By providing an introduction to the systems of the human body and covering important aspects of exercise/sport physiology, this book will be useful for students as they become exercise science professionals, physical educators, or coaches. It provides just the right amount of practical information.

Beginning with a description of the physical and mathematical laws that govern deformation in solids, this text offers an introduction to the concepts, analytical techniques, and numerical methods used to analyze deformation, stress, and failure in materials or components. It also discusses the use of finite element software for stress analysis.

Classic text on applied multiple regression considered the bible among graduate students and researchers.

Designed for researchers primarily interested in what their data are revealing, this book presents statistical methods without burdening readers with matrix algebra and calculus. The book shows how high resolution, publication-ready graphics associated with regression and ANOVA methods are produced with virtually no effort by the SAS user.

This book provides an overview of state-of-the-art approaches to the analysis of complex sample survey data. Building on the wealth of material on practical approaches to descriptive analysis and regression modeling from the first edition, this second edition expands the topics covered and presents more examples the analysis of survey data.

Effective spatial analysis is an essential element of archaeological research; this book is a unique guide to choosing the appropriate technique, applying it correctly and understanding its implications both theoretically and practically.

Thoroughly updated, this book discusses level design, the discipline of creating interactive game environments, with an emphasis on architectural principles. These principles can help level designers create meaningful user experiences and emotional responses for players..

Aimed at students and scholars in architecture, architectural history, theory, and urban studies, Architecture and the Housing Question examines the nexus of architecture, social housing, and politics.

The hot and temperate deserts and their marginal steppe lands comprise one-third of the land surface of the world and are an increasingly critical area for the economic wellbeing of world populations