Contexts, Intertexts, and Hypertexts (Written Language Series.) (Written Language Series.)

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Hypertext is the term coined for the storage of electronic data, whether it be textual or graphic, in such a way that the whole file, in addition to, say, a word processor, becomes an electronic "concordance." This book positions hypertext in an interdisciplinary area created by the overlap of psychology, computer science and information science, in addition to assessing its importance in the field of electronic publishing. Rather than simply summarize everything that has gone before, it aims to provide a position statement from which further work can be suggested. This book will be of interest to researchers, software authors, publishers and anyone concerned with distributing information.

Text, ConText, and HyperText: Writing with and for the Computer (Digital Communication)

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Text, ConText, and HyperText: Writing with and for the Computer (Digital Communication)

Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Binding: Paperback

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In Text, ConText, and HyperText, twenty-seven experts present the most recent developments in three important areas of technical communication: the design of effective documentation, the impact of new technology and research on technical writing, and the training and management of technical writers. This first synthesis of diverse but related research provides a unique conceptualization of the field of computers and writing and documentation.

MTeach: a simple production framework for context-based educational hypermedia.: An article from: Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia

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MTeach: a simple production framework for context-based educational hypermedia.: An article from: Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia
Pier Luca Montessoro , Davide Pierattoni , and Riccardo Cicuttini
Manufacturer: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, published by Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) on December 22, 2003. The length of the article is 8448 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: MTeach: a simple production framework for context-based educational hypermedia.
Author: Pier Luca Montessoro
Publication: Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia (Refereed)
Date: December 22, 2003
Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
Volume: 12 Issue: 4 Page: 335(25)

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Text, Context, and Hypertext: Writing With and for the Computer

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Text, Context, and Hypertext: Writing With and for the Computer
Edward Barrett
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OQQRP2

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Text, ConText, and HyperText: Writing with and for the Computer.
Edward (Ed) Barrett
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OQGNVU

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Regional development is intrinsically related to the way in which the land is used. Given the rising awareness of the multifunctionality of the world's land resources, policy makers now face the complex task of accommodating multiple objectives of an increasing number of stakeholders in regional development. This implies a need for tools that can be employed to provide insights into the opportunities and limitations of land use. Those tools should be capable of quantifying trade-offs between socio-economic, sustainability, and environment-related policy objectives.
This book offers a detailed account of a range of interdisciplinary methodologies for land use analysis, developed over a twelve-year period (1986-1998) in Costa Rica, through collaborative research between three institutions: one from the North (Wageningen Agricultural University of The Netherlands), and two from the South (the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center [CATIE] and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock [MAG]). The methodologies span a number of spatial scales, ranging from the field level all the way to the national level. Concepts of systems analysis and information technology play a pivotal role in each of the methodologies. Together, they form a unique toolbox that deserves ample use in the process of agricultural policy design.
With the book, a complimentary CD-ROM is provided which contains a practical account of the methodologies presented, including a full documentation of models, manuals, a number of introductory exercises, as well as previously unavailable data sets. In this way, the CD-ROM offers an opportunity for familiarization with the methodologies by students, research specialists, and decision-makers alike.

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The biologist Jacques Loeb (1859-1924) helped to shape the practice of modern biological research through his radical emphasis on reductionist experimentation. This biography traces his career and convincingly argues that Loeb's desire to control organisms, manifested in studies of both reproduction and animal behavior, contributed to a new self-image for biologists. The author places Loeb's experiments and the controversies they generated in their intellectual and institutional contexts, tracing his influence on the development of behaviorism, genetics, and reproductive biology.

