BTEC National for IT Practitioners: Core units

Yull

elsevier / 2006 / 9780750686525 / psl. /

Sharon Yull has produced a key new course book for the revised qualification structure from Edexcel, covering the core units for the main pathways and the most popular optional units.

BTEC National for IT Practitioners: Business units

Yull

elsevier / 2006 / 9780750686624 / psl. /

One of the most popular pathways is IT and Business, and this book brings together the core and specialist units of this route. Together with its companion for the Core units it covers all the key units students on this pathway will take, in the most accessible and useable suite of textbooks available.

Design Expertise

Lawson

elsevier / 2006 / 9781856176705 / psl. /

addresses what makes a designer an ?expert? in their field, exploring the perception of expertise in design and why we employ the services of expert designers.

Understanding Housing Defects

Marshall

elsevier / 2006 / 9780728205567 / psl. /

This third edition of Understanding Housing Defects provides a coherent and comprehensive introduction to the causes, investigation and diagnosis of defects in housing.

Modern Wiring Practice

Steward

elsevier / 2006 / 9781856176927 / psl. /

This new edition incorporates the latest thinking on sustainability and the environment, being fully up-to-date with the 17th Edition IEE Wiring Regulations that came into force in July 2008. The illustrations have been completely updated to show the latest practice and are now in full colour.

Urban Light: A Property Practitioners Guide To Natural Light In The Built Environment

Thompson

elsevier / 2006 / 9780728205109 / psl. /

This new book aims to clearly define and explain the law and technical practice regarding rights to light, planning daylight and sunlight and how these are used in environmental impact assessments (EIA). Issues such as the valuation of compensation are discussed, with examples provided. The technical application is set out with reference to several short statutes.

The Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS): An Operational Handbook

Adam Weintrit : Faculty of Navigation, Gdynia Maritime University, Gdynia, Poland

CRC Press / Balkema / 2009 / 9780415482462 / 9780415482462 / 1136 psl. Hardback/

Today's mariner is looking for something with the same standards of quality as the traditional standard paper chart, but which fits the demands of a new navigational era.

Electronic navigation, although still relatively new and unfamiliar, is becoming increasingly more common, particularly onboard commercial vessels. This guide aims to provide answers to some of the most commonly asked questions regarding electronic charts (ENC, RNC, DNC) and electronic chart systems (ECDIS, RCDS, ECS).

The book will be of specific interest to those who need to know about selection, implementation, operational use, benefits, and management of ECDIS and ECS systems, but do not need to know all the technical details of how a ECDIS/GIS actually 'works', technically.

The IAMU model course on training in the operational use of ECDIS presented in this book may be used by staff and students of any maritime university, navigational faculty and training institution as alternative or supplement to IMO Model Course 1.27.

Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation

Adam Weintrit, Faculty of Navigation, Gdynia Maritime University, Gdynia, Poland

2009 / 9780415804790 / 9780415804790 / 824 psl.

In recent years much attention has been paid to safety of navigation and marine transportation. Advances in Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation addresses the main aspects of marine safety, including: safety of navigation; manoeuvering and ship-handling systems; marine traffic control and antomatic identification systems; navigation tools, systems and equipment; anti-collision; communication at sea; manoeuvering and pilot navigation; sea-river and inland navigation; route planning and weather navigation; hydrometeorological aspects; methods and algorithms; safety and reliability aspects of technical systems; marine transportation; human factors and crew resource management; maritime education and training; maritime policy, proposals and recommendations.

Advances in Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation

is particularly of interest to academics and professionals in maritime navigation, maritime transportation, and hydrography.

E-BUSINESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Jun Xu (Southern Cross University, Australia) & Mohammed Quaddus (Curtin University of Technology, Australia)

2009 / 9789812836748 /

Embarking on electronic business is a challenging task. There is also a lack of clear understanding and comprehensive analysis of various issues and domains of electronic business. This book offers a very comprehensive analysis of concepts, models and infrastructures of e-business. It also presents unique observations of current e-business practices for different organizations in different economies and provides insights on the future of current leading businesses on the net and the trends of e-business. The volume will be an effective and indispensible reference book for professionals who are interested in or dealing with e-business and businesses that are embarking on e-business.