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Over the last quarter of this century, revolutionary advances have been made both in kind and in precision in the application of particle traps to the study of thephysics of charged particles, leading to intensi?ed interest in, and wide proliferation of, this topic.

"The Brain - From Fuzzy Arithmetic to Quantum Computing".

Changes included changing my career from the field of space plasma physics to Earth sciences and geophysics, and changes in my personal life giving me h- piness and compliance in my present family.

Public managers can, to a certain extent, choose between various mana- ment paradigms which are provided by public and business administration scholars and by politicians as well. In the new millennium, public sector organisations seem to apply complex and varying mixtures of all three styles of what we will - fine as governance in a broad sense.

This book presents the fundamental principles of mechanical systems and their dynamics. It provides both the theory and applications of mechanical systems in an intermediate theoretical level, ranging from basic concepts to machine dynamics and robotics.

This book provides serious readers with a serious scientific tool that will enable them to actually perform a competitive research in modern complex nonlinearity. It includes a comprehensive bibliography on the subject and a detailed index.

This book presents a finite element model for the elasto-plastic and damage analysis of thin and thick shells. It investigates linear elastic, inelastic and softening behaviors caused by damage in structural shells, as well as large rotations.

In this book Higher Order Statistical theory is used to develop indices for detecting and quantifying signal non-Gaussianity and nonlinearity. These indices are used to diagnose the causes of poor control loop performance.

This book presents adaptive solution methods for multiobjective optimization problems based on parameter dependent scalarization approaches. Readers will benefit from the new adaptive methods and ideas for solving multiobjective optimization.

This monograph firstly provides a detailed description of the constitutive equation of masonry-like materials, clearly setting out its most important features. It then goes on to provide a numerical procedure to solve the equilibrium problem of masonry solids.

The book is devoted to the dynamics of axially moving material objects of low flexural stiffness, referred to as webs. Webs move at high speed, for example, in paper production the paper webs are transported with longitudinal speeds of up to 3000 m/min.

This book discusses growing populations emphasizing both regional and national situations. For the first time topics including population growth, ecosystem chemistry and development planning have been melded into a single text.

This book explains in clear language how you can make testing result-driven. It explains why testing is important and describes all of the activities involved in testing. It is enriched with recognizable examples, practical tips and useful checklists.

This book features a unique collection of the best Light and Electron micrographs [all with full authorisation to use] from the last 35 years which illustrate the structural range in each vertebrate taxon. These are reinforced by a series of line diagrams.

Three issues relating to the book's core concept are examined: the joint criminal enterprise doctrine; the defining criteria of international criminal courts; and the imposition of individual criminal responsibility for terrorism as a crime against humanity.

Micro-channels are the future for cooling all types of circuits. This book presents the first systematic exposition of the problem related to microfluid flow developing under conditions of intensive heat transfer and phase changing of working fluid.

With spectacularly beautiful colour photographs, this easily understandable text tells the story of honeybees in a new perspective. Based on the latest data, notably from his own research group, Jurgen Tautz provides a wonderful insight into the realm of bees.

This book examines the basic mathematical properties of solutions to boundary integral equations and details the variational methods for the boundary integral equations arising in elasticity, fluid mechanics and acoustic scattering theory.

This book gives a comprehensive overview and introduction to analytical techniques for electrochemistry. It provides as complete an overview as possible and enables the reader to choose methods most suitable for tackling a particular task.

Fluids play an important role in environmental systems appearing as surface water in rivers, lakes, and coastal regions or in the subsurface as well as in the atmosphere. Mechanics of environmental fluids is concerned with fluid motion, associated mass and heat transport as well as deformation processes in subsurface systems.

This book combines a rigorous overview of the mathematics of financial markets with an insight into the practical application of these models to the risk and portfolio management of interest-rate derivatives. It can also serve as a valuable textbook on financial markets for graduate and PhD students in mathematics.

Offers an approach to the ultimate goal of the short-term prediction of the power output of winds farms. This book addresses scientists and engineers working in wind energy related R and D and industry, as well as graduate students and nonspecialists researchers in the fields of atmospheric physics and meteorology.

This book shows how to apply pattern ideas in business applications. It explains the REA patterns and details how to apply more than 20 business patterns for business application. It further shows how to find business objects and related modeling elements.

This book explains how the concept of mutuality is quickly becoming a fundamental principle in marketing. It presents useful, and applicable marketing models, typologies and tools, as well as guides to the systematic generation of strategic opportunities.

This book presents fundamental methods for model-based design of mechatronic systems. More than 50 fully worked out design examples clearly illustrate these methods and concepts.

The GLP regulations have developed from rules on how to exactly document the planning, conduct and reporting of toxicity studies to a quality system for the management of a multitude of study types, from the simple determination of a physical/chemical parameter to the most complex field studies or ecotoxicology studies.

This book clarifies the application of cybernetic ideas, particularly those of Beer's Viable System Model, to organizational diagnosis and design. It offers a method to study and design organizations and a methodology to deal with implementation problems.

An ingredient brand is a component of a product that has its own brand identity. This book explains how ingredient branding works and how brand managers can successfully improve the performance of component marketing.

This unique book explores the important issues in studying for active visual perception. The book's eleven chapters draw on recent important work in robot vision over ten years, particularly in the use of new concepts.