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Overview: In studying physiological systems bioscientists are continually faced with the problem of providing descriptions of cause-effect relationships. This task is usually carried out through the performance of stimulus-response experiments. In the past, the design of such experiments has been ad hoc, incomplete, and certainly inefficient. Worse yet, bioscientists have failed to take advantage of advances in fields directly related to their problems (specifically, advances in the area of systems analysis). The raison d‘etre of this book is to rectify this deficiency by providing the physiol

Overview: Cellulose is a versatile and renewable natural resource which has attracted increasing attention in the last decade, expecially after the energy crisis of 1973. Apart from its extensive use as asolid product, wood is the most important source of cellulose fibres for papermaking and is also widely used as a source of energy. The form and availability ot· the forest provides a great opportunity for technological improvement and innovation in the future to satisfy the foreseeable increasing demand for wood­ based products. For example, North American sawmills and plywood mills presently

Overview: This collection focuses on ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy where ionic melts, slags, fluxes, or salts play important roles in industrial growth and economy worldwide. Technical topics included are: thermodynamic properties and phase diagrams and kinetics of slags, fluxes, and salts; physical properties of slags, fluxes, and salts; structural studies of slags; interfacial and process phenomena involving foaming, bubble formation, and drainage; slag recycling, refractory erosion/corrosion, and freeze linings; and recycling and utilization of metallurgical slags and models and their

Overview: Since the first papers by E. N. Leith and J. Upatnieks on the subject of holography appeared in 1961, there has been a virtual explosion of research activity in the field. More than 500 papers and articles on holo­ graphy have appeared in the last ten years. Many applications of holo­ graphy have been proposed, and some of these are beginning to enter the realm of usefulness. One of the applications that appears to hold great promise is acoustic imaging by means of holography. The first papers on this subject appeared in 1966, but already research activity in the field is burgeoning.

Overview: This book presents the proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on large Spatial Databases, SSD ‘95, held in Portland, Maine, USA in August 1995..The 23 refereed full papers presented were selected from more than 60 submissions and describe the state-of-the-art in the expanding field of large spatial databases, with a certain emphasis on an upcoming new generation of spatial database management systems. The volume is organized in sections on spatial data models, spatial data mining, spatial query processing, multiple representations, open GIS, geo-algorithms, reasoning about sp

Overview: 5. 2 Rings and Ideals 148 5. 3 Ideals and Cyclic Subspaces 152 5. 4 Generator Matrices and Parity-Check Matrices 159 5. 5 Encoding Cyclic Codest 163 5. 6 Syndromes and Simple Decoding Procedures 168 5. 7 Burst Error Correcting 175 5. 8 Finite Fields and Factoring xn-l over GF(q) 181 5. 9 Another Method for Factoring xn-l over GF(q)t 187 5. 10 Exercises 193 Chapter 6 BCH Codes and Bounds for Cyclic Codes 6. 1 Introduction 201 6. 2 BCH Codes and the BCH Bound 205 6. 3 Bounds for Cyclic Codest 210 6. 4 Decoding BCH Codes 215 6. 5 Linearized Polynomials and Finding Roots of Polynomialst

Overview: Most up-to-date and complete book on polarons available.Covers basic physics as well as applications for all related materials.Integrates theory and experimental results.Both a reference for researche.While basic features of polarons were well recognized a long time ago and have been described in a number of review papers and textbooks, interest in the role of electron-phonon interactions and polaron dynamics in contemporary materials has recently gone through a vigorous revival. Electron-phonon interactions have been shown to be relevant in high-temperature superconductors and colos

Overview: Aspekte der Vergemeinschaftung und Vergesellschaftung in der Lebensphase AlterDas Thema "Altern und Bürgerschaftliches Engagement" gewinnt vor dem Hintergrund des demografischen Wandels zunehmend an Gewicht. Mit der Formel des bürgerschaftlichen Engagements erscheint die alte Ehrenamtlichkeit im neuen Gewande. Wenn Freiwilligenarbeit und bürgerschaftliches Engagement derzeit Konjunktur erleben, so stellt sich zugleich auch die Frage, ob sich diese Formen der gesellschaftlichen Partizipation nicht gerade im Angesicht der leeren öffentlichen Kassen besonderer Beliebtheit erfreuen. Die

