21921Fundamentals of soil mechanics for sedimentary and residual soils
A concise introduction to basic soil mechanics, stress-strain behavior, testing, and design; In-depth coverage that spans the full scope of soil engineerring, from bearing capacity and foundation design to the stability of slopes; A focus on concepts and principles rather than methods, helping you avoid idealized versions of soid behavior and maintain a design approach that is consistent with real soils of the natural world. An abundance of worked problems throughout, demonstrating in some cases that conventional design techniques applicable to sedimentary soils are not valid for residual soils...
21922Fundamentals of speech science
This book addresses basic concepts in speech science in a clear manner which facilitates learning of technical material. In addition, the book contains over 170 illustrations to help explain important concepts in basic acoustics, anatomy, and physiology of speech production, resonance, and speech production. Six clearly defined chapters present the material in a clear, straightforward manner: Introduction; Anatomy and Physiology of Speech and Hearing Mechanisms; Basic Acoustics; Resonance; Acoustics of Speech Production; and Speech Perception. For anyone interested in speech language pathology and audiology.
21923Fundamentals of structural analysis
This volume focuses on the application of the concepts and principles of mechanics to the analysis of structures, rather than the routine solution of certain types and classes of existing structures. It covers both classical structural analysis and matrix analysis.
21924Fundamentals of structural mechanics: Second edition
This volume is an introduction to basic continuum mechanics that emphasizes variational formulations and numeric computation. This provides the prerequisite information for finite elements for graduate and advances undergraduate students in civil and mechanical engineering - a required course for all mechanical and civil engineering students.
21925Fundamentals of Taxation 2011: 4th ed.
This book is designed to not only expose beginning tax students to tax law, but to also teach the practical intricacies involved in preparation of a tax return. Emphasizing a hands-on approach to tax education, every concept introduced in the text includes meaningful exercises that allow students to reinforce what they are learning.
21926Fundamentals of telecommunications : 2nd ed.
Chapter1. Introductory concepts; Chapter 2. Signals convey intelligence; Chapter 3. Quality of service and telecommunication impairments; Chapter 4. Transmission and switching : cornerstones of a network; Chapter 5. Transmission aspects of voice telephony; Chapter 6. Digital networks; Chapter 7. Signaling; Chapter 8. Local and long-distance networks; Chapter 9. Concepts in transmission transport; Chapter 10. Data communications; Chapter 11. Enterprise networks I : local area networks; Chapter 12. Enterprise networks II : wide area networks; Chapter 13. Metropolitan area networks; Chapter 14. CCITT signaling system no. 7; Chapter 15. Voice-over packets in a packet network; Chapter 16. Television transmission.
21927Fundamentls of nursing: The art and science of nursing care: Sisth edition
Presenting eight units such foundations of nursing practice; Community-based settings for patient care; The nursing process; Promting health across the life span; Roles basic to nursing care; Action basic to nursing care; Promoting healthy psychosocial responses; Promoting healthy physiologic responses.
21928Fundraising with businesses : 40 new (and improved!) strategies for nonprofits
Presenting to Percentage-of-sales fundraisers; Register programs; Donation boxes; Hashtag fundaisers; Shopping fundraiser; Action-triggered fundraiser; Pin-to-give fundraiser; Text-to-give fundraiser; Cash donation; Product donation; Company giveaway fundraiser; New hire fundraiser.
21929Furnitecture : furniture that transforms space
Presents a wave of designers who are applying architectural techniques to create innovative new furnishing options, including bookshelves that can dynamically divide and reshape a room, chairs that create intimate room-like enclosures, and self-contained, expandable kitchen cubes.
21930Fusarium fujikuroi WQF5 isolated from Cephalotaxus mannii Hook.f. as a producer of antibacterial agent and paclitaxel
Cephalotaxus mannii Hook.f is a rare medicinal plant used for the treatment of leukemia, however, its fungal endophytes with antibacterial and anticancer properties have not been exploited yet. In this study, six fungal isolates were recovered from roots of C. mannii collected in Ha Giang province, Vietnam. Among them, ethyl acetate crude extract of strain WQF5 exhibited strong antibacterial activity against 5 tested pathogens with inhibition zones ranging from 13.0 ± 0.5 mm to 20.0 ± 0.4 mm. Sulforhodamine B assay showed that WQF5 extract possessed the most potent cytotoxic activity against lung cancer A549 and breast cancer MCF7 cell lines with IC50 values of 6.9 ± 0.7 µg/mL and 23.1 ± 1.9 µg/mL, respectively. PCR-based molecular marker screening revealed that the positive hits for essential genes encoding 10-deacetylbaccatin III-10-O-acetyltransferase (dbat) and C-13 phenylpropanoyl side chain-CoA acyltransferase (bapt) involved in paclitaxel production were found in the fungal isolate WQF5. In addition, isolate WQF5, identified as Fusarium fujikuroi by morphological and ITS analysis, also produced paclitaxel as shown by HPLC-DAD analysis. This is the first report of bioprospecting endophytic fungi isolated from C. mannii, in which the capability of producing paclitaxel of endophytic fungi was also proved for the first time. These findings addressed a potent candidate for paclitaxel production and provided excellent material for further investigations of how endophytic fungi from non-Taxus plant species synthesize paclitaxel.