Category: Textbooks

The Future of Intelligent Transport Systems (PDF) considers ITS from three perspectives: business models, users, and policy/regulation. Topics cover in-vehicle applications, such as autonomous driving, vehicle-to-vehicle/vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, and related applications, such as personalized mobility. The ebook also examines ITS technology enablers, such as wireless communication, sensing technologies, user behavior as

Caring for the Vulnerable: Perspectives in Nursing Theory, Practice, and Research 5th edition (PDF) focuses on vulnerable populations and how nurses can care for them, conduct research, develop programs for them, and influence health policy. Units 1 and 2 focus on theories and concepts; Unit 3 on research; Units 4,

Nuclear Physics of Stars – 2nd, Revised and Enlarged Edition tells how most elements are synthesized, or “cooked”, by thermonuclear reactions in stars. The newly formed elements are released into the interstellar medium during a star’s lifetime, and are subsequently incorporated into a new generation of stars, into the planets

The Urban Forest: Cultivating Green Infrastructure for People and the Environment, (PDF) emphasizes on urban “green infrastructure” – the interrelated web of vegetated spaces like parks,  street trees, and peri-urban forests that offer essential ecosystem services in cities. The green infrastructure approach represents the idea that these services, such as

Conveying the wide-ranging scope of forestry and the great challenges that lie ahead, this Introduction to Forest Ecosystem Science and Management 3rd Edition (PDF) brings together leading forestry experts and gives readers a broad overview of the field. Coverage ranges from the individual trees, basic cell, and the forest stand,