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  • Reliability of Structures
    Andrzej S. Nowak / Kevin R. Collins
    This book enables students and practicing engineers to appreciate how to value and handle reliability as an important dimension of structural design. It discusses the concepts of limit states and limit state functions, and presents methodologies for calculating reliability indices and calibrating partial safety factors. It also supplies informat ...
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    90,08 €

  • Buffalo and the Presidents
    Martin S. Nowak
    Shining light on a subject that has not received enough in-depth attention, this work explains the many fascinating associations of the city of Buffalo, New York with the American presidency. From General William Henry Harrison’s visit during the War of 1812 to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign foray, this book covers all presidential events in the area. Future, former and incumbent...
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    28,40 €

  • Bridge Evaluation, Repair and Rehabilitation
    A.S. Nowak
    Evaluation, repair and rehabilitation of bridges are increasingly important topics in the effort to deal with the deteriorating infrastructure. For example, in the United States about 40 percent of the nation’s 570,000 bridges are classified, according to the Federal Highway Administra­ tion’s (FHW A) criteria, as deficient and in need of rehabilitati...
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    402,70 €

  • Methodology of Sociological Research
    S. Nowak / Maria Olga Lepa
    This is the first part of a textbook for students of sociology, and for those students of other social sciences who wish to make use in their work of the research methods elaborated in the course of the develop­ ment of empirical sociology over the last few decades. The development of empirical sociological research in our country and the growing dema...
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    65,17 €

  • The White House in Mourning
    Martin S. Nowak
    Eight U.S. presidencies have ended in death. This work covers the deaths and attendant mourning and funeral rituals for each of the presidents who died in office. For each president, there is a biographical overview, health history, and discussion of the final illness or murder. Each president’s state funeral is covered in detail, including the aftermath, the response of the...
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    42,74 €

  • Understanding and Prediction
    S. Nowak
    One of the more characteristic features of contemporary sociology is an increasing interest in theories. More and more theories are being developed in various areas of social investigation; we observe also an increasing number of verificational studies aimed primarily toward the verification of various theories. The essays presented in this volume dea...
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    206,64 €