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This book examines the problems with the LD equation in flat spacetime and details its extension to curved spacetime. It compares different equivalence principles as well as vindicates some.

This is the first and only monograph on this subject, and provides a systematic presentation of theoretical fundamentals of the mechanics of rods as well as numerical methods used for practical purposes. Includes problems and solutions for self-study.

Povh and Rosina's Scattering and Structures presents the properties of quantum systems (elementary particles, nucleons, atoms, molecules, quantum gases, quantum liquids, stars, and early universe) with the help of elementary concepts and analogies between these seemingly different systems.

This work analyzes the problem of delegated decision-making within firms when investment projects are characterized by the possibility to make subsequent decisions after the initial investment decision has been made.

Although interest in spatial growth regressions has been growing in recent years, formal theoretical approaches that acknowledge the role of space in economic growth have been sparse.

Systematically surveying the state of the art in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, this thesis examines their present limitations as well as offering a catalogue of solutions through modeling, fabricating and testing at commercially crucial wavelengths.

This book focuses on theoretical and practical applications of Knowledge Management and Customer Relationship Management, including a case study that investigates knowledge management in both the administrative and the operational area of a concrete company.

Spatial statistics and spatial econometrics are recent sprouts of the tree "spatial analysis with measurement". Still, several general themes have emerged. Exploring selected fields of possible interest is tantalizing, and this is what the authors aim here.

This book focuses on critical success factors for professional service firms, offering a compendium of core management principles. Covers the management of service quality, knowledge and marketing as well as the management of people, organization and strategy.

The authors of this text have written a comprehensive introduction to the modeling and optimization problems encountered when designing new propulsion systems for passenger cars.

This, the second edition of the hugely practical reference and handbook describes kinematic, static and dynamic Global Positioning System theory and applications. This is the first book to report the unified GPS data processing method and algorithm that uses equations for selectively eliminated equivalent observations.

Written by the original members of an industry standardization group, this book shows you how to use UML to test complex software systems. The authors introduce UTP step-by-step, using a case study that illustrates how UTP can be used for test modeling and test specification.

It provides a wide range of underlying concepts and frameworks that help the reader understand the major forces driving organizational and marketplace change, rather than presenting these changes as simple outcomes of technological or management fads.

This book addresses spatial representations and reasoning techniques for mobile robot mapping, providing an analysis of fundamental representations and processes involved. The book includes an extensive discussion of the literature.

The volume is a thoroughly revised edition of the author's book on German Administrative Law which was first published in 1985. From the perspective of a common law jurisdiction the author presents the basic framework of German administrative law, along the lines administrative law is understood in the English speaking world.

Three approaches can be applied to determine the performance of parallel and distributed computer systems: measurement, simulation, and mathematical methods.

This is the first textbook in this field of increasing importance for the food and cosmetics industries. It describes the principles of food physics starting with the very basics - and focuses on the needs of practitioners without omitting important basic principles.

The author develops a comprehensive regional success factor model, by which the effects of regional management autonomy and regional product and service adaptation on the regional success of MNCs as well as the interaction effects of regional orientation and inter-regional distance are investigated.

This book provides key insights into how to control local government debts and optimize the makeup of debts in China. However, local governments' debts have accumulated, which increases the risk of debt default and threatens the stability of China's financial system.

The Welfare of Performing Animals

This book represents the first rigorous treatment of thermoelectrochemistry, providing an overview that will stimulate electrochemists to develop and apply modern thermoelectrochemical methods.

Shape Reconstruction from Apparent Contours

This book represents an attempt to fully review the phenomenon of the blogosphere. This can be achieved through a better understanding of individual blogs and their particular technical characteristics, as well as a deeper knowledge of how a single blog is embedded and interconnected within the entire blogosphere.

Marital Breakdown in Spain provides a comprehensive overview of the psychosocial and legal aspects of divorce in Spain, addressing the grounds for divorce and the impact it has on parents and children. The text applies theoretical approaches that consider both psychosocial conditions and Spanish legislation.

This comprehensive introduction to the field of heat and mass transfer explains the theory and fundamentals, and teaches the skills needed to address practical problems. The English edition of a successful German textbook, it includes figures and calculated examples and numerous solved exercises. The book will be useful to students, and likewise to scientists and practising engineers.

This book deals with the role of changing groundwater base level on the adjacent hydrological systems. It summarizes, compiles and compares results of current and paleo base levels, using examples from all over the world.

This book provides insight on all aspects of modern aviation network strategies and structures, ranging from market research to hub design, operations, organization, alliances, benchmarking and antitrust issues. More than 100 charts help clarify coverage.

The extended 3rd edition of this book covers such innovations as chaos synchronization between two lasers used for optical secure communication, fast physical number generation using chaotic semiconductor lasers and development and application of chaos chips.

This account of the fundamentals of Hamiltonian mechanics also covers related topics such as integral invariants and the Noether theorem. With just the elementary mathematical methods used for exposition, the book is suitable for novices as well as graduates.