats; to the rescue crews and weather forecasters, and to the ordinary people who turned out in their hundreds to search the shoreline for clues as to what happened. A vivid picture emerges of brave and resourceful men and women who continue to forge unique communities in the face of adversity. Souls of the Sea is a memorial to the seven men who were lost.


Climate Adaptation and Resilience Across Scales

Climate Adaptation and Resilience Across Scales

Author: Nicholas B. Rajkovich

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-11-15

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1000470997

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Climate Adaptation and Resilience Across Scales provides professionals with guidance on adapting the built environment to a changing climate. This edited volume brings together practitioners and researchers to discuss climate-related resilience from the building to the city scale. This book highlights North American cases that deal with issues such as climate projections, public health, adaptive capacity of vulnerable populations, and design interventions for floodplains, making the content applicable to many locations around the world. The contributors in this book discuss topics ranging from how built environment professionals respond to a changing climate, to how the building stock may need to adapt to climate change, to how resilience is currently being addressed in the design, construction, and operations communities. The purpose of this book is to provide a better understanding of climate change impacts, vulnerability, and resilience across scales of the built environment. Architects, urban designers, planners, landscape architects, and engineers will find this a useful resource for adapting buildings and cities to a changing climate.


Advances in Neuroergonomics and Cognitive Engineering

Advances in Neuroergonomics and Cognitive Engineering

Author: Hasan Ayaz

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-07-03

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13: 303080285X

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This book offers a broad overview of the field of cognitive engineering and neuroergonomics, covering emerging practices and future trends toward the harmonious integration of human operators and computational systems. It gathers both theoretical and practice-oriented studies on mental workload and stress, activity theory, human reliability, error and risk. It covers applications in various field, and corresponding strategies to make assistive technologies more user-oriented. Further, the book describes key advances in our understanding of cognitive processes, including mechanisms of perception, memory, reasoning, and motor response, with a particular focus on their role in interactions between humans and other elements of computer-based systems. Gathering the proceedings of the AHFE 2021 Conferences on Neuroergonomics and Cognitive Engineering, Industrial Cognitive Ergonomics and Engineering Psychology, and Cognitive Computing and Internet of Things, held virtually on July 25-29, 2021, from USA, this book offers extensive information and a thought-provoking guide for researchers and practitioners in cognitive engineering, neuroergonomics and their applications.


Progress in Vehicle Aerodynamics and Thermal Management

Progress in Vehicle Aerodynamics and Thermal Management

Author: Jochen Wiedemann

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-12-04

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 3319678221

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The books presents latest information about new car developments, new or improved testing techniques and new or improved calculation procedures. Presenters are from industry and academia.