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Item Anatomical Basis of Injury(2019-05-30) Harrison, LayciThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This text is designed to supplement an Anatomical Basis of Injury in Athletic Training course while providing review of basic Anatomy and Physiology. View the web version for updates and embedded media. The web version of this book is available at https://uhlibraries.pressbooks.pub/atpanatomy/Item HRMA 2340: Systems of Accounts(2019-08-09) DeFranco, AgnesThis text was developed by Agnes DeFranco and Arlene Ramirez for HRMA 2340: System of Accounts in the Hospitality Industry. View the web version for updates and embedded media. The web version of this book is available at https://uhlibraries.pressbooks.pub/hrma2340fa19/. All Rights Reserved.Item Basic Notions of Thermodynamics and Quantum Mechanics for Natural Sciences: Survey of Physical Chemistry(2020-08-25) Lubchenko, VassiliyThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. This book is intended as a semester course on the basic notions of Thermodynamics, Thermochemistry, and Quantum Mechanics for students majoring in Science (other than Chemistry and Physics) and Mathematics. It is appropriate as an introductory text for Chemistry and Physics majors as well. View the web version for updates. The following documents are included: Digital PDF (includes hyperlinks) and Print PDF (higher image quality). The web version of this book is available at https://uhlibraries.pressbooks.pub/lubchenkosurveypchem/.Item Lab Manual: Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology(2020-09-01) Tamber-Rosenau, Benjamin; Foss, Donald; Avci, GunesThis lab manual was developed by Benjamin Tamber-Rosenau, Donald Foss, and Gunes Avci for PSYC 2305: Introduction to Methods in Psychology. This laboratory manual is based in part on PSYC 2301: Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology, which was a publication of the University of Houston Department of Psychology with its last major revision in 2012 by Evan Weinberger and Kristen Capuozzo. All Rights Reserved.Item The Story of Earth: An Observational Guide(2021) Hauptvogel, Daniel; Sisson, VirginiaThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This lab manual for historical geology focuses on student observations. The web version of this book is available at https://uhlibraries.pressbooks.pub/historicalgeologylab/Item Scientific Computing for Mechanical Engineering: Fundamentals of Numerical Methods(2021-06-17) Prosperetti, AndreaThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. These lecture notes provide an introduction to scientific computing focusing mostly on the numerical solution of partial differential equations of the elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic types by finite-difference methods. After an introduction to finite-precision numerics and numerical differentiation, the focus is on elliptic equations and the solution of linear algebraic systems. Next, the presentation of methods for parabolic and hyperbolic equations includes the notion of stability and methods for its analysis. Short introductions to methods for ordinary differential equations, weighted-residual methods and verification and validation are also provided.Item HRMA 3341 Module 2 Practice Problem No. 1(2021-09-01) Ramirez, Arlene; DeFranco, AgnesPractice Problem No. 1 for HRMA 3341 Module 2. The following documents are included: Practice Problem (Microsoft Excel) and Solution (Adobe PDF). All Rights Reserved.Item Cougar Hotel Practice Set(2021-09-01) Ramirez, Arlene; DeFranco, AgnesThis mini project is designed to take students through the entire accounting cycle from analyzing transactions to the post-closing trial balance. The following documents are included: Project Instructions; Cougar Hotel Working Papers; and Cougar Hotel Worksheet. All Rights Reserved.Item HRMA 4343 Project 2(2021-09-01) DeFranco, Agnes; Ramirez, ArleneThis project was developed for HRMA 4343: Financial Administration for the Hospitality Industry. Using EXCEL, set up all given parameters for calculations. Label all variables properly. Then: 1. Calculate the cost of debt, cost of equity, and the weighted cost of capital (15%), 2. Estimate the net cash flows for this project for its entire life (all years) using both the NCF formula (10%) and the regular income statement format (35%), 3. Calculate Payback (5%), Net Present Value (10%), and Internal Rate of Return (10%), 4. Determine whether HMT should make this investment under each capital budgeting criterion. Present all calculations and explain the rationale in full sentences and paragraphs such as the definitions of the methods used and how each decision is derived. Grammar and content are both important (15%). All Rights Reserved.Item HRMA 3341 Spring 2021 Problem 1(2021-09-01) Ramirez, Arlene; DeFranco, AgnesProblem 1 for HRMA 3341. The following documents are included: Problem (Microsoft Excel) and Solution (Adobe PDF). All Rights Reserved.Item HRMA 3341 Module 3 Practice Problem No. 1(2021-09-01) Ramirez, Arlene; DeFranco, AgnesPractice Problem No. 1 for HRMA 3341 Module 3. The following documents are included: Practice Problem (Microsoft Excel) and Solution (Adobe PDF). All Rights Reserved.Item HRMA 4343 Project 1 Analysis of Financial Health(2021-09-01) DeFranco, Agnes; Ramirez, ArleneYour assignment is to download the financial statements of your assigned company and perform the following: Use this website to access your information: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html. a. Income statement – vertical and horizontal analyses. b. Balance sheet – vertical and horizontal analyses. c. Statement of cash flow – horizontal analysis. d. Ratios – calculate at least six ratios of your choice from the following categories: liquidity, solvency, activity, and profitability. Since you will be comparing these ratios to the industry standards, please consult the RMA standards so you will be calculating ratios that have available standards with which to compare. e. Comment on the financial health of your assigned company by using the results of each of the above sections. The written comments need not be extensive but should cover the important points and extraordinary items. For example, in the income statement analysis, you should explain what a vertical and what horizontal analysis mean. Select the accounts that have the highest dollar differences and highest percentage differences and comment on them. All Rights Reserved.Item CHIN/WCL 3342: Tales of East Asian Cities(University of Houston Libraries, 2022-12-20) Li, Melody; Carter, Katherine; Santiago, ArianaThis book features essays about six major East Asian cities contributed by students of the Fall 2022 CHIN/WCL 3342: Tales of East Asian Cities course. Essays describe background information about each of the cities, followed by critical analyses of relevant cultural subjects.Item Computer Labs on Machine Learning(2023-12) Wen, MingjianThis is a collection of self-consistent Jupyter notebooks introducing basic Python programming and applied machine learning for chemical and materials sciences.Item GHL 2365 – Tourism(University of Houston Libraries, 2024-01-17) Draper, JasonCourse Description: An overview of the history and implications of travel and tourism as an economic, political, and cultural force, and the effect of tourism development on the quality of life of the host society.Item Statistical Data Analysis in the Hospitality Industry(University of Houston Libraries, 2024-02) Shin, MinjungThis book covers the basic principles of statistics necessary to conduct hospitality research. The primary topics addressed will include the links between theory, research design, and statistical techniques; variable measurement and frequency distributions; summary statistics for central tendency and variation; hypothesis testing; and bivariate correlation and regression analysis.Item Be A Tech Advanced Cultural Learner(University of Houston Libraries, 2024-02) Fang, Fang; Li, Melody Yunzi; Hwang, SunhongThis textbook is about how students can pro-actively create engaging learning experiences through cutting-edge technologies.