Controlling Life: Jacques Loeb and the Engineering Ideal in Biology. (book reviews): An article from: The Hastings Center Report

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Controlling Life: Jacques Loeb and the Engineering Ideal in Biology. (book reviews): An article from: The Hastings Center Report
Sheldon Krimsky
Manufacturer: Hastings Center
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from The Hastings Center Report, published by Hastings Center on June 1, 1988. The length of the article is 839 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Controlling Life: Jacques Loeb and the Engineering Ideal in Biology. (book reviews)
Author: Sheldon Krimsky
Publication: The Hastings Center Report (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 1988
Publisher: Hastings Center
Volume: v18 Issue: n3 Page: p39(2)

Article Type: Bibliography, Book Review

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Controlling Life. Jacques Loeb and the Engineering Ideal in Biology.

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Controlling Life. Jacques Loeb and the Engineering Ideal in Biology.
Jacques] Pauly, Philip J [Loeb
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JLNW3W

Controlling Life: Jacques Loeb & the Engineering Ideal in Biology,

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Controlling Life: Jacques Loeb & the Engineering Ideal in Biology,
Philip, Pauly
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKJ4JY

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Geophysical and Astrophysical Convection collects important papers from an international group of the world's foremost researchers in geophysical and astrophysical convection to present a concise overview of recent thinking in the field. Topics include: Atmospheric convection, solar and stellar convection, unsteady non-penetrative thermal convection, astrophysical convection and dynamos, dynamics of cumulus entertainment, turbulent convection: helical buoyant convection, transport phenomena, potential vorticity, rotating convective turbulence, and the modeling and simulation various types of convection and turbulence.

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This treatment of the branch of fluid mechanics known as hypersonic inviscid flow presents a unified, self-contained view of nonequilibrium effects, body geometries, and similitudes available in hypersonic flow and thin shock layer. Appropriate for graduate-level courses in hypersonic flow theory and courses dealing with compressible flow. 1966 edition.

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A Classic Text .......2005-07-05

This is a well-regarded, classic, treatment of the principles of hypersonic inviscid, external flow (primarily steady flow). While the book predates current CFD and experiments, it contains fundamental analysis and discussion useful to a scientist/engineer seeking an understanding of hypersonic flows around bodies in order to carry out such calculations and experiments. The clarity of presentation is superb and well-known for it. The authors are distinguished in the community for their large body of research work and have written/edited other texts such as the english translation of The Physics of Shock Waves and High-Temperature Hydrodynamic Phenomena by Zeldovich and Raizer- which is also a Dover book and of exceptional clarity and value and can be considered to be the unsteady-flow complement to the present book.
A reading of Hypersonic Inviscid Flow could be combined with readings of more recent texts or papers that include treatments of experiments/calculations with multi-reaction, chemical- kinetics coupling to the fluid flow, viscous flow consideration and current illustrative examples (for example the books written/edited by J. J. Bertin, amongst others )to get a comprehensive appreciation of the state-of the art in hypersonic flows.
The level of discussion is suitable for an advanced undergraduate or graduate in engineering/physics/applied math, or anyone with experience in undergraduate thermodynamics, fluid dynamics and vector calculus.

development of a Computer Code for Calculating the Steady super/hypersonic Inviscid Flow around Real Configurations, Volume I: Computational Technique

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development of a Computer Code for Calculating the Steady super/hypersonic Inviscid Flow around Real Configurations, Volume I: Computational Technique
Frank; Salas, Manuel; Yaeger, Larry Marconi
Manufacturer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KF4YHK

Hypersonic Flow Theory 2ND Edition Volume 1 Inviscid

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Hypersonic Flow Theory 2ND Edition Volume 1 Inviscid
Wallace Hayes
Manufacturer: ACADEMIC PRESS INC@
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000QABIG4

Research and Development Capabilities on Trajectory Analysis, Hypersonic Inviscid Flow Analysis, Reentry Thermochemistry and Heat Transfer Analysis, and Ablation Analysis

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Research and Development Capabilities on Trajectory Analysis, Hypersonic Inviscid Flow Analysis, Reentry Thermochemistry and Heat Transfer Analysis, and Ablation Analysis
Staff of Columbus Laboratories (eds)
Manufacturer: Columbus Laboratories
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KG8A74

