Libros a Descargar Gratis

ROBERT PICHÉ ma vie, mon destin

Autor: Pierre Cayouette

Número de Páginas: 141

Vingt ans après l’exploit qui l’a rendu célèbre, Robert Piché « continue le combat » de sa vie. Désormais à la retraite de l’aviation, il consacre plus que jamais ses énergies à aider des personnes au prise avec des problèmes de dépendance. Cette seconde réédition du bestseller de Pierre Cayouette raconte non seulement sa vie mouvementée, mais révèle aussi le destin d’un homme projeté sous les feux de la rampe bien malgré lui. Un témoignage poignant à lire et à relire.

ROBERT PICHÉ aux commandes du destin

Autor: Pierre Cayouette

Número de Páginas: 142

Nouvelle édition actualisée et enrichie d’une mise à jour écrite par Robert Piché : un témoignage à lire et à relire pour qui croit que tout est terminé. Avec une préface de Michel Côté, qui a incarné le célèbre commandant dans le long métrage Piché : entre ciel et terre. Ce livre relate le parcours peu banal du célèbre commandant devenu héros national le 24 août 2001, jour où il a fait atterrir d’urgence aux Açores un Airbus A-330 d’Air Transat, sauvant ainsi la vie de 306 personnes. L’événement a beaucoup affecté le commandant Piché, et de vieux souvenirs, dont celui de son incarcération aux États-Unis, sont alors remontés à la surface. Véritable succès de librairie avec près de 100 000 exemplaires vendus, cet ouvrage de Pierre Cayouette est réédité en format poche pour souligner le 15e anniversaire de l’exploit qui a tant marqué l’imaginaire des Québécois. Une partie des profits sera versée à la Fondation Robert Piché, qui aide des organismes œuvrant auprès de personnes aux prises avec une dépendance.

Hot Mix Asphalt Plants Truck Loading and Silo Filling Manual Methods Testing

Autor: Frank J. Phoenix

Número de Páginas: 4288

The TARDEC Story

Autor: Jean M. Dasch , David J. Gorish (ph.d.)

Número de Páginas: 314

Full of illustrations and photographs, this publication is a comprehensive history of the many innovations in tanks and other military ground vehicles and equipment developed by the engineers at TARDEC, the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center. TARDEC was formed in 1946 as an outgrowth of the Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant built during World War II. During the early years, emphasis was placed on evolving new technologies to improve military ground vehicles, culminating in the development of the M1 Abrams tank. Since then, TARDEC has grown to be a key center for advanced technologies for military ground vehicles and equipment. Recent years have brought an explosion of technology development and integration, from hybrid engines to fuel cells, from analytical simulation to enormous physical simulators, and from small robots to entire unmanned vehicles.

Cone Penetration Testing 2022

Autor: Guido Gottardi , Laura Tonni

Número de Páginas: 2784

This volume contains the proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Cone Penetration Testing (CPT’22), held in Bologna, Italy, 8-10 June 2022. More than 500 authors - academics, researchers, practitioners and manufacturers – contributed to the peer-reviewed papers included in this book, which includes three keynote lectures, four invited lectures and 169 technical papers. The contributions provide a full picture of the current knowledge and major trends in CPT research and development, with respect to innovations in instrumentation, latest advances in data interpretation, and emerging fields of CPT application. The paper topics encompass three well-established topic categories typically addressed in CPT events: - Equipment and Procedures - Data Interpretation - Applications. Emphasis is placed on the use of statistical approaches and innovative numerical strategies for CPT data interpretation, liquefaction studies, application of CPT to offshore engineering, comparative studies between CPT and other in-situ tests. Cone Penetration Testing 2022 contains a wealth of information that could be useful for researchers, practitioners and all those working in the broad and...

The Future of Test-Based Educational Accountability

Autor: Katherine Ryan , Lorrie Shepard

Número de Páginas: 331

In recent decades testing has become a much more visible and high-stakes accountability mechanism that is now seen as a powerful tool that can be used to drive school improvement. The purpose of this book is to identify and analyze the key issues associated with test-based educational accountability and to chart the future of educational accountability research. Chapter contributions are intended to be forward looking rather than a compendium of what has happened in the past. The book provides an accessible discussion of issues such as validity, test equating, growth modeling, fairness for special populations, causal inferences, and misuses of accountability data.

