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2024-01-14T01:08:55Z
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2024-01-14T01:14:46Z
2024-01-14T01:14:46Z
Writing for Inquiry and Research
<img alt="Read more about Writing for Inquiry and Research" title="Writing for Inquiry and Research cover image" class="cover " width="813" height="1053" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTA1ODIsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--acfd6ff3293038633be77e662c43d59c19eb73e7/writingfor.jpg" />Writing for Inquiry and Research guides students through the composition process of writing a research paper. The book divides this process into four chapters that each focus on a genre connected to research writing: the annotated bibliography, proposal, literature review, and research essay. Each chapter provides significant guidance with reading, writing, and research strategies, along with significant examples and links to external resources. This book serves to help students and instructors with a writing-project-based approach, transforming the research process into an accessible series of smaller, more attainable steps for a semester-long course in research writing. Additional resources throughout the book, as well as in three appendices, allow for students and instructors to explore the many facets of the writing process together.
1542
2024-01-01T00:00:00Z
2024-01-22T19:25:45Z
Radio Systems Engineering - Revised First Edition
<img alt="Read more about Radio Systems Engineering - Revised First Edition" title="Radio Systems Engineering - Revised First Edition cover image" class="cover " width="374" height="484" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTAzNDgsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--4620f9d0a35d5cfc24c2cc619ec89278cd3071e2/Cover%20-%20Radio%20Systems%20Engineering%201Re.png" />Using a systems framework, this textbook provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the performance, analysis, and design of radio systems for students and practicing engineers. Presented within a consistent framework, the first part of the book describes the fundamentals of the subject: propagation, noise, antennas, and modulation. The analysis and design of radios including RF circuit design and signal processing is covered in the second half of the book. Key features Numerous examples within the text involve realistic analysis and design activities, and emphasize how practical experiences may differ from theory or taught procedures. RF circuit design and analysis is presented with minimal involvement of Smith charts, enabling students to more readily grasp the fundamentals. Both traditional and software-defined/direct sampling technology are described with pros and cons of each strategy explained. Are you reviewing or adopting this book for a course? Please help us understand your use by filling out this form: https://bit.ly/interest_radiosystemsengineering_revised1st Radio Systems Engineering (Revised First Edition) was previously published by Cambridge University Press (2016) ISBN 9781107068285. This version is © Steven W. Ellingson and has been lightly updated to correct known errata, minor issues with text and figures, and to present examples in color highlight boxes and some figures in color. It is made freely available and under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial International License (CC BY NC 4.0) with permission from Cambridge University Press.
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2023-12-04T20:18:51Z
2024-01-04T22:52:49Z
Methods for Stress Management
<img alt="Read more about Methods for Stress Management" title="Methods for Stress Management cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="233" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTAzNDAsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--113811edc66ba76c1cd5eac36b46e40e7e8c39d0/hurry-2119711_1920-350x233.jpg" />Stress is a feeling you get when faced with a challenge. In small doses, stress can be good for you because it makes you more alert and gives you a burst of energy. For instance, if you start to cross the street and see a car about to run you over, that jolt you feel helps you to jump out of the way before you get hit. But feeling stressed for a long time can take a toll on your mental and physical health. Even though it may seem hard to find ways to de-stress with all the things you have to do, it’s important to find those ways. Your health depends on it.
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2023-11-29T20:21:50Z
2023-11-29T20:21:50Z
Piacere!: Elementary Italian at The University of Iowa
<img alt="Read more about Piacere!: Elementary Italian at The University of Iowa" title="Piacere!: Elementary Italian at The University of Iowa cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="534" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTAzMjcsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--b2a363246ffd029d5e8042ae0be548097e62fc8a/Piacere_Cover-350x534.jpg" />Piacere! is an elementary Italian open-access textbook authorized by the Italian faculty of The University of Iowa. A comprehensive and flexible e-textbook, this Open Education Resource aims to support students’ acquisition of the grammar and vocabulary that ensure meaningful communication as well as to enhance students’ familiarity with Italian culture. Piacere! is divided into twenty-one units, which revolve around a specific theme, in order to facilitate a comprehensive learning and use of the language. Units include the following components: grammar, vocabulary, conversations, and readings. While in its organization the textbook is meant to offer the students with a flexible and approachable individual study experience, each component may be easily translated into classroom activities.