Theoretical Studies of Inviscid Hypersonic Flows with Chemical Reactions (Reprint from the Volume 'the High Temperature Aspects of Hypersonic Flow', 1964)

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Theoretical Studies of Inviscid Hypersonic Flows with Chemical Reactions (Reprint from the Volume 'the High Temperature Aspects of Hypersonic Flow', 1964)
Roberto Vaglio-Laurin
Manufacturer: Defense Documentation Center
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KFMFQ2

Virtual Reality Transfer Protocol (VRTP): Implementing a Monitor Application for the Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) Using the JAVA Media Framework (JMF)

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Virtual Reality Transfer Protocol (VRTP): Implementing a Monitor Application for the Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) Using the JAVA Media Framework (JMF)

Manufacturer: Storming Media
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: 1423539427

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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A948573. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: The Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) supports the transmission of time-based media, such as audio and video, over wide-area networks (WANs), by adding synchronization and quality-of-service (QoS) feedback capabilities to the existing transport protocol. RTP has been widely used in the Multicast Backbone (MBone), a virtual network that has become a shared worldwide medium for Internet multicast communications. This work presents the design patterns, architecture and implementation of an RTP monitor application using the Java Media Framework (JMF), a new Java Application Programming Interface (API) for multimedia support. An RTP monitor is an application that receives packets from all participants in a multicast session in order to estimate the quality of service for distribution monitoring, fault diagnosis and both short and long- term statistics. This new RTP monitor is available as a component of the Virtual Reality Transfer Protocol (vrtp), a protocol being developed to support large- scale virtual environments (LSVEs) over the Internet. Initial test results are satisfactory for audio and video streams, as well as prototype RTP-compliant Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) protocol streams. Future work includes automated monitoring across WANs and standardizing structured data formats to comply with Management Information Base (MIB) requirements using Extensible Markup Language (XML) target set definitions.

Analytical comparison of hypersonic flight and wind tunnel viscous/inviscid flow fields (NASA contractor report)

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Analytical comparison of hypersonic flight and wind tunnel viscous/inviscid flow fields (NASA contractor report)
H. J Fivel
Manufacturer: For sale by the National Technical Information Service
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

An approximate Riemann solver for thermal and chemical nonequilibrium flows (SuDoc NAS 1.26:195003)

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An approximate Riemann solver for thermal and chemical nonequilibrium flows (SuDoc NAS 1.26:195003)
Ramadas K. Prabhu
Manufacturer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center National Technical Information Service, distributor
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00010O4EC

An axisymmetric analog two-layer convective heating procedure with application to the evaluation of space shuttle orbiter wing leading edge and windeward surface heating (SuDoc NAS 1.26:188343)

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An axisymmetric analog two-layer convective heating procedure with application to the evaluation of space shuttle orbiter wing leading edge and windeward surface heating (SuDoc NAS 1.26:188343)
K. C. Wang
Manufacturer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Technical Information Service, distributor]
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

CFD study of turbo-Ramjet interactions in hypersonic airbreathing propulsion system final report : under contract NAG3-1500 (SuDoc NAS 1.26:202418)

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CFD study of turbo-Ramjet interactions in hypersonic airbreathing propulsion system final report : under contract NAG3-1500 (SuDoc NAS 1.26:202418)
Ing Chuang
Manufacturer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Technical Information Service, distributor
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0001111XI

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The deliciously nasty, highly entertaining, comic masterpiece of a thriller-a cult favorite of Stephen Fry and Julian Barnes. A cult classic in the UK since its first publication there in the 1970s, Don't Point that Thing at Me is the hilarious and dark humored crime thriller featuring the Honorable Charlie Mortdecai: degenerate aristocrat, amoral art dealer, seasoned epicurean, unwilling assassin, and general knave-about-Piccadilly. With his thuggish manservant Jock, Mortdecai endures all manner of nastiness involving secret police, angry foreign governments, stolen paintings, and dead clients, all just to make a dishonest living—while decked out in the most stylish garb and drinking the most bizarre alcoholic cocktails. Don't miss the brilliant mixture of comedy, crime, and suspense.

