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Calculus: Early Transcendentals
No full textCalculus: Early Transcendentals/ originally by D. Guichard/ has been redesigned by the Lyryx editorial team. Substantial portions of the content/ examples/ and diagrams have been redeveloped/ with additional contributions provided by experienced and practicing instructors. This approachable text provides a comprehensive understanding of the necessary techniques and concepts of the typical Calculus course sequence/ and is suitable for the standard Calculus I/ II and III courses. To practice and develop an understanding of topics/ this text offers a range of problems/ from routine to challenging/ with selected solutions. As this is an open text/ instructors and students are encouraged to interact with the textbook through annotating/ revising/ and reusing to your advantage. Suggestions for contributions to this growing textbook are welcome. Lyryx develops and supports open texts/ with editorial services to adapt the text for each particular course. In addition/ Lyryx provides content-specific formative online assessment/ a wide variety of supplements/ and in-house support available 7 days/week for both students and instructors.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1344/thumbnail.jp
Health and Safety in Canadian Workplaces
No full textWorkplace injuries happen every day and can profoundly affect workers/ their families/ and the communities they live in. This textbook provides workers with an introduction to effective injury prevention. The book pays particular attention to how issues of precarious employment/ gender/ and ill health can be better handled in Canadian occupational health and safety (OHS).This introduction to OHS differs from others because it contends that the practice of occupational health and safety can only be properly understood if we acknowledge that workers and employers have conflicting interests. Specifically/ we investigate which workplace hazards are recognized and controlled/the manner in which these hazards are controlled/ and who makes these decisions. These are all factors that reflect the broader political economy of employment and suggest that OHS is contested terrain.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1367/thumbnail.jp
Introduction to Statistics
No full textIntroduction to Statistics is a resource for learning and teaching introductory statistics. This work is in the public domain. Therefore/ it can be copied and reproduced without limitation. However/ we would appreciate a citation where possible. Please cite as: Online Statistics Education: A Multimedia Course of Study (http://onlinestatbook.com/). Project Leader: David M. Lane/ Rice University. Instructor\u27s manual/ PowerPoint Slides/ and additional questions are available.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1387/thumbnail.jp
Introduction to Women/ Gender/ Sexuality Studies
No full textThis textbook introduces key feminist concepts and analytical frameworks used in the interdisciplinary Women/ Gender/ Sexualities field. It unpacks the social construction of knowledge and categories of difference/ processes and structures of power and inequality/ with a focus on gendered labor in the global economy/ and the historical development of feminist social movements. The book emphasizes feminist sociological approaches to analyzing structures of power/ drawing heavily from empirical feminist research.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1389/thumbnail.jp
Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology
No full textWe are delighted to bring to you this novel textbook/ a collection of chapters on the essential topics in cultural anthropology. Different from other introductory textbooks/ this book is an edited volume with each chapter written by a different author. Each author has written from their experiences working as an anthropologist and that personal touch makes for an accessible introduction to cultural anthropology. Our approach to cultural anthropology is holistic. We see the interconnectedness of cultural practicesand/ in all of the chapters/ we emphasize the comparison of cultures and the ways of life ofdifferent peoples. We start with Laura Nader\u27s observation that cultural differences need not be seenas a problem. In our complicated world of increasing migration/ nationalism/ and climate challenges/cultural diversity might actually be the source of conflict resolution and new approaches to ensuringa healthier world. Indeed/ as Katie Nelson reminds us/ anthropology exposes the familiarity in theideas and practices of others that seem bizarre. Robert Borofsky advocates for anthropology\u27s abilityto empower people and facilitate good. Borofsky calls on anthropologists to engage with a widerpublic to bring our incredible stories and important insights to helping resolve the most critical issueswe face in the world today. This book brings Nader/ Nelson/ Borofsky/ and many others together todemonstrate that our anthropological understandings can help all of us to improve the lives of peoplethe world over. We need you/ as students/ to see the possibilities. As instructors/ we want to help youshare anthropological knowledge and understanding easily. We want all readers to be inspired by theintensely personal writings of the anthropologists who contribute to this volume.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1392/thumbnail.jp
Exploring Movie Construction & Production: What’s so exciting about movies?
