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This book reviews recent contributions of electron positron colliders to the precision test of the electroweak Standard Model. It includes a short summary of the measurements at the Z resonance and gives an overview of the electroweak processes above the Z. Late chapters offer an outlook on electroweak physics at the future LHC.

This book details methods for analyzing, processing and reconstructing complex signals. It presents a newly developed method for the calculation of basic parameters of the processed voltage and current signals.

The only comprehensive survey of chromatographic methods for the analysis of aroma compounds and fragrances, this book, written by a recognized member of the separation science community, features extensive tables with relevant data to aid method choice.

This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the theories, techniques and applications of image fusion. It examines in detail many real-life examples of image fusion, including panchromatic sharpening and ensemble color image segmentation.

This book offers an in-depth evaluation of agile methods. It proves the benefits of agile software development, provides in-depth insights into experimental methods in the context of agile development and details various validity threats in empirical studies.

This pioneering book is a unique compilation of mitochondrial genome alterations in cancer. It focuses on the emerging role of mitochondrial genome changes, bioenergetics and signaling pathways.

On March 23, 1983 then President Ronald Reagan announced his intentions to develop a new system to reduce the threat of nuclear attack and end the strategy of mutual deterrence in an address to the nation entitled, Address to the Nation on Defense and National Security.

This major contribution to the development of social informatics shows how information systems can realize social goals, use social concepts, or become sources of information about social phenomena. All of these research directions are present in this book.

There are relatively few books related to contact between structural elements, like beams, plates or shells. The purpose of this state-of-the-art work is to fill this gap. It offers a systematic description of a finite element analysis of beam-to-beam contact.

'Marktform und Gleichgewicht', published in 1934, presented Heinrich von Stackelberg's groundbreaking leadership model of firm competition. This volume makes his classic work available in its original form to an English-speaking audience for the first time.

This thorough, up-to-date overview of wastes accumulating at mine sites deals comprehensively with sulfidic mine wastes, mine water, tailings, cyanidation wastes of gold-silver ores, radioactive wastes of uranium ores, and wastes of phosphate and potash ores.

As well as providing an introduction to risk analysis in general, this study looks at a particular approach known as CORAS, a model-driven method for defensive risk analysis featuring a tool-supported modelling language specially designed to model risks.

The Caucasus region, situated on a natural isthmus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, has long been a border zone and a melting pot for a diverse range of cultures and peoples. The war over South Ossetia, which erupted between Russia and Georgia in August 2008, spelt out the explosive potential still inherent in these conflicts.

"Digital Video and Audio Broadcasting Technology - A Practical Engineering Guide" deals with all the most important digital television, sound radio and multimedia standards such as MPEG, DVB, DVD, DAB, ATSC, T-DMB, DMB-T, DRM and ISDB-T.

The year-long consultations on Basel II mirror the international popularity of capital requirements as a regulatory instrument. Yet, the impact of capital requirements on banks' behavior is not fully understood. The aim of this study is to contribute to this understanding.

As a basis for printed property charts and tables, empirical multiparameter equa tions of state have been the most important source of accurate thermodynamic property data for more than 30 years now.

Vibration and noise reduce the perceived quality, productivity, and efficiency of many and limit production speeds electromechanical systems.

Th- mal and deformation fields appear in metal forming in various forms. The thermal effects in metal forming plasticity can be studied at two levels, - pending on whether uncoupled or coupled theories of thermo-plastic response have to be applied.

This new approach to an established field introduces the concept of predicate logic in order to supersede propositional logic in switching theory. The author gives new insight into the theory of latches (memory circuits) for use in undergraduate and graduate courses.

This monograph presents a novel concept of a mobile robot, which is a single-wheel, gyroscopically stabilized robot. This book focuses on the dynamics and control aspects, including modeling, model-based control, learning-based control, and shared control with human operators.

This book presents design methods for and hardware amount optimization for compositional microprogram control units (CMCU). It includes new models of control units, methods of their synthesis and a lot of examples.

"Artificial Mind System" exposes the reader to a broad spectrum of interesting areas in general brain science and mind-oriented studies. With a view that "the mind is a system always evolving", ideas inspired by many branches of studies related to brain science are integrated within the text, i.e.

This book presents several circuits that are required for the full integration of an optical transmitter in standard CMOS. The main emphasis is placed on high-speed receivers with a bitrate of up to 1 Gb/s. The possibility of including the photodiode in a receiver is investigated and the problems encountered are discussed.

This text treats the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation with periodic boundary conditions. This equation models waves in homogeneous, weakly nonlinear and weakly dispersive media in general. For the first time, these important results are comprehensively covered in book form, authored by internationally renowned experts in the field.

The Europiiische Akademie is concerned with the study of scientific and technolog ical advances for the individual, society and the natural environment. It is the result of the Europiiische Akademie's working group "Functional Foods" which worked from January 2001 to June 2003.

For the first time in book form, this comprehensive and systematic monograph presents methods for the reversible synthesis of logic functions and circuits. It is illustrated with a wealth of examples and figures that describe in detail the systematic methodologies of synthesis using reversible logic.

But today, and to an increasing extent, scientific progress is being driven by a quest for machine intelligence - for systems which possess a high MIQ (Machine IQ) and can perform a wide variety of physical and mental tasks with minimal human intervention.

The purpose of this volume is to present some new learning paradigms that have been triggered, or at least strongly influenced by soft computing tools and techniques, mainly related to neural networks, fuzzy logic, rough sets, and evolutionary computations.