Handbook of Computational Statistics

Autor: Yuichi Mori

Número de Páginas: 1096

The Handbook of Computational Statistics: Concepts and Methodology is divided into four parts. It begins with an overview over the field of Computational Statistics. The second part presents several topics in the supporting field of statistical computing. Emphasis is placed on the need of fast and accurate numerical algorithms and it discusses some of the basic methodologies for transformation, data base handling and graphics treatment. The third part focuses on statistical methodology. Special attention is given to smoothing, iterative procedures, simulation and visualization of multivariate data. Finally a set of selected applications like Bioinformatics, Medical Imaging, Finance and Network Intrusion Detection highlight the usefulness of computational statistics.

Test Reports

Autor: Michigan. Dept. Of State Highways. Testing Laboratory Section

Número de Páginas: 1862

A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering

Autor: Marcel Escudier , Tony Atkins

Número de Páginas: 1182

This new edition of A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering provides clear and concise definitions and explanations for over 8,000 mechanical-engineering terms in the core areas of design, stress analysis, dynamics, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics, together with newly extended coverage of materials engineering. More than 550 new entries have been incorporated into the text, including alloy steels, biomaterials, ceramics, continuum mechanics, conventional drilling, graphene, metallic glasses, superconductivity, and vapour deposition, alongside over 25 additional line drawings and updated web links. It continues to be an indispensable reference for students of mechanical engineering and related disciplines such as aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, and civil engineering, practising engineers, and other professionals needing to understand engineering terms.

Code of Federal Regulations

Número de Páginas: 776

Special edition of the Federal Register, containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect as of July 1, ... with ancillaries.

Matériaux pour la paléontologie suisse

Autor: François-jules Pictet

Número de Páginas: 784

About the Weather

Autor: Mark Walrod Harrington

Número de Páginas: 282

Dance, Embodied Agency and Neuroplasticity in Aging

Autor: Glenna B. Batson , Bettina E. Bläsing , Aline Nogueira Haas , Christina E. Hugenschmidt , Joseph F. X. Desouza

Número de Páginas: 109

Dance is a multi-sensory and multi-modal form of movement expression, one that stimulates creative potential for innovative action and intersubjective communication. Over the last two decades, results from systematic reviews have shown a spectrum of dance styles to be powerful, non-pharmacological agents in advancing intergenerational health across quality-of-life domains. This Research Topic invites further investigation into the specificity of how the dancing body can access untapped cognitive resources that promote brain health in the elderly. While early findings from dance protocols have been shown to impact positively on structural- and functional neuroplasticity, the link between embodied agency and brain health remains under-researched and under-theorized. Researchers are called to design methodologies that test the eco-validity of dance, explicitly examining the interactive effects of sentient expressive movement with cognitive reserve. One challenge, among many, lies in explicating and differentiating the elements of the dancing body itself, particularly when outcomes correlate with other forms of movement-rich exercise for the elderly.

Test Critiques

Autor: Daniel J. Keyser , Richard C. Sweetland

Número de Páginas: 840

Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals

Número de Páginas: 466

Assessing the English Language Writing of Chinese Learners of English

Autor: Liz Hamp-lyons , Yan Jin

Número de Páginas: 272

This book focuses on the assessment of English language writing in China mainland, the territories of Hong Kong and Macau, and Taiwan. The first part of the book describes how writing in English has been assessed in Chinese contexts in the past 25 years, and how it continues to be assessed at present. The second part of the book presents reports of work such as formative classroom-based assessment, feedback-based or feedback-led approaches, learning-oriented assessment, portfolios, as well as the important issue of teacher professional development in writing assessment. This two-part division relates to and reflects what has been happening in writing assessment internationally, in the UK from the 1940s, and in the US in the past 25 years. The use of English for international business communication, for international political negotiations and its rapidly increasing use as a medium of instruction in some subject areas has led to a rapid increase in the numbers of Chinese L1 speakers who are learning and being assessed in English. This is often done with an emphasis on reading and writing. The vast majority of assessments of English language writing are done through large-scale...

Comprendre la famille 2

Autor: Gilles Pronovost

Número de Páginas: 480

Les psychologues, sociologues, anthropologues, travailleurs sociaux, économistes, démographes et enseignants trouveront dans cet ouvrage une vision globale de la famille.

Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization 4

Autor: Roberto Quental Coutinho , Paul W. Mayne

Número de Páginas: 1888

Site characterization is a fundamental step towards the proper design, construction and long term performance of all types of geotechnical projects, ranging from foundation, excavation, earth dams, embankments, seismic hazards, environmental issues, tunnels, near and offshore structures. Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Characterization 4 provides practical applications of novel and innovative technologies in geotechnical and geophysical engineering, and is of interest to academics, engineers and professionals involved in Geotechnical Engineering.

Electrical Measuring Instruments and Measurements

Autor: S.c. Bhargava

Número de Páginas: 1888

This book, written for the benefit of engineering students and practicing engineers alike, is the culmination of the author's four decades of experience related to the subject of electrical measurements, comprising nearly 30 years of experimental research and more than 15 years of teaching at several engineering institutions. The unique feature of this book, apart from covering the syllabi of various universities, is the style of presentation of all important aspects and features of electrical measurements, with neatly and clearly drawn figures, diagrams and colour and b/w photos that illustrate details of instruments among other things, making the text easy to follow and comprehend. Enhancing the chapters are interspersed explanatory comments and, where necessary, footnotes to help better understanding of the chapter contents. Also, each chapter begins with a "recall" to link the subject matter with the related science or phenomenon and fundamental background. The first few chapters of the book comprise "Units, Dimensions and Standards"; "Electricity, Magnetism and Electromagnetism" and "Network Analysis". These topics form the basics of electrical measurements and provide a...

Test Critiques

Número de Páginas: 840

Parents with Mental and/or Substance Use Disorders and their Children, volume III

Autor: Anja Wittkowski , Joanne Nicholson , Jean Lillian Paul , Geneviève Piché

Número de Páginas: 458

Families living with parental mental and/or substance use disorders continue to face considerable biopsychosocial challenges, with complex pathways to mitigating risk, enhancing resilience and supporting recovery. An ecological, life-span approach to improving outcomes for all family members – infants, children, adolescents and adults who are parents – requires careful consideration of sociocultural conditions, life stages and developmental ages alongside family-focused needs, goals and plans. In addition, community contexts, policy developments and practice innovation play roles in contributing to the wellbeing and functioning of all family members. The risk conveyed to all family members by parental mental and/or substance use disorders is great. Fortunately, the opportunities to intervene are plentiful and varied. However, in many cases, interventions are unspecified, untested and not brought to scale in regional, state or national initiatives. We may have the requisite knowledge to inform policy and practice, but this evidence may not be applied to effect innovation or change, suggesting the need for widespread knowledge translation and dissemination efforts, with...

Technical Reports Awareness Circular : TRAC.

Número de Páginas: 328

Dictionary of Textile Finishing

Autor: H.-k. Rouette

Número de Páginas: 401

In the Dictionary of textile finishing the textile engineer will find the correct technical terms for 16,000 keywords within their field of activity in the German language and vice versa. The dictionary is the link between the Encyclopedia of Textile Finishing and the Lexikon der Textilveredelung from the same author. It is supplemented by a comprehensive collection of acronyms in the textile field (approx. 500 acronyms and their meanings). This book is essential for all textile engineers in the textile industry and textile machine producing industry, researchers, students, translators and journalists in textile science.

Schalm's Veterinary Hematology

Autor: Marjory B. Brooks , Kendal E. Harr , Davis M. Seelig , K. Jane Wardrop , Douglas J. Weiss

Número de Páginas: 1428

SCHALM’S VETERINARY HEMATOLOGY An updated guide to veterinary hematology with expanded coverage on a variety of topics The revised seventh edition of Schalm’s Veterinary Hematology is updated to provide a comprehensive review of all topics related to disorders of the blood in animals. Designed as a gold-standard reference, this text covers a wide range of species in both confined and free-range populations, reflects the most recent trends in hematology diagnostics, and discusses recent advances in traditional techniques. Edited and written by an international team of experts in the field, the book represents an accessible yet in-depth resource for information on veterinary hematology. The new edition includes a hemolymphatic tissue section that covers current understanding of basic science and the species-specific hematology section is further expanded from previous editions. New chapters address emerging topics in hematology, and existing chapters have been revised and rearranged to improve readability and simplify access to the material. This seventh edition: Updates the most complete reference on veterinary hematology across species Contains a new section on basic biology...

