Strategic Maintenance Planning deals with the concepts, principles and techniques of preventive maintenance, and shows how the complexity of maintenance strategic planning can be resolved by a systematic 'Top-Down-Bottom-Up' approach. It explains how to establish objectives for physical assets and maintenance resources, and how to formulate an appropriate life plan for plant. It then shows how to use the life plans to formulate a preventive maintenance schedule for the plant as a whole, along...

Although dour in appearance and formidable in reputation, Friedrich Nietzsche was an ardent practitioner of the art of poetry &; called in 12th-century Provencal "the gay science." This volume, which Nietzsche referred to as "the most personal of all my books," features the largest collection of his poetry that he ever chose to publish. It also offers an extensive and sophisticated treatment of the philosophical themes and views most central to his thinking, as well as the ideas that proved m...

Newly adapted for the Anglophone reader, this is an excellent translation of Hans-Thies Lehmann’s groundbreaking study of the new theatre forms that have developed since the late 1960s, which has become a key reference point in international discussions of contemporary theatre. In looking at the developments since the late 1960s, Lehmann considers them in relation to dramatic theory and theatre history, as an inventive response to the emergence of new technologies, and as an historical...

In this rich and resonant work, Kierkegaard reflects on the biblical story of God's command to Abraham that he sacrifice his son Isaac as a test of faith. This volume, first published in 2006, presents the first new English translation for twenty years, by Sylvia Walsh, together with an introduction by C. Stephen Evans.

Measurement shapes scientific theories, characterises improvements in manufacturing processes and promotes efficient commerce. In concert with measurement is uncertainty, and students in science and engineering need to identify and quantify uncertainties in the measurements they make. This book introduces measurement and uncertainty to second and third year students of science and engineering.

Its approach relies on the internationally recognised and recommended guidelines for calculating and...

Since the late 1970s, scholarly interest in the translation of children's books has increased at a rapid pace. Research across a number of disciplines has contributed to a developing knowledge and understanding of the cross-cultural transformation and reception of children's literature. The purpose of this Reader is to reflect the diversity and originality of approaches to the subject by gathering together, for the first time, a range of journal articles and chapters on translation for childr...

Wat is de grootste wens van managers? Dat hun medewerkers zelfstandig en verantwoordelijk opereren. Wat is de belangrijkste klacht van medewerkers? Dat hun baas te weinig reageert op hun specieke wensen.

Hier komen we op het terrein van empowerment, de specialisatie van bestsellerauteur Ken Blanchard.

Dit boek doet, in de traditie van het bekende De One-Minute Manager, kort en helder uit de doeken hoe u uw medewerkers echte verantwoordelijkheid en zelfstandigheid kunt geven. Iedere manager z...

Het doel van Bacteriologie voor laboratorium en kliniek 1 is analisten in opleiding en reeds werkzaam een gedegen vakkennis en inzicht bij te brengen en de gebruiker met de relatie micro-organisme en mens vertrouwd te maken. De uitgangspunten van de auteurs zijn de bacterie met al haar eigenschappen die voor laboratorium en kliniek relevant zijn en de mens, met zijn belangrijkste orgaanstelsels in relatie tot micro-organismen en de verdedigingsmogelijkheden waarover hij kan beschikken.

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Dit boek bevat, voortbouwend op deel 1, de meer specifieke informatie voor hen die (gaan) werken op een medisch-microbiologisch laboratorium. Het geeft inzicht in de samenhang tussen kliniek en laboratorium en de daaruit voortvloeiende werkzaamheden.De belangrijkste orgaanstelsels en de daarin voorkomende infecties worden behandeld. Ook is een uitvoerige beschrijving betreffende identificatie, determinatie en gevoeligheidsbepaling opgenomen. De naamgeving is volgens de huidige nomenclatuur aa...