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Introduction to Programming with C++
Jin He · Fresno City College
As part of OER project funded by Fresno City College OER Award Program, this book was created based on CSCI 40 course curriculum at Fresno City College, which was aligned to CID course descriptions of Comp 112 and Comp 122. The book can be used for the first semester of computer programming courses. It uses C++ as a vehicle to convey the basis concepts in computer programming. It focuses on programming logic, structure, and methodology. It covers the programming fundamentals such as variables an
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Microeconomics 1e
Martin Medeiros · Chabot College
Economic analysis of market systems, price theory, including supply and demand analysis, marginal utility, elasticity, cost and revenue concepts, perfect and imperfect competition, international trade theory, pricing of the factors of production, poverty and income inequalities.
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The Ideologies of Lived Space in Literary Texts, Ancient and Modern
Jo Heirman and Jacqueline Klooster · LibreTexts
This volume presents a number of essays on the ideological role of space in literary texts. The individual articles analyse ancient and modern literary texts from the angle of the most recent theoretical conceptualisations of space. The focus throughout is on how the experience of space is determined by dominant political, philosophical or religious ideologies.
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Shared Voices - An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Demetrios Brellas and Vanessa Martinez · Remixing Open Textbooks with an Equity Lens (ROTEL)
Shared Voices is a student-centered cultural anthropology mini textbook built with an equity lens. This text aims to be accessible, interesting, accurate, and centered on marginalized voices. This text is a starting point for any introductory anthropology course recognizing that cultural change is constant and the familiar is cousin to the weird and unusual.
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PEAC16253 Concepts of Fitness
Lisa Martin & LueCrecy Ragan · Arkansas State University-Beebe
In the contents: 2.08: SMART Goals · 6.12: Measuring Heart Rate
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Music Appreciation
Mueller et al. · Georgia Gwinnett College
The author of this text has intentionally kept it general in nature in order to create a platform for those who want to expand content into more in depth studies of the mentioned concepts and traditions. I believe that appreciation of any subject comes from open-minded exposure to that topic. With the arts this generally must happen at a moment when the message and meaning of the work resonates naturally with the appreciator.
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Workplace Safety for US Workers
Kimberly Mosley · Long Beach City College
In the contents: 1.03: OSHA Subparts
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Introduction to Humanities 2e
Lori-Beth Larsen · Central Lakes College
In the contents: 1.09: The Arts · 1.12: Visual Arts · 1.13: Culinary Arts
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World Geography A/B
Nina Sprouse · Mizzou Academy
In the contents: 7.03: The Religious Hearths of North Africa and Southwest Asia
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Infant and Toddler Care and Development 2e
Amanda Taintor, Todd LaMarr, Wendy Ruiz, Martina Marquez, Emily Elam, Amy Carnahan, and Adrienne Seegers · ASCCC OERI Program
Infant and Toddler Care and Development 2e offers a comprehensive guide to nurturing children from birth to age three, covering physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development. It emphasizes responsive caregiving, brain development, language growth, and inclusive, culturally sensitive practices. The text also explores observation, assessment, curriculum planning, and regulatory guidelines, equipping caregivers to support healthy, holistic early development.
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Business Math
Jean-Paul Olivier · Red River College of Applied Arts, Science, & Technology
Business math is the study of mathematics required by the field of business. Business professionals will work with taxes, gross earnings, product prices, and currency exchange; they will be offered loans, lines of credit, mortgages, leases, savings bonds, and other financial tools. This textbook covers all of these topics and how these financial tools can maximize their earnings and minimize their costs. It discusses how to execute smart monetary decisions both personally and for their business.
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Lab Manual: Synthetic Biology Protocols
Nathan Reyna, Ruth Plymale, & Kristine Johnson · Ouachita Babtist University & University of New Hampshire
The protocols included in this lab manual are part of a Synthetic Biology undergraduate research course (CURE) designed by the authors. The lab presented in this manual is designed for a Genetics or Biotechnology class and has been used at both two-year and four-year institutions.
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OERI Contemporary World Geographies
Aline Gregorio, Jason Scogtt, Nazanin Naaghi, Waverly Ray · OERI
In the contents: 1.02: Where on Earth The Geographic Grid · 4.03: Cultural Hearths of Writing and Abrahamic Religions · 4.05: Contemporary Art and Culture in SWANA
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GEL 98-16: Geobiology
Dawn Sumner · University of California, Davis
GEL 53: Introduction to Geobiology is required for Geology majors at UCD. This course is designed to be fully interactive. Geobiology is a new and growing field with an emphasis on how life and especially microbial communities interact with Earth throughout Earth history. This course provides students with a conceptual framework for how environments on Earth have shaped the evolution of life and how metabolic and other cellular processes have influenced Earth.
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Introduction to Fluid Motions and Sediment Transport
John Southard · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In the contents: 7.02: The Coriolis Effect on the Earth's Surface · 8.03: Particle Motions vs. Turbulence · 9.02: Forces on Bed Particles
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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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Electric Circuits I Direct Current
Tony R. Kuphaldt · Bellingham Technical College
Modern life could not exist if it were not for electricity and electronics. The history of electricity starts more than two thousand years ago, with the Greek philosopher Thales being the earliest known researcher into electricity. But it was Alessandro Volta who created the most common DC power source, the battery (for this invention the unit Volt was named after him). Direct current (also known as DC) is the flow of charged particles in one unchanging direction (most commonly found as electron
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Risk Assessment and Mitigation - A Practicum
Sukhjit "Bob" Singh · De Anza College
In the contents: 02: PART I- Foundations · 2.04: Chapter 4- Building SMDC- The Real-World Challenges of Launching a Health-Tech Startup in a High-Stakes Environment · 03: PART II- Risk Practicum - Milestones 1 to 12
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Introduction to Humanities
Lori-Beth Larsen · Central Lakes College
In the contents: 1.07: The Arts · 1.09: Performing Arts · 1.10: Visual Arts
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Principles of Computer System Design
Jerome H. Saltzer & M. Frans Kaashoek · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Principles of Computer System Design: An Introduction is published in two parts. Part I, containing chapters 1-6, is a traditional printed textbook published by Morgan Kaufman, an imprint of Elsevier. Part II, containing chapters 7-11, is available here as an open educational resource.