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Thermodynamics and Chemistry - Second Edition

Contributor: DeVoe

Publisher: Howard DeVoe

License: CC BY

Thermodynamics and Chemistry is designed primarily as a textbook for a one-semester course in classical chemical thermodynamics at the graduate or undergraduate level. It can also serve as a supplementary text and thermodynamics reference source.

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An Introduction to Nutrition

Publisher: Independent

License: CC BY-NC-SA

Welcome to Essentials of Nutrition: A Functional Approach! This book is written for students who are not majoring in nutrition, but want to learn about the fundamental aspects of nutrition and how it applies to their own lives. We have written this book with the assumption that you have little or no prior knowledge of college level chemistry, biology, or physiology. But that does not mean it’s not scientific! Nutrition is a science-based discipline, so all the material included is backed up by rigorous scientific research, but it is presented in a clear, easy-to-understand fashion without requiring a background in science.

(13 reviews)

Phylogenetic Comparative Methods

Contributor: Harmon

Publisher: Luke J. Harmon

License: CC BY

This is a book about Phylogenetic Comparative Methods by Luke J. Harmon.

(2 reviews)

Slurry Transport: Fundamentals, A Historical Overview & The Delft Head Loss & Limit Deposit Velocity Framework - 2nd Edition

Contributor: Miedema

Publisher: TU Delft Open

License: CC BY-NC-SA

In dredging, trenching, (deep sea) mining, drilling, tunnel boring and many other applications, sand, clay or rock has to be excavated.The book covers horizontal transport of settling slurries (Newtonian slurries). Non-settling (non-Newtonian) slurries are not covered.

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The Delft Sand, Clay & Rock Cutting Model

Contributor: Miedema

Publisher: TU Delft Open

License: CC BY-NC-SA

In dredging, trenching, (deep sea) mining, drilling, tunnel boring and many other applications, sand, clay or rock has to be excavated. This book gives an overview of cutting theories. It starts with a generic model, which is valid for all types of soil (sand, clay and rock) after which the specifics of dry sand, water saturated sand, clay, atmospheric rock and hyperbaric rock are covered. For each soil type small blade angles and large blade angles, resulting in a wedge in front of the blade, are discussed. For each case considered, the equations/model for the cutting forces, power and specific energy are given. The models are verified with laboratory research, mainly at the Delft University of Technology, but also with data from literature.

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Environmental Biology

Contributor: Fisher

Publisher: Open Oregon Educational Resources

License: CC BY

This open textbook covers the most salient environmental issues, from a biological perspective. The text is designed for an introductory-level college science course. Topics include the fundamentals of ecology, biodiversity, pollution, climate change, food production, and human population growth.

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Advanced Water Mathematics

Contributors: Alvord and Blasberg

Publisher: College of the Canyons

License: CC BY

Learning and Understanding Mathematical Concepts in the Areas of Water Distribution and Water Treatment

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Health Education

Contributor: of the Canyons

Publisher: College of the Canyons

License: CC BY

Readers will learn about the nature of health, health education, health promotion and related concepts. This will help to understand the social, psychological and physical components of health.

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Kansas State University Human Nutrition Flexbook

Contributor: Lindshield

License: CC BY

The Kansas State University Human Nutrition (FNDH 400) Flexbook is a textbook for students taking Kansas State University FNDH 400 course.FNDH 400 is a 3-hour, intermediate-level, human nutrition course at Kansas State University take primarily by sophomores and juniors because it has prerequisites of a college biology and chemistry courses.

(5 reviews)

American Environmental History

Contributor: Allosso

Publisher: Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project

License: CC BY-SA

For too long the environment has been considered little more than a neutral background to history. This text surveys findings of the new field of Environmental History about how the environment of the Americas influenced the actions of people here and how people affected their environments, from prehistory to the present.

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