Supplemental Educational Services Under the No Child Left Behind Act

Autor: United States. Congress. House. Committee On Education And Labor. Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education

Número de Páginas: 96

What Works in Teaching and Learning

Número de Páginas: 248

La condamnation parisienne de 1277

Autor: David Piché , Claude Lafleur

Número de Páginas: 364

Fournissant une nouvelle edition ainsi que la premiere traduction francaise integrale du celebre decret parisien de 1277, cet ouvrage comprend egalement un commentaire qui entend montrer que, par-dela l'opposition entre orthodoxie et heterodoxie, la condamnation de l'eveque Tempier implique des enjeux epistemologique et ethique d'une grande importance pour l'histoire de la pensee en Occident. Providing a new edition and the first complete French translation of the famous 1277 Parisian decree, this book also includes a commentary which intends to show that, beyond the opposition between orthodoxy and heterodoxy, the condamnation promulgated by the bishop Tempier involves epistemological and ethical issues of great importance for the history of Western thought.

Prévention des problèmes d'adaptation chez les enfants et les adolescents

Autor: Frank Vitaro , Claude Gagnon

Número de Páginas: 769

Cet ouvrage vise deux objectifs: cerner les facteurs de risque et de protection associés à une variété de problèmes d'adaptation chez les jeunes et, surtout, décrire les programmes de prévention disponibles en insistant sur ceux qui se sont révélés efficaces. Plusieurs éléments d'ordre théorique et méthodologique sont Dans le premier tome, portant sur les problèmes internalisés, les auteurs traitent des éléments conceptuels et stratégiques comme le dépistage des individus ou des groupes à risque, l'évaluation des programmes de prévention ou les stratégies pour susciter la participation des parents à ces programmes. Par la suite, ils décrivent les programmes de prévention reliés à l'anxiété, à la dépression, au suicide, aux problèmes d'attachement, aux transitions familiales, aux abus et négligences, et aux abus sexuels.

The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression

Autor: Daniel J. Flannery , Alexander T. Vazsonyi , Irwin D. Waldman

Número de Páginas: 1445

From a team of leading experts comes a comprehensive, multidisciplinary examination of the most current research including the complex issue of violence and violent behavior. The handbook examines a range of theoretical, policy, and research issues and provides a comprehensive overview of aggressive and violent behavior. The breadth of coverage is impressive, ranging from research on biological factors related to violence and behavior-genetics to research on terrrorism and the impact of violence in different cultures. The authors examine violence from international cross-cultural perspectives, with chapters that examine both quantitative and qualitative research. They also look at violence at multiple levels: individual, family, neighborhood, cultural, and across multiple perspectives and systems, including treatment, justice, education, and public health.

Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence of the Standing Committee on Transport

Autor: Canada. Parliament. House Of Commons. Standing Committee On Transport

Número de Páginas: 1004

Characterization and Analysis of Polymers

Autor: Wiley

Número de Páginas: 987

Based on Wiley's renowned Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, this book provides coverage of key methods of characterization of the physical and chemical properties of polymers, including atomic force microscopy, chromatographic methods, laser light scattering, nuclear magnetic resonance, and thermal analysis, among others. Written by prominent scholars from around the world, this reference presents over twenty-five self -contained articles on the most used analytical techniques currently practiced in polymer science.

Arms Race

Autor: Neil Wooding

Número de Páginas: 347

Trapped in a dead-end existence after being thrown out of the Terran Tactical Force, 34 year-old ex-military Junior Grade Lieutenant Kath’ryn Kass now finds herself the Captain of a decrepit interstellar freighter - The Intrepid Star. Working for the Raven Ore Corporation on Mars, she shuttles a rare crystalline ore called Corismite from the distant edge of human space back to the refineries on Earth. The refined Corismite crystals are needed for the power systems of deep space vessels and the search for the ore had driven mankind to the far-flung reaches of our solar system and beyond. It is nearly the new 22nd century, and Kath’ryn captains her deep-space freighter near the borders of a race known as the Flexani - an advanced octopoid alien species who had first encountered Mankind some 70 years previously. At their first encounter, Man and Flexani had shared their technologies, and the Flexani had given mankind the means to reach out to the stars. However, Mankind’s inevitable greed ended this fragile liaison. Deception and hatred followed and Mankind fought its first interstellar war with the aliens. After a last great battle was fought around Jupiter, peace accords were ...

