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  • Advanced Earthquake Engineering Analysisby Alain Pecker

    Springer 2007; US$ 99.00

    During the last decade, the state of the art in Earthquake Engineering Design and Analysis has made significant steps towards a more rationale analysis of structures. Scientists have long recognized that earthquake design is guided by displacements and deformations rather than forces. However due to the historical background of structural engineers in static analyses, effects of earthquake on structures have been viewed as forces acting on the structures. All presently available design building codes are developed along these lines. Our knowledge of ground motion characteristics, earthquake geotechnical engineering, structural behaviour (design and numerical analyses) and model tests have advanced to a point where it is possible to anticipate... more...

  • The Management of Safetyby Valerie Sutherland; Peter John Makin; Charles Cox

    Sage Publications Ltd. 2000; US$ 29.95

    Following on from the successful Women in Management: Current Research Issues, this volume provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of current international research findings pertaining to women in management, reflecting recent global changes and issues.Like its predecessor, this volume brings together an international group of eminent academics, who review the major contemporary issues facing women in management, as well as the individual, organizational, and governmental consequences of these changes.Some of the key topics covered in this far-reaching text include:Global perspectives on women in businessCareer development issues for women managers (including discussions of highflyers, networking, leadership)Race and gender issues... more...

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