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Drowning in Oil: BP & the Reckless Pursuit of Profit

McGraw-Hill, 2010

As night settled on April 20, 2010, a series of explosions rocked Deepwater Horizon, the immense semisubmersible drilling platform leased by British Petroleum, located 40 miles off the Louisiana coast. The ensuing inferno claimed 11 lives, and it would rage uncontained for two days, until its wreckage sank to a final resting place nearly a...

Professional Scrum Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012

Microsoft Press, 2012

By 2001, the software industry was in trouble—more projects were failing than succeeding.

Customers began demanding contracts with penalties, and increasingly sending work offshore. Some software developers, though, had increasing success with a development process known as...

Electrical Craft Principles, 5th Edition, Volume 2 (Iee)

Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2008

The two volumes of 'Whitfield's Electrical Craft Principles' have been substantially revised and updated in 2008, reflecting changes in practice and legislation (e.g. 'BS 7671/IEE Wiring Regulations 17th Edition'). Volume 2 has new material to accompany course changes. The volumes are presented in a new format, are highly illustrated and contain...

Marine Acoustics: Direct and Inverse Problems

SIAM, 2003

‘This book is a very thorough mathematical treatise on direct and inverse problems in marine acoustics. Waveguide inversion problems have not received the attention they deserve in the literature and this book may correct some of this inattention.’ John A. DeSanto, Mathematical Reviews

This book presents current...

Electrical Craft Principles, 5th Edition (Iee)

Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2008

The two volumes of Whitfield's Electrical Craft Principles have been substantially revised and updated in 2008, reflecting changes in practice and legislation (e.g. BS 7671 / Requirements for Electrical Installations). Volume 2 in particular has new material to accompany course changes. The volumes are presented in a new format, are highly...

Offshore Wind Energy Generation: Control, Protection, and Integration to Electrical Systems

John Wiley & Sons, 2014

The offshore wind sector’s trend towards larger turbines, bigger wind farm projects and greater distance to shore has a critical impact on grid connection requirements for offshore wind power plants. This important reference sets out the fundamentals and latest innovations in electrical systems and control strategies deployed in...

The Making of Information Systems: Software Engineering and Management in a Globalized World

Springer, 2008

Information systems (IS) are the backbone of any organization today, supporting all major business processes.

This book deals with the question: how do these systems come into existence? It gives a comprehensive coverage of managerial, methodological and technological aspects including:

* Management...

The Rough Guide to Sicily 7 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

Rough Guides, 2008

Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Sicily. Written by authors with over twenty years’ experience in travelling around Sicily, the book covers every region and offshore island. The full-colour section introduces Sicily’s highlights, from the slopes of Mount Etna to alfresco dining in Palermo. With informed accounts...

Windows Azure and ASP.NET MVC Migration

Wrox Press, 2013

Deciding to take the leap from one technology to another is a difficult one. You face the risk of improper implementation of the technology, which can cause performance issues. You also face possible impact to business logic, which can produce disruption to your customers and partners. Many core business processes were written many years ago and...

Industry 4.0: The Industrial Internet of Things

Apress, 2016

Explore the current state of the production, processing, and manufacturing industries and discover what it will take to achieve re-industrialization of the former industrial powerhouses that can counterbalance the benefits of cheap labor providers dominating the industrial sector. This book explores the potential for the Internet of Things...

Valve Selection Handbook, Fifth Edition: Engineering Fundamentals for Selecting the Right Valve Design for Every Industrial Flow Application

Gulf Professional, 2003

Valves are the components in a fluid flow or pressure system that regulate either the flow or the pressure of the fluid. They are used extensively in the process industries, especially petrochemical. Though there are only four basic types of valves, there is an enormous number of different kinds of valves within each category, each one used for a...

Corrosion Behaviour and Protection of Copper and Aluminum Alloys in Seawater (EFC 50)

CRC Press, 2007

The Marine Corrosion Working Party of the EFC (EFC WP9) organised an international workshop on the behaviour of copper and aluminium alloys in natural and treated seawaters during EUROCORR 2004 in Nice (France). One of the major objectives of this ‘Marine Corrosion Workshop on Copper and Aluminium Alloys in...

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