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"Active Coral Restoration: Techniques for a Changing Planet is a timely, comprehensive volume that provides a foundational understanding of the current and emerging practices and technologies used for active coral reef restoration projects around the world. Edited by David E. Vaughan, this work contains contributed chapters written by some of the foremost authorities on coral reef restoration. It is a must have for all practitioners of coral reef restoration, including research scientists, resource managers, aquarists, volunteers, students of marine science, and policy makers"--

"Effective Project and Change Sponsorship addresses the challenges that organizations face surrounding the sponsorship of projects and change initiatives. This long overdue book provides techniques, remedies, and approaches to improve the way these initiatives are sponsored, led, and executed to ensure context, alignment, and a focus on value creation. Readers will learn key concepts about specific aspects of project sponsorship, including overcoming the most common and challenging project-related obstacles, connecting the key elements of project and change management, and advanced techniques to effectively engage stakeholders and manage their expectations"--

Nutrient enrichment of lakes is a ubiquitous problem, impacting ecological and human health on a global scale by accelerating the pace of eutrophication, often resulting in algal blooms, depleted dissolved oxygen concentrations, and economic harm to surrounding communities. In many lakes, bed sediments are a major but unrecognized source of phosphorus to the water, a process known as internal phosphorus loading. Internal loading is notoriously difficult to measure and manage given the need to access processes operating on and within the lakebed. In addition, climate change threatens to promote internal loading. For example, warming of lakes can increase the release of phosphorus from sediments due to 1) longer and stronger periods of lake stratification resulting in sediment anoxia and 2) enhanced microbial decomposition of organic matter. Degraded water quality not only impairs ecological health but also can influence social pride and community morale. This is the first book dedicated to the understanding of internal phosphorus loading in lakes and examines the causes, the ecological and societal impacts, and options for managing this complex phenomenon. With contributions from leading experts, this edited volume provides a broad view of internal phosphorus loading, methods for measurement, management practices for water quality improvement, case studies from around the world, and recommendations for addressing this growing concern. It is essential reading for environmental and engineering professionals involved in lake and reservoir management, students and faculty in limnology, state and federal authorities involved in water quality regulation, and lakefront homeowners and management boards interested in maintaining lake water quality and managing algal blooms. Key Features - First-ever comprehensive volume on internal phosphorous loading that clearly details what it is and why it occurs - Identifies and explores the drivers of internal phosphorus loading - Provides methods, techniques, and models for measuring internal phosphorous loading - Features over 150 color figures and photographs to illustrate important concepts and procedures - Includes 17 detailed case studies written by experts from around the world to highlight key research principles, treatment options, and management strategies for major lakes affected by internal phosphorus loading

Moyer provides the insight, in-depth analysis and strategies necessary to invest successfully in the securities of financially distressed companies. This high-risk, high-reward $400 billion market is more for institutional investors and often trades in blocks of $1-$5 million.

"Project success rates haven't changed in 20 years. Learn why, and what you can do to improve them in your organization"--T.p.

KEY FEATURES: ¢¢Applies concepts that are aligned with the PMBOK Guide, BABOK and the PMI-PBASM, CBAP/ CCBA certification exams ¢¢Provides proven concepts and approaches for developing functionally harmonious partnerships between the PM and BA roles, within their own context and specific challenges, that maximizes the business value these roles can produce, and ensures the partnerships are maintained from the business case to post project evaluation ¢¢Addresses the challenges associated with the role definitions, overlaps and gaps between the PM and BA roles and introduces collaboration techniques to improve resource allocation, efficiency and effectiveness in projects and the organization ¢¢Illustrates the flow of work and responsibilities between the PM and BA through both the project and product lifecycles ¢¢Offers downloadable checklists for determining Agile suitability, and PM and BA role collaboration areas, a variety of requirements elicitation and management checklists, and other tools at the J. Ross Publishing website

Key Features Discusses building information modeling (BIM) including what it is and the problems the industry is encountering with BIM use Describes the pitfalls of weak or ineffective project management systems and the working relationship between the owner/client and the rest of the project team Offers specific examples based on real life construction industry experience by a long-time industry consultant, trained as an architect Presents some theory while focusing on the actual "nuts and bolts" of managing design and facilities projects Covers effective writing and public speaking skills, delegation techniques, and planning issues neglected by other texts on project management

Project Quality Management: Why, What and How, Second Edition demonstrates how to implement the general methods defined in the Project Management Institute's PMBOK Guide Fifth Edition, and augments those methods with more detailed, hands-on procedures that have been proven through actual practice. This edition presents case examples that illuminate the theory of quality planning, assurance and control with real-world narratives, including situation, analysis and lessons learned, and provides course discussion points and practical exercises at the end of each chapter. It offers a walk-through of a wrap-up practical exercise relevant to many project domains, which will help readers gain experience using the tools and techniques of this project quality management process before applying them to their own project work. Course instructor material is also now available. Key Features Establishes a new quality tool the pillar diagram that provides a needed capability to identify root causes of undesirable effects Supplies quality processes attuned to project scope specifications used to ensure a quality product and quality processes and to help maintain cost and schedule constraints to ensure a quality project Provides techniques and tools organized and explained according to their application within this quality process that can be applied immediately to improve project implementation and customer satisfaction in any project context. Presents "off-line" treatment of the related topics of project training, leadership and organization change in appendices WAV Offers numerous downloadable tools for planning project quality, collecting and understanding data, comprehending and analyzing processes, and problem solving, as well as instruction materials for use in college and professional courses on the topic available from the Web Added Value Download Resource Center at www.jrosspub.com/wav

Head Related Transfer Function and Virtual Auditory Display covers binaural hearing and the basic principles, experimental measurements, computation, physical characteristics analyses, filter design, and customization of HRTFs. It also details the principles and applications of VADs, including headphone and loudspeaker-based binaural reproduction, virtual reproduction of stereophonic and multi-channel surround sound, binaural room simulation, rendering systems for dynamic and real-time virtual auditory environments, psychoacoustic evaluation and validation of VADs, and a variety of applications of VADs. This guide provides all the necessary knowledge and latest results for researchers, graduate students, and engineers who work in the field of HRTF and VAD.

Project Workflow Management illustrates a completely unique step-by-step workflow guiding approach, which significantly simplifies project management activities by enforcing execution of all required processes on time, and redirecting to an alternative path in the event of project issues. It enables readers with no prior project management skills to manage the entire lifecycle of any small to mid-sized project, and equips experienced project managers with a detailed map to the successful management of large complex projects and programs. Key Features: Describes project management methods, tips and techniques, teaching readers the practical knowledge required to manage projects hands-on from scratch, up to delivering the completed and tested product or service to the client Prompts and instructs users in every step of the project lifecycle from day one to the project closing, while constantly performing qualitative assessments of outcomes Explains and illustrates project management business processes and their flows using over forty process diagrams Enables organizations to more easily implement project management processes, minimize costs, ensure product quality, and green project management Wav Offers risk assessment, earned value analysis and client satisfaction tools available from the Web Added Value Download Resource Center at www.jrosspub.com