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Defend Dissent: Digital Suppression and Cryptographic Defense of Social Movements
Glencora Borradaile · Oregon State University
Defend Dissent is an introduction to cryptography paired with the social impacts of surveillance and the protective potential of encryption, with a focus on US social movements. Each chapter ends with a story that brings social context to the material—from surveillance used against contemporary US protests to the African National Congress’s use of partially manual encryption in fighting apartheid in South Africa in the 80s.
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Introduction to Baking and Pastries
Tammy Rink & William R. Thibodeaux · Chef John Folse Culinary Institute
In the contents: 2.02: Measurement and Conversion Charts
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Acoustics
Wikipedia · LibreTexts
Acoustics is the science that studies sound, in particular its production, transmission, and effects. The science of acoustics has many applications which are dependent upon the nature of the sound that is to be produced, transmitted or controlled. In the case of a desirable sound, such as music, the main application of acoustics is to make the music sound as good as possible.
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Academic Success
Bartlett et al. · University of Southern Queensland
Academic Success is designed to help students on their university journey. It is divided into four parts, each reflecting different aspects of a student’s tertiary experience. This open book ultimately aids students across all disciplines in achieving academic success at university.
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Optics
Sander Konijnenberg, Aurèle J.L. Adam, & H. Paul Urbach · Delft University of Technology
In the contents: 3.04: Camera in a Smart Phone
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Illustration: An Introductory Course
Jessica Boehman · LaGuardia Community College
In the contents: 1.01: The Specifications- Getting Started with Any Illustration · 04: Next Steps- Putting Your Art into the World · 4.01: Thinking about Artist Contracts- How to Protect Your Work
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Introduction to Climate Science
Andreas Schmittner · Oregon State University
This book describes how Earth's climate is changing, how it has been changing in the recent geological past and how it may change in the future. It covers the physical sciences that build the foundations of our current understanding of global climate change such as radiation, Earth's energy balance, the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle. Both natural and human causes for climate change are discussed. Impacts of climate change on natural and human systems are summarized.
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Physical Geography
K. Allison Lenkeit-Meezan · Foothill College
In the contents: 01: Measuring Monitoring and Describing the Earth · 1.01: Cartography · 1.02: Location and Time on Earth
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Implementing a One Address CPU in Logisim
Charles W. Kann III · Gettysburg College
This purpose of this monograph is to break the abstract understanding of a computer, and to explain a computer’s behavior in completely in mechanistic terms. It will deal specifically with the Central Processing Unit (CPU) of the computer, as this is where the magic happens. All other parts of a computer can be seen as just providing information for the CPU to operate on.
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Ethics in Law Enforcement
McCartney & Parent · BC Campus
In this book, you will examine the moral and ethical issues that exist within law enforcement. This book will also familiarize you with the basic history, principles, and theories of ethics. These concepts will then be applied to the major components of the criminal justice system: policing, the courts, and corrections. Discussion will focus on personal values, individual responsibility, decision making, discretion, and the structure of accountability.
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Global Women's IssuesWomen in the World Today
LibreTexts
We cannot solve global challenges unless women participate fully in efforts to find solutions. Female participation in the private sector is a crucial economic driver for societies worldwide. Economic security benefits every facet of a woman’s life, with positive effects on the health, education and vitality of families. Learn about women who are changing their societies for the better.
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The History of Human Resources in the United States
Robert Lloyd and Wayne Aho · Fort Hays State University
The Human Resources department of an organization performs human resource management, overseeing various aspects of employment, such as compliance with labor law and employment standards, interviewing and selection, performance management, administration of employee benefits, organizing of employee files with the required documents for future reference, and some aspects of recruitment (also known as talent acquisition) and employee offboarding.
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Treatment of Addictions, Individual and Group
Master Textbook · Whatcom Community College
This text has been developed as a resource for students in the Chemical Dependency Professional Alternative Training courses at Whatcom Community College. It hosts a variety of learning resources, such as articles, links to websites, webinars, videos, and infographics. This text covers evidenced based approaches and systems of care in individual and group addiction treatment along with systems of care, historical models, healthy system recovery, and new peer supports.
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Senior Internship: Advanced leadership Development
William R. Thibodeaux and Jean-Pierre Daigle · Nicholls State University
In the contents: 2.02: Measurement and Conversion Charts
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Lab Manual: Synthetic Biology Protocols
Nathan Reyna, Ruth Plymale, & Kristine Johnson · Ouachita Babtist University & University of New Hampshire
In the contents: 2.3.01: Getting Started-Instructor's Guide
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Making History: World History 750 - 1750
Lindsay Bell · De Anza College
Making History: World History 750 to 1750, is designed to meet the scope and sequence of a world history course at both two-year and four-year institutions on a quarter system schedule. Suitable for both majors and non majors Making History introduces students to a global perspective of history that seeks to understand nontraditional narratives. Concepts and assessments help students think critically about the issues they encounter to broaden their perspectives.
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Electric Circuits V - References
Tony R. Kuphaldt · Bellingham Technical College
There will occasionally be situations where you find yourself needing an uncommon component or equation. Maybe you, like many others, just need a conversion chart for a resistor value or wire color codes for power distribution cables. Here you will find many references for situations such as these, ranging from DC circuit equations and unit conversions to derivatives and troubleshooting techniques.
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Open Music Theory
Robin Wharton and Kris Shaffer eds. · Hybrid Pedagogy Publishing
In the contents: 3.11: Handouts and Charts · 5.10: Rondo Form - Five-Part Rondo Form
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Yet Another Introductory Number Theory Textbook - Cryptology Emphasis
Jonathan A. Poritz · Colorado State University – Pueblo
This introductory number theory textbook has a particular emphasis on connections to cryptology. The cryptologic material arising naturally out of the ambient number theory. The main cryptologic applications — being the RSA cryptosystem, Diffie-Hellman key exchange, and the ElGamal cryptosystem — come out so naturally from considerations of Euler's Theorem, primitive roots, and indices that it renders quite ironic G.H. Hardy's assertion of the purity and eternal inapplicability of number theory.
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UnRoman Romans
Siobhán McElduff · University of British Columbia
UnRoman Romans is a reader on socially stigmatized groups in ancient Rome: actors athletes, dancers, sex workers, and sexual non-conformists. This reader was created as part of a class and uses student-scholars who contributed parts of the reader as a course assignment. This book is intended for use in upper-level academic studies and contains a number of very disturbing passages.