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2023-11-01T04:46:24Z
2023-11-20T15:14:02Z
Reading Social Science Methods
<img alt="Read more about Reading Social Science Methods" title="Reading Social Science Methods cover image" class="cover " width="845" height="1096" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTAyNDMsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--9788fb7312b07cf4b1563434e2522eed5d9645b9/Screenshot%202023-10-31%20at%2011.39.16%20PM.png" />Science has great potential to benefit society, but this potential comes with risks as well. Directed at introductory level social science and humanities majors, this textbook teaches the rules and limits of social science methods. Reisner starts from the assumption that it is not necessary to be able to do research to read and judge the soundness of research publications. The chapters guide students through an explicit set of rules for reading research articles developed from three common research methods: content analysis, survey research, and experimental method.
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2023-10-25T03:24:39Z
2023-10-25T03:26:10Z
Finding Balance: Collaborative Workflows for Risk Management in Sharing Cultural Heritage Collections Online
<img alt="Read more about Finding Balance: Collaborative Workflows for Risk Management in Sharing Cultural Heritage Collections Online" title="Finding Balance: Collaborative Workflows for Risk Management in Sharing Cultural Heritage Collections Online cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="524" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTAxNDksInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--616ae3e52649bfc257a36303b5a14c4b6a0cad03/cover-option-3-350x524.jpg" />Digitizing rare and unique historical documents so they can be shared online is mission-critical work for most cultural heritage institutions, but it can be difficult to complete this work, especially intellectual property rights management, at a scale that matches user demand. The authors of this open educational resource offer guidance for creating scalable, cross-functional workflows using a risk-management approach that increases efficiency and distributes responsibility for rights assessment work more equitably across stakeholders. It includes advice for navigating knowledge gaps, building an engaged team with the right skillsets, reimagining workflows, and rethinking traditional archival processing workflows to build capacity for rights analysis during arrangement and description. Each chapter includes a helpful exercise for implementing this guidance in your own institution.
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2023-10-21T18:09:46Z
2023-10-21T18:09:46Z
Power, Profit, and Privilege: Problematizing Scholarly Publishing
<img alt="Read more about Power, Profit, and Privilege: Problematizing Scholarly Publishing" title="Power, Profit, and Privilege: Problematizing Scholarly Publishing cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="525" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTAwODQsInB1ciI6ImJsb2JfaWQifX0=--e6bbe6569f80aff4bd5f162137f0275a86ab7d73/Makula_Cover-350x525.png" />This open course introduces students to the scholarly communications system — with particular emphasis on the scholarly journal publishing mechanism — wherein new information is created, evaluated, disseminated, and preserved.
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2023-10-15T21:57:07Z
2024-03-11T13:35:14Z
Language Encounters on the French Colonial Mississippi
<img alt="Read more about Language Encounters on the French Colonial Mississippi" title="Language Encounters on the French Colonial Mississippi cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="467" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTg4MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--41c32b75236dcddc7f65fe2e15dfbcdc8ce5a6b0/EthnohistoricReviewMississippi-1-350x467.jpeg" />N/A
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2023-09-28T22:45:31Z
2023-09-28T22:45:31Z
Structured Electronics Design: A Conceptual Approach to Amplifier Design - 3rd ed.
<img alt="Read more about Structured Electronics Design: A Conceptual Approach to Amplifier Design - 3rd ed." title="Structured Electronics Design: A Conceptual Approach to Amplifier Design - 3rd ed. cover image" class="cover " width="300" height="370" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTU5MSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--61ca6e216bbadd114c3328ab8d068f0c65e5064b/submission_62_79_coverImage_en_US_t.png" />Many people consider analog electronic circuit design complex. This is because designers can achieve the desired performance of a circuit in many ways. Together, theoretical concepts, circuit topologies, electronic devices, their operating conditions, and the system's physical construction constitute an enormous design space in which it is easy to get lost. For this reason, analog electronics often is regarded as an art rather than a solid discipline.
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2023-09-28T21:12:17Z
2024-02-06T18:30:25Z
Psychology of Human Relations
<img alt="Read more about Psychology of Human Relations" title="Psychology of Human Relations cover image" class="cover " width="768" height="966" data-controller="cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTU3NiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--2fd4fed489e8129992ab71c779de335adfddd65d/Cover-Image-1-768x966.png" />Understanding human relations is a valuable skill for anyone entering into the job market. The aim of this textbook is to aid readers in understanding their own behaviors and the behaviors of others with the intent of engaging in positive interactions in personal and professional spaces.
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