Category: E-Books

The Internet, Warts and All asks questions. Why are government digital policies so frequently out of touch and counter-productive? Why is surveillance law ineffective and problematic – and often defeated in court? Do companies like Facebook and Google actually care about freedom of speech? Is ‘fake news’ something that can

The GOES-R Series: A New Generation of Geostationary Environmental Satellites, (PDF) introduces the reader to the most important advance in weather technology in a generation. The world’s new constellation of geostationary operational environmental satellites (GOES) are in the middle of a drastic revolution with their greatly enhanced capabilities that give

Pediatric epidemiology differs significantly from general epidemiology especially when it comes to societal, ethical developmental aspects. Pediatric Epidemiology (PDF) addresses biological considerations and legal and ethical questions in dealing with pediatric and adolescent populations. Classic topics, like how to recruit representative samples, how to deal with confounding variables, and how

This ebook Feedback Control Theory for Dynamic Traffic Assignment: Advances in Industrial Control, 2nd edition (PDF) develops a methodology for designing feedback control laws for dynamic traffic assignment (DTA) exploiting the introduction of new sensing and information-dissemination technologies to facilitate the introduction of real-time traffic management in intelligent transportation systems.

John Paul Stevens: Defender of Rights in Criminal Justice, (PDF) explores the judicial opinions and criminal justice policy influence of Justice John Paul Stevens, the U.S. Supreme Court’s most productive opinion author in his 35-year career on the nation’s highest court. Though Justice Stevens, a Republican appointee of President Gerald