Category: E-Books

Ecocollapse Fiction and Cultures of Human Extinction (PDF) evaluates 21st-century realistic speculations of human extinction: fictions that imagine future worlds without interferences of interplanetary travel, as-yet uninvented technology, or other science fiction elements that offer hope for rescue or long-term survival. Climate change fiction as a type of apocalyptic and

An intelligent system is one that shows characteristics including, but not restricted to, learning, adaptation, and problem-solving. Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Systems are intelligent systems designed on the foundation of statistical models of learning that mimic biological system like the human central nervous system. Such ANN systems represent the theme

(The Textile Institute Book) Assessing the Environmental Impact of Textiles and the Clothing Supply Chain, 2nd Edition, (PDF) is a completely updated, practical guide on how to recognize and respond to environmental challenges across the supply chain. This new edition includes updates to the sustainable use of water and electricity,

Measuring exergy losses in the energy supply system of buildings shows the potential for energy improvement, which cannot be exposed using conventional energy analysis. Thermoeconomics integrates economic and thermodynamic analysis by implementing the concept of cost (an economic concept) to exergy, as exergy is a thermodynamic property suitable for this

Individual Differences and Personality, 3rd Edition, (PDF) offers a comprehensive overview of research on personality. The ebook begins with the main approaches to the study of personality, basic principles of personality measurement, the idea of personality traits, and the major dimensions of personality variation. Additional chapters review personality change and