No full textExploring Movie Construction & Production contains eight chapters of the major areas of film construction and production. The discussion covers theme/ genre/ narrative structure/ character portrayal/ story/ plot/ directing style/ cinematography/ and editing. Important terminology is defined and types of analysis are discussed and demonstrated. An extended example of how a movie description reflects the setting/ narrative structure/ or directing style is used throughout the book to illustrate building blocks of each theme. This approach to film instruction and analysis has proved beneficial to increasing students\u27 learning/ while enhancing the creativity and critical thinking of the student.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1396/thumbnail.jp
Microbiology
No full textIn this textbook the focus will be on the bacteria and archaea (traditionally known as the “prokaryotes/”) and the viruses and other acellular agents.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1398/thumbnail.jp
Trigonometry
No full textThis trigonometry textbook is different than other trigonometry books in that it is free to download/ and the reader is expected to do more than read the book and is expected to study the material in the book by working out examples rather than just reading about them. So this book is not just about mathematical content but is also about the process of learning and doing mathematics. That is/ this book is designed not to be just casually read but rather to be engaged. Since this can be a difficult task/ there are several features of the book designed to assist students in this endeavor. In particular/ most sections of the book start with a beginning activity that review prior mathematical work that is necessary for the new section or introduce new concepts and definitions that will be used later in that section. Each section also contains several progress checks that are short exercises or activities designed to help readers determine if they are understanding the material. In addition/ the text contains links to several interactive Geogebra applets or worksheets. These applets are usually part of a beginning activity or a progress check and are intended to be used as part of the textbook.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1416/thumbnail.jp
Variational Principles in Classical Mechanics - Second Edition
No full textTwo dramatically different philosophical approaches to classical mechanics were proposed during the 17th – 18th centuries. Newton developed his vectorial formulation that uses time-dependent differential equations of motion to relate vector observables like force and rate of change of momentum. Euler/ Lagrange/ Hamilton/ and Jacobi/ developed powerful alternative variational formulations based on the assumption that nature follows the principle of least action. These variational formulations now play a pivotal role in science and engineering. This book introduces variational principles and their application to classical mechanics. The relative merits of the intuitive Newtonian vectorial formulation/ and the more powerful variational formulations are compared. Applications to a wide variety of topics illustrate the intellectual beauty/ remarkable power/ and broad scope provided by use of variational principles in physics. This second edition adds discussion of the use of variational principles applied to the following topics: Systems subject to initial boundary conditions The hierarchy of the related formulations based on action/ Lagrangian/ Hamiltonian/ and equations of motion/ to systems that involve symmetries Non-conservative systems. Variable-mass systems. The General Theory of Relativity. The first edition of this book can be downloaded at the publisher link.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1418/thumbnail.jp
Inteligencia Artificial
No full textEste libro es una introducción al area de la Inteligencia Artificial y presenta algunas de las aplicaciones que puede tener en la vida real en diversos campos de aplicación/ El libro esta compuesto de ocho capítulos los cuales abarcan los antededentes/ algunos conceptos importantes para la resolución de problemas como es la representación de conocimiento/ el planteamiento de los problemas. Asimismo se menciona la teoría de agentes por un lado y por otro lo que es el aprendizaje computacional. Otra area que se aborta es la computación evolutivo y los algoritmos bioinspirados para la resolución de problemas/ dandole enfasis a los problemas de optimizacion. Por ultimo se menciona una nueva tendencia en el area de las ciencias computacionales como es el uso de las GPUs para trabajar de una manera mas rapida al realizar el procesamiento en paralelo.https://mds.marshall.edu/oa-textbooks/1441/thumbnail.jp