http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 25 May 2013 00:32:00 PDT Sat, 25 May 2013 00:32:00 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=736489 This is a free online textbook offered by InTech.'This book provides an insight for students, researchers and practitioners on the area of vehicular communications explaining and presenting solutions for some of the most critical issues in this field and, hopefully, inspiring new research directions. The book is organized in Sections, which respond to different layers and aspects of the vehicular technology: infrastructures, cells deployment and its integration with the V2V part, access procedures, advanced services and applications as localization, spectrum sensing, relay-based cooperative networks.' http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=736137 This is a free textbook that can be used in 'for diploma and degree level students to understand what is taught in trade training. They can use these books to develop further training materials for their recruits and department personnel.' http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=736126 This is a free textbook designed to be used in trade training. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=661353 This work is intended for the many English-speaking physicians, dentists, nurses, and paramedics treating monolingual Haitian patients. It is a compendium of more than 1,300 questions, answers, and instructions heard during the course of several hundred medical interviews in rural Haiti. Includes audio supplement in mp3 format. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=661434 This work was created principally for that group of human beings - the most admirable we have ever known - who devote a large, or small, portion of their lives to helping the Haitian people by practicing medicine in extremely isolated, difficult outposts of rural Haiti. Our principal aim is to acquaint those new to the rural Haitian scene with what many (but certainly not all) patients may believe, and to present a sampling of the cultural barriers to be confronted. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=580731 This is an undergraduate tax course where objectives include learning tax concepts and how to prepare income taxes. This version also contains information on preparing California State and Federal Income Tax returns.This book appears to be only available in printed format from Flat World Knowledge. It is not currently available through their browsing catalog. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=518906 ״OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING PROVIDES a means to accessing the skills needed for development. The demands for training from the labour market are very large and ongoing; the demands from young people seeking employment or wanting to become self-employed are critical. This book examines the various aspects of delivering skills training by open and distance learning: the stakeholders; the learners; the curriculum; designing, developing and delivering the courses; supporting the students; training the staff; accrediting the results and assuring the quality of training. It also looks at ways of teaching practical skills. The final chapter brings everything together by showing how all of these various processes can be managed from an institutional context. The writers and case studies are drawn from Africa, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, India and the United Kingdom. They offer information and advice on increasing access to technical and vocational education using open and distance learning. They suggest how a single-mode institution using traditional delivery methodology might become a dual-mode institution incorporating open and distance learning. The book is designed for managers, policy-makers and government officials. It applies to any organisation that needs to deliver training to its staff in any sector of employment.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=513265 This is a free, online textbook offered by Bookboon.com. Topics include:1. Biomass Properties and Prediction Tools for Vegetation Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires 1.1 Overview 1.2 Research in the Field of Occurrence and Spreading of Forest Fires 1.2.1 Strengths and Weaknesses of Literature 1.2.2 European Programs 1.3 Fuel Particle Characteristics 1.3.1 Description of Fuel Properties 1.3.2 physical, chemical and thermal characteristics 1.3.3 Ignition Temperature and Flammability 1.3.4 Development of Fuel Models – Basic Characteristics 1.4 Theoretical Modeling of Fire in Vegetation Layer 1.4.1 Classification of Fire Behaviour Models 1.4.2 Empirical Models 1.4.3 Semi-empirical Models 1.4.4 Physical Models 1.5 Thermal Decomposition and Combustion of Vegetation 1.5.1 Thermal decomposition of vegetation 1.5.2 Combustion Process 1.6 Experimental Data for Fire Behavior Modelling Validation 1.6.1 Rate of Fire Spread and Flame Charakteristics 1.6.2 Temperature and velocity distribution for and above pine needles litter. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=447030 EXPLORING CAREERS IN DENTISTRY is a resource which helps students make the decision to enter into dentistry. All the needed prerequisites are explained, along with the tests needed. Dental schools are listed as well as possible scholarship sources. The rigors of a dental education are outlined; and the required courses in dental school are explained in detail. The schedule and life of a dentist is described, also.Jessica A. Rickert, D.D.S. is the first American Indian female dentist in the world, a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. She graduated from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in 1975 and has maintained a private practice in Northern Michigan. In 2007, she was awarded the ACCESS AWARD by the American Dental Association. In 2009, Dr. Rickert was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=433273 ״Emergency management is most simply defined as the discipline dealing with risk and risk avoidance. Risk represents a broad range of issues and includes an equally diverse set of players. The range of situations and events that could potentially involve emergency management or the emergency management system is extensive. It is undeniable that emergency management is integral to the security of our daily lives, and as such it should be integrated into our daily decisions rather than being called upon only in response to major disasters." This free, online textbook contains eleven chapters concerning topics such as preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery, communication, etc.