Overview: Proposes a new way of understanding humanitarian action from an interdisciplinary perspective.Provides new theoretical insights departing from the experience of humanitarian workers on the ground.Appl.This book aims to present an alternative view of humanitarian action. It adds to current conversations and dilemmas within the humanitarian sphere by departing from traditional views that consider humanitarian interventions as a concrete human activity aimed at providing relief to disaster victims. Much differently, it invokes the idea that humanitarian action is also a cognitive proces

Overview: 978-3-409-92744-4978-3-663-13830-3

Overview: Latest research on Ambient Intelligence.Results of the 5th International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence, held at the University of Salamanca (Spain) 4th-6th June, 2014.Focuses on offering ways to i.Ambient Intelligence (AmI) is a recent paradigm emerging from Artificial Intelligence (AI), where computers are used as proactive tools assisting people with their day-to-day activities, making everyone’s life more comfortable..Another main concern of AmI originates from the human computer interaction domain and focuses on offering ways to interact with systems in a more natural way by

Overview: This volume contains the contributions of the 10th Symposium on Analytical Ultracentrifugation, held in Regensburg, Germany, on March 13th to 14th, 1997. Topics in the following fields were presented: Technical innovations; innovations in data analysis; modeling; biological systems; ions and polyelectrolytes; polymers, colloids, supramolecular systems; emulsions, gels, and dispersions; interacting systems and assemblies.978-3-662-16050-3978-3-7985-1656-4Series ISSN 0340-255X Series E-ISSN 1437-8027

Overview: Provides a graduate level introductory and self-contained text..Based on class-tested lectures.Contains 81 exercises with full solutions.Includes supplementary material: .Chiral Perturbation Theory, as effective field theory, is a commonly accepted and well established working tool, approximating quantum chromodynamics at energies well below typical hadron masses..This volume, based on a number of lectures and supplemented with additional material, provides a pedagogical introduction for graduate students and newcomers entering the field from related areas of nuclear and particle phy

Overview: Plasma-based techniques are widely and successfully used across the field of materials processing, advanced nanosynthesis, and nanofabrication. The diversity of currently available processing architectures based on or enhanced by the use of plasmas is vast, and one can easily get lost in the opportunities presented by each of these configurations. This mini-book provides a concise outline of the most important concepts and architectures in plasma-assisted processing of materials, helping the reader navigate through the fundamentals of plasma system selection and optimization. Archite

Overview: 978-3-540-52892-0978-3-642-75892-8Series ISSN 0177-736X

Overview: Presents the first collection of essays focused on the trade of animals and animal products within the Indian Ocean World.Assembles case studies on a diverse range of animals, such as donkeys, oysters.This book examines trades in animals and animal products in the history of the Indian Ocean World (IOW). An international array of established and emerging scholars investigate how the roles of equines, ungulates, sub-ungulates, mollusks, and avians expand our understandings of commerce, human societies, and world systems. Focusing primarily on the period 1500-1900, they explore how ani

Overview: 978-3-663-00412-7978-3-663-02325-8

Overview: Includes methodical collections and case-studies on archaeoseismology.Contributes a better understanding on regional seismic hazard assessment.Introduces an open-minded and interdisciplinary approach .Archaeoseismic research provides data and information on past earthquakes but is limited by the lack of ongoing discussions about methodology. This volume is an interdisciplinary approach including archaeologists, geologists, geophysicists, seismologists, engineers, and architects from different countries to present a comprehensive recording and interpretation of ancient natural disaste

Overview: Includes supplementary material: The three-volume proceedings LNCS 10210-10212 constitute the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 36th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, EUROCRYPT 2017, held in Paris, France, in April/May 2017. .The 67 full papers included in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 264 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections named: lattice attacks and constructions; obfuscation and functional encryption; discrete logarithm; multiparty computation; universal composability; ze

Overview: New market trends and the emergence of the so-calledInternet-based `new economy‘ are leading companies to new forms oforganization, mostly relying on privileged cooperation links.Nowadays, most manufacturing processes are not carried out by singleenterprises. Rather, organizations feel the need to focus on theircore competencies and join efforts with others, in order to fulfillthe requirements of new products/services demanded by the globalmarket. In a cooperative networked organization, every enterprise isjust a node that adds some value to the process; namely, a step in themanufact