Imagine No Religion: How Modern Abstractions Hide Ancient Realities By Carlin A. Barton; Daniel Boyarin
2016 | 328 Pages | ISBN: 0823271196 | PDF | 3 MB
What do we fail to see when we force other, earlier cultures into the Procrustean bed of concepts that organize our contemporary world? In Imagine No Religion, Carlin A. Barton and Daniel Boyarin map the myriad meanings of the Latin and Greek words religio and thrēskeia, frequently and reductively mistranslated as "religion," in order to explore the manifold nuances of their uses within ancient Roman and Greek societies. In doing so, they reveal how we can conceptualize anew and speak of these cultures without invoking the anachronistic concept of religion. From Plautus to Tertullian, Herodotus to Josephus, Imagine No Religion illuminates cultural complexities otherwise obscured by our modern-day categories.

IRON MAKING AND STEELMAKING: THEORY AND PRACTICE By GHOSH, A.; CHATTERJEE, A.
2008 | 482 Pages | ISBN: 812033289X | PDF | 7 MB
This authoritative account covers the entire spectrum from iron ore to finished steel. It begins by tracing the history of iron and steel production, right from the earlier days to today's world of oxygen steelmaking, electric steelmaking, secondary steelmaking and continuous casting. The physicochemical fundamental concepts of chemical equilibrium, activity-composition relationships, and structure-properties of molten metals are introduced before going into details of transport phenomena, i.e. kinetics, mixing and mass transfer in ironmaking and steelmaking pro-cesses. Particular emphasis is laid on the understanding of the fundamental principles of the processes and their application to the optimisation of actual processes. Modern developments in blast furnaces, including modelling and process control are discussed along with an introduction to the alternative methods of ironmaking. In the area of steelmaking, BOF plant practice including pre-treatment of hot metal, metallurgical features of oxygen steelmaking processes, and their control form part of the book. It also covers basic open hearth, electric arc furnace and stainless steelmaking, before discussing the area of casting of liquid steel-ingot casting, continuous casting and near net shape casting. The book concludes with a chapter on the status of the ironmaking and steelmaking in India. In line with the application of theoretical principles, several worked-out examples dealing with fundamental principles as applied to actual plant situations are presented. The book is primarily intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of metallurgical engineering. It would also be immensely useful to researchers in the area of iron and steel.

Home Blood Pressure Monitoring by George S. Stergiou
English | PDF | 2019 | 174 Pages | ISBN : 3030230643 | 3.8 MB
Hypertension remains a leading cause of disability and death worldwide. Self-monitoring of blood pressure by patients at home is currently recommended as a valuable tool for the diagnosis and management of hypertension. Unfortunately, in clinical practice, home blood pressure monitoring is often inadequately implemented, mostly due to the use of inaccurate devices and inappropriate methodologies. Thus, the potential of the method to improve the management of hypertension and cardiovascular disease prevention has not yet been exhausted.

Hathor: The History of the Ancient Egyptian Sky Goddess and Symbolic Mother of the Pharaohs by Charles River Editors
English | February 10, 2019 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B07NLM5DGH | 72 pages | EPUB | 1.85 Mb
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Hands-On Cloud-Native Microservices with Jakarta EE : Build Scalable and Reactive Microservices with Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift
by Luigi Fugaro and Mauro Vocale
English | 2019 | ISBN: 178883786X | 342 Pages | PDF/ePUB | 15.3 MB

Guns of Gore: U.S. Field Artillery Howitzers of the 20th Century by Independently published
English | May 18, 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0959BG3WJ | 135 pages | EPUB | 8.86 Mb
U.S. Army 20-year field artillery veteran Donald Yates leads you on a tour of the many different American howitzer systems of the 20th century. This book is loaded with over 80 photographs and illustrations, some never before published, along with facts about each weapon. The author also shares his opinions and experiences regarding the weapon systems in which he has first-hand experience operating. You'll see both mechanized and towed cannons used by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. Guns featured include: French 75 mm Model of 1897, 6-inch M1900, M1902 3-inch Field Gun, M1906 4.7-inch Gun,6-inch Siege Howitzer, Model of 1908, 8-inch Model of 1917, French GPF 155 mm Gun, Model of 1918, M1918 240 mm Howitzer, 155 mm Howitzer Model of 1917/18 (Schneider), 4.7-inch gun motor carriage, M1/M116 75 mm Pack Howitzer,M1/M115 8-inch, M1897A4 75 mm, M2A1/M101A1 105 mm, M12 155 mm Gun Motor Carriage, M44 155 mm Self Propelled, M1 240 mm howitzer, M3 105 mm, M43 8-inch Howitzer Motor Carriage, M37 105 mm Motorized Carriage, M40 155 mm Gun Motor Carriage, M41 155 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage, M53/ M55 Self Propelled Howitzers, M56 90 mm Self Propelled, M65 280 mm Motorized Carriage, M52 105 mm Self-propelled Howitzer, M107 175 mm Self Propelled, M108 155 mm Self Propelled Howitzer, M110A2 203 mm Self Propelled, M109 155 mm Self Propelled, M102 105 mm Howitzer, M119 105 mm, 1975, M198 155 mm, M109A6 Paladin, and M777 155 mm Howitzer.

Great Buildings By Philip Wilkinson
2012 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0756698294 | PDF | 103 MB

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Grabbing the Next Rung: The Heart of Leadership
English | 2021 | ASIN: B09C6HZ4ZX | 88 Pages | EPUB | 1 MB
Leadership starts with the heart. Busy executives sometimes promote individuals into leadership positions without time to share expectations or reinforce the importance of organizational leadership. What integral components help leaders achieve a successful, lasting impact? How can we support these at the heart of leadership? This book focuses on 8 Rungs of Leadership for leaders moving up the corporate ladder, including: your best fit in the business world, expectations of continual learning, interacting with people, commitment, innovation, and strategy. Each Rung of Leadership helps those considering a new leadership role or promotion to:

English | 2021 | ISBN-10: 1492092894 | 185 pages | PDF | 5.38 MB
Get quick hands-on experience with Google Cloud. This cookbook provides a variety of self-contained recipes that show you how to use Google Cloud services for your enterprise application. Whether you're looking for practical ways to apply microservices, AI, analytics, security, or networking solutions, these recipes take you step-by-step through the process and provide discussions that explain how and why the recipes work. Ideal for system engineers and administrators, developers, network and database administrators, and data analysts, this cookbook helps you get started with Google Cloud regardless of your level of experience. Google veterans Rui Costa and Drew Hodun also cover advanced-level Google Cloud services for those who have appreciable experience with the platform. Learn how to get started with Google Cloud Understand the depth of services Google Cloud provides Gain hands-on experience using practical examples and labs Explore topics that include BigQuery, Cloud Run, and Kubernetes Build and run mobile and web applications on Google Cloud Examine ways to build your cloud applications for scale Build a minimum viable product (MVP) app to use in production Learn data platform and pipeline skills

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Nada Moumtaz, "God's Property: Islam, Charity, and the Modern State (Volume 3) "
English | ISBN: 0520345878 | 2021 | 304 pages | PDF | 13 MB
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more atwww.luminosoa.org.