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UN peacekeeping in civil war
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| Author | Howard , Lise Morje | |
| Call Number | JZ6374.H69 2008 | |
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This is a terrific book: ambitious, important, theoretically sophisticated, meticulously researched and beautifully written. Examining ten cases of UN peacekeeping in civil wars. Howard identifies both the necessary and the sufficient conditions for success in these efforts. She recommends that future reforms be oriented toward devolving decision –making power to the field missions .
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Thesis and dissertation writing in a second language : a handbook for supervisors
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Paltridge , Brian
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| Call Number | LB2369.P35 2007 | |
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Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language is the ideal guide for all supervisors working with non-native speaker students writing a thesis or dissertation in English. This accessible text provides guidelines to facilitate successful writing using tasks which encourage students to apply the points covered in each unit to their own situation.
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Springer handbook of nanotechnology
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Bhushan , Bharat , 1949-
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| Call Number | T174.7.S67 2007 | |
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It integrates the knowledge from nanofabrication, nanodevices, nanomechanics, nanotribology, materials science, and reliability engineering in just one volume. Beside the presentation of nanostructures, micro/nanofabrication, and micro/nanodevices, special emphasis is on scanning probe microscopy, nanotribology and nanomechanics, molecularly thick films, industrial applications and microdevice reliability, and on social aspects. In its 2nd edition, the book grew from 6 to 8 parts and from 38 to 58 chapters. More information is added to such fields as bionanotechnology, nanorobotics, and MEMS/NEMS reliability. The book is organized by an experienced editor with a universal knowledge and written by an international team of over 150 distinguished experts. It addresses mechanical and electrical engineers, materials scientists, physicists and chemists who work either in the nano area or in a field that is or will be influenced by.
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Managing risk : the human element
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Duffey , R. B. (Romney B
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| Call Number | T55.D84 2008 | |
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Managing risk: the Human Element combines descriptive and explanatory text with theoretical and mathematical analysis, offering important new concepts that can be used to improve the management of risk, trend analysis and prediction, and hence affect the accident rate in technological industries. It uses examples of major accidents to identify common causal factors, or “echoes”, and argues that the use of specific experience parameters for each particular industry is vital to achieving a minimum error rate as defined by mathematical prediction. New ideas for the perception, calculation and prediction of risk are introduced, and safety management is covered in depth, including for rare events and “unknown” outcomes.
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