Quest For Performance

Author : Laurence K. Loftin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quest for Performance written by Laurence K. Loftin and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provides access to a NASA History Office publication, NASA SP-468, by Laurence K. Loftin, Jr, NASA Scientific and Technical Information Branch, Washington, D.C. 1985. It traces the technical development of the airplane since World War I. It describes significant aircraft that incorporated important technical innovations and served to shape the future course of aeronautical development, as well as aircraft that represented the state of the art of aeronautical technology in a particular time frame or that were very popular and produced in great numbers. Primary emphasis has been placed on aircraft originating in the United States. The discussion is related primarily to aircraft configuration evolution and associated aerodynamic characteristics and, to a lesser extent, to developments in aircraft construction and propulsion. The material is presented in a manner designed to appeal to the nontechnical reader who is interested in the evolution of the airplane, as well as to students of aeronautical engineering or others with an aeronautical background.

Author : Laurence K. Loftin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Author : National Aeronautics Administration
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781503105027
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quest for Performance written by National Aeronautics Administration and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-05 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 75 years have passed since the Wright brothers' historic first flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903. During this relatively brief period, the airplane has developed from a useless freak to a highly significant force in modern society. The transformation of the airplane during this period must be ranked as one of the great engineering accomplishments of all time. The magnitude of the achievement is emphasized by the nature of the vehicle and the rigorous requirements for precise design of every element. In no other type of machine, with the possible exception of space vehicles, do the often conflicting requirements of performance, safety, reliability, and economic viability place such a high premium on detailed design optimization, based on quantitative data and analysis. This volume traces the technical development of the airplane from a curiosity at the beginning of World War I to the highly useful machine of today. Included are significant aircraft that incorporated important technical innovations and served to shape the future course of aeronautical development, as well as aircraft that represented the state of the art of aeronautical technology in a particular time frame or that were very popular and produced in great numbers. In order to reduce the scope of material under consideration, primary emphasis has been placed on aircraft originating in the United States. No adverse reflection on the quality of the many fine foreign designs developed over the years is intended by their exclusion. The aircraft described certainly do not include all the significant types designed in the time period 1914-80, but they do illustrate the primary features of the technical evolution of the airplane. If the reader's favorite aircraft is not included, the reference lists at the end of this volume include publications that catalog data and photographs for a wide variety of aircraft. The discussion is related primarily to aircraft configuration evolution and associated aerodynamic characteristics and, to a lesser extent, to developments in aircraft construction and propulsion. The material is presented in a manner designed to appeal to the nontechnical reader who is interested in the evolution of the airplane, as well as to students of aeronautical engineering or others with an aeronautical background. The use of engineering terminology has been kept at a minimum, consistent with accuracy and the intent of the text; where unavoidable, suitable physical explanations have been included.

Author : Laurence K. Loftin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Author : Christopher Dorn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000349519
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Performance Comparison and Organizational Service Provision written by Christopher Dorn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-01-31 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the mechanisms underlying performance comparisons, Performance Comparison and Organizational Service Provision investigates how such assessments shape hospitals’ service provision and medical professionals’ work. With a focus on U.S. health care, this study outlines how medical quality was defined and compared in the hospital sector from the late 19th century to the present. Developing a novel theoretical framework to investigate performance comparisons, several different forms of internal and external performance assessments are contrasted throughout this period. The transformative effects of these comparisons on hospitals’ relationships to patients, insurers, regulators, and staff are analyzed and their ramifications for current hospital care are explored. Drawing on this analysis, the book examines the controversial nature of these measures and the struggles among hospital managers, patients, physicians, and policy makers to determine hospital quality. Affording a deeper understanding of how performance comparisons influence organizational service provision, the book will be of interest to researchers in a broad range of fields including organization studies, accountability and evaluation, health care, and policy research as well as practitioners in hospital care and management.

Author : Laurence K. Loftin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Author : André De Waal
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quest for Balance written by André De Waal and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2002-06-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the competencies a manager must possess in order to use a balanced scorecard. * Features case studies of corporations who have successfully used the human element when implementing the balanced scorecard as a PMS.

Author : Arthur Thompson
Publisher : McGraw Hill
ISBN 13 : 0077152670
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book EBOOK: Crafting and Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases written by Arthur Thompson and published by McGraw Hill. This book was released on 2013-02-16 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crafting and Executing Strategy has been revised and updated specifically with its European readers in mind. Building upon the success of previous editions, it continues to explain the core concepts and key theories in strategy and illustrate them with practical, managerial examples students can really relate to. Brand new features have been developed to encourage readers to go beyond learning and to apply their knowledge to from a diverse range of real-life scenarios including global brands, SMEs, public sector and not-for-profit organizations.

Author : María Verónica Santelices
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498543480
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Quest for Equity in Chile’s Higher Education written by María Verónica Santelices and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Chile during the last forty years, there have been important initiatives aimed at increasing equity in higher education, including the private provision of tertiary education starting in 1980, the growing support provided by the state to low-income students through financial aid, the increasing importance of institutional financial aid, a university admissions system that has made efforts to reduce the important weight standardized test scores have traditionally had in admissions decisions and institutional-level programs implemented to broadened the admission of low income students to selective institutions. This book seeks to describe the concurrent efforts undertaken both at the national and at the institutional level to increase equity in access to higher education and educational outcomes in Chile during the last four decades. Taking stock of the accomplishments of Chile´s higher education system is especially important at a time when social demands and political decisions seem to deeply question the road traveled.

Author : Petrus Suparyanto
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3643908830
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bhima's Mystical Quest written by Petrus Suparyanto and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research based on the Jasadipoeran Sêrat Déwaruci, the Ki Nartosabdan Déwaruci play, and the dhalangs' interpretation of the Déwaruci play they performed. Using three divisions of the horizontal tripartite of the Déwaruci play, and of the vertical tripartite of the wayang kulit cosmology, together with the Javanese concepts of lair, batin, and rasa, the examination of Bhīma's quest reveals three stages of the Javanese spiritual growth, which can be systematically summarized as the purification of the corporeal feelings, the purification of the emotional feelings, and the purification of the intuitive feelings which culminates in the union with God, the so-called manunggaling kawula-Gustia.