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now for something completely different.......2006-06-15

"Don't Point that Thing at Me" reads like nothing else. The closest approximation isn't in print: It's the televised Blackadder series, which has a similiar misanthropic anti-hero who can't get a break. The hilarious misadventures of amoral, cowardly, selfish but brilliant Charles Mortdecai (get it? death and decay right in the name) is the antidote to any overly saccharine British cozy.

I've just finished Bonfiglioli's dark debut novel, and I can't wait to read the sequel, "After You With the Pistol." Too bad there are only three novels in the series!

Like nothing I'd ever read.......2006-02-24

A friend gave me 'Don't Point that Thing at Me' and recommended it highly. He didn't explain why it was good, but merely placed it in my hand and urged me to read. I now understand the difficulty in communicating why this book is so wonderful. It is the characterization that shines in ways that is not simple to understand or describe.

The novel begins as Charlie Mortdecai, the clever main character, puts one over on the police in a light-hearted fashion. Only a few scenes later, Charlie is being tortured by these same people. I was surprised by the harsh turn and wasn't sure how I felt about it (although Charlie took it with grace and kept the British end up). At this point I knew I wasn't reading generic mystery fiction.

The novel swings like a pendulum between bright and murky so quickly that it is often bewildering. If strict plot is what you read a mystery for, avoid this novel as it has many plot holes and a conclusion that is fairly improbable. If, on the other hand, you enjoy oddly compelling characters (as unique as Suskind's Grenouille from Perfume or Mcdonald's Fletch), this book is a real and rare find.

Indulgent, witty fun.......2005-10-18

As has been noted, if you're looking for a traditional detective story, you won't be served well by this book. Yes, there's a mystery (though the plot is a bit convoluted), but the real draw is the narrator -- a debauched cad of an art dealer -- and the author's deft passages:

"Your mother and father met only once. Money changed hands. A dime, probably."

It's a guilty pleasure of novel, and while it can't quite compete with Hammett or Chandler, it's not fundamentally the same sort of novel. In the end, I didn't care who killed who; I was just sad this series of clever, lurid misadventures came to an end. Time to order the next one.

Oh, how I wanted to like this book........2005-10-11

Because of Leo Carey's wry, admiring, melancholy essay in THE NEW YORKER, I grabbed this novel and its two sequels when I found them at a local used bookstore, and oh, how I wanted to like them more than I ended up doing. But they're just not as good as the hype. They drift all over the place [to be fair, Carey admitted that devotees of mysteries would find these books too undisciplined], and the narrator's aggressively amoral personality -- imagine P. G. Wodehouse's Bertie Wooster crossed with Jonathan Gash's Lovejoy -- can wear on one after a while. The plots are made of Swiss cheese, at best, and these books are also sadly dated in their views of women. Maybe it's because I read the Lovejoy books before these -- if I had come to them without knowing about Lovejoy, I would have enjoyed them more.

Things!.......2004-11-12

A quick, dark, and amusing read. The writing is clever and results in more than a few chuckles (although the mystery and solution is fairly average). I must admit, this was a gift from my mostly illiterate spouse or I otherwise wouldn't have read it. For once, I'm glad for the old hen because I enjoyed this book. Didn't much care for her pithy inscription though ("I mean it, Love Bess"). Nevertheless (and as is the norm), the last laugh was on her when I changed the That to Those and added an s to Thing in the title. A line through her inscription and the replacement "I'm talking about your BIG buttocks" resulted in yet another book soaring past my regular-sized noggin'. Recommended (the book, not the spouse).

Don't Point That Thing at Me: A Charlie Mortdecai Mystery (Unabridged)

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Don't Point That Thing at Me: A Charlie Mortdecai Mystery (Unabridged)
Kyril Bonfiglioli
Manufacturer: audible.com
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Download
ASIN: B000EF7X0G

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