Gastrointestinal Complications of Diabetes

Autor: Marko Duvnjak , Lea Smirčić-duvnjak

Número de Páginas: 346

This text provides a state-of-the art review of the gastrointestinal complications of diabetes, their pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic evaluation and management. Divided into six sections, the volume shows how diabetes affects the entire GI tract, from the oral cavity and esophagus to the large bowel and anorectal region. By offering a detailed diagnostic approach and featuring therapeutic algorithms at the end of each chapter, the text is a useful guideline and reference point for every day practice, specifically in recognizing and diagnosing patients with gastrointestinal complications of diabetes in a timely fashion. Written by experts in the field, Gastrointestinal Complications of Diabetes: A Comprehensive Guide is a valuable resource for physicians dealing with diabetes mellitus or gastrointestinal disorders, and researchers interested in this multidisciplinary problem.

An Age of Accountability

Autor: John L. Rury

Número de Páginas: 247

An Age of Accountability highlights the role of test-based accountability as a policy framework in American education. Even after very clear disappointments no other policy framework has emerged to challenge its hegemony, and many Americans continue to believe that accountability remains a vital necessity, even if educators and policy scholars disagree.

Assessing Second Language Writing in Academic Contexts

Autor: Liz Hamp-lyons

Número de Páginas: 376

This is the first volume to focus on the assessment of second language writing. The collection as a whole provides coverage of all issues in second language writing assessment, starting from the context in which and for which assessment must occur, moving through the aspects of decision-making and design in a writing assessment program, and then considering how the need to evaluate any program on assessment can be carried out. After a discussion of issues of public reporting, an area which will receive increasing attention in the next few years, the volume closes with a discussion of what new issues and answers the future may bring. The book reflects the current belief in direct writing assessment in second language writing assessment. While it is often expected that those working with ESL students will focus on language error, throughout the book themes of needs, attitudes, ideas and content dominate. For second language writers the use of written language to learn, to create knowledge and to share ideas and beliefs are vitally important. Additionally, issues of cross-cultural academic literacy, practical information on criteria and scoring models for use with ESL writers, and...

Tests in Print

Autor: Oscar Krisen Buros

Número de Páginas: 760

Non-destructive Testing

Autor: J. M. Farley , R. W. Nichols

Número de Páginas: 830

Dictionary of Engineering

Autor: Mcgraw-hill

Número de Páginas: 658

Derived from the content of the respected McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, Sixth Edition, each title provides thousands of definitions of words and phrases encountered in a specific discipline. All include: * Pronunciation guide for every term * Acronyms, cross-references, and abbreviations * Appendices with conversion tables; listings of scientific, technical, and mathematical notation; tables of relevant data; and more * A convenient, quick-find format

Encyclopedia of Language and Education

Autor: Leo Van Lier , P. Corson

Número de Páginas: 298

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION This is one of eight volumes of the Encyclopedia of Language and Educa tion published by Kluwer Academic. The publication of this work signals the maturity of the field of 'language and education' as an international and interdisciplinary field of significance and cohesion. These volumes confirm that 'language and education' is much more than the preserve of any single discipline. In designing these volumes, we have tried to recog nise the diversity of the field in our selection of contributors and in our choice of topics. The contributors come from every continent and from more than 40 countries. Their reviews discuss language and education issues affecting every country in the world. We have also tried to recognise the diverse interdisciplinary nature of 'language and education' in the selection of the editorial personnel them selves. The major academic interests of the volume editors confirm this. As principal volume editor for Volume 1, Ruth Wodak has interests in critical linguistics, sociology of language, and language policy. For Vol ume 2, Viv Edwards has interests in policy and practice in multilingual classrooms and the sociology...

Characterisation and Engineering Properties of Natural Soils

Autor: T. S. Tan

Número de Páginas: 740

This second volume of a specialty 2-volume works contains 34 papers pertaining to the natural behaviour of diverse geomaterials found in different parts of the world. Each paper is organized along the outline: location and distribution, engineering geology, composition, state and index properties, structure, engineering properties, quality / reliability of data with reference to methods of sampling and testing, and relation to engineering problems. This extensive body of collated knowledge is integrated by three overview papers covering engineering geology, mechanical behaviour and engineering implications. Topics: Overview papers; Marine clays; Eastuarine Clays; Lacustrine clays; Stiff clays; Sands and other cohesionless soils; Residual and other tropical Soils; Weak rock.