Authors:D Croft, David Croft,
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
Keywords: structures, steel, welded, treatment, heat
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1996
List price: $230.00
ISBN-10: 1855730162
ISBN-13: 9781855730168

An updated, revised and expanded version of Professor Burdekin’s earlier work of the same title, this book explains this branch of thermal engineering in clear, practical terms. It concentrates on steels, the most predominant engineering media.

Author: K Pye and D Croft
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Keywords: society, special, publication, geological, applications, geoscience, principles, techniques, forensic
Number of Pages: 318
Published: 2004-01-01
List price: $180.00
ISBN-10: 1862391610
ISBN-13: 9781862391611

Forensic geoscience is an increasingly important sub-discipline within geoscience and forensic science. Although minerals, soils, dusts and rock fragments have been used as forensic trace evidence for many years, their true potential has only begun to be recognized in the last ten years or so. The police and other investigative bodies are keen to encourage such developments in the fight against crime, particularly since many criminals show a high level of forensic awareness with regard to evidence such as fingerprints, blood and other body fluids. The papers in this volume illustrate some of t

Author: William Croft
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: typological, perspective, theory, syntactic, construction, grammar, radical
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2001-12-27
List price: $300.00
ISBN-10: 0198299559
ISBN-13: 9780198299554

This book is based on the results of research in language typology, and motivated by the need for a theory to explain them. Croft proposes intimate links between syntactic and semantic structures, and argues that the basic elements of any language are not syntactic but rather syntactic-semantic "Gestalts". He puts forward a new approach to syntactic representation and a new model of how language and languages work.

Author: Robert W. Croft
Publisher: Greenwood
Keywords: companion, hurston, neale, zora
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2002-11-30
List price: $91.95
ISBN-10: 0313307075
ISBN-13: 9780313307072

Anthropologist and author Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) is one of the most significant African American writers of the 20th century. Born in Alabama, she grew up in a small town in Florida, where she developed an interest in African American folklore. In 1925 she moved to New York and became part of the Harlem Renaissance. She continued her anthropological research, and African American folklore is central to her fiction. This reference includes hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries on her works, characters, themes, motifs, family members, and acquaintances. Entries on the most importan

Author: Chris Croft
Publisher: Cengage Learning Business Pre
Keywords: management, time
Number of Pages: 222
Published: 1996-06-27
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 186152224X
ISBN-13: 9781861522245

Time management is not only a basic management technique, it is also an essential life-skill, and yet for many people 80% of achievement still comes from only 20% of the day. By demonstrating why and where time gets wasted this book will enable managers to be more productive in less time. Covering issues such as delegation, prioritization, personal organization, procrastination and stress it develops new frameworks and theories in improving time management skills, whilst end of chapter action plans ensure that the theory is related to real life.

Author: W. Bruce Croft
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: information, retrieval, intelligent, series, center, recent, advances, research
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2000-03-01
List price: $169.00
ISBN-10: 0792378121
ISBN-13: 9780792378129

The NSF Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval (CIIR) was formed in the Computer Science Department of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1992. Through its efforts in basic research, applied research, and technology transfer, the CIIR has become known internationally as one of the leading research groups in the area of information retrieval. The CIIR focuses on research that results in more effective and efficient access and discovery in large, heterogeneous, distributed text and multimedia databases. The scope of the work that is done in the CIIR is broad and goes significantl

Author: Tony Croft
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Keywords: maths, foundation
Number of Pages: 523
Published: 2006-05-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0131979213
ISBN-13: 9780131979215

Foundation Maths has been written for students taking higher or further education courses, who have not specialised in mathematics on post-16 qualifications and need to use mathematical tools in their courses. It is ideally suited for those studying marketing, business studies, management, science, engineering, computer science, social science, geography, combined studies and design. It will be useful for those who lack confidence and need careful, steady guidance in mathematical methods. Even for those whose mathematical expertise is already established, the book will be a helpful revision an