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Petroleum Refining Processes (Chemical Industries)
by James G. Speight Baki ÖzümThis work highlights contemporary approaches to resource utilization and provides comprehensive coverage of technological advances in residuum conversion. It illustrates state-of-the-art engineering methods for the refinement of heavy oils, bitumen, and other high-sulphur feedstocks.
The Routledge Companion to the American Landscape (Routledge International Handbooks)
by Alyson L. Greiner Chris W. Post Geoffrey L. BuckleyThe Routledge Companion to the American Landscape provides a comprehensive overview of the American landscape in a way fit for the twenty-first century, not only in its topical and regional scope but also in its methodological and disciplinary diversity.Critically surveying the contemporary scholarship on the American landscape, this companion brings together scholars from the social sciences and humanities who focus their work on understanding the polyphonic evolution of the United States’ landscape. It simultaneously assesses the development of the US landscape as well as the scholarly thought that has driven innovation and continued research about that landscape. Four broad sections focus on key areas of scholarship: environmental landscapes, social, cultural, and popular identities in the landscape, political landscapes, and urban/economic landscapes. A special essay, "American Landscapes Under Siege" and accompanying short case studies call attention to the legacies and realities of race in the American landscape, bridging the discussion of social and political landscapes.This companion offers an invaluable and up-to-date guide for scholars and graduate students to current thinking across the range of disciplines which converge in the study of place, including Geography, Cultural Studies, and History as well as the interdisciplinary fields of American Studies, Environmental Studies, and Planning.
Topological Degree Theory and Applications (Mathematical Analysis and Applications)
by Yeol Je Cho Yu-Qing ChenSince the 1960s, many researchers have extended topological degree theory to various non-compact type nonlinear mappings, and it has become a valuable tool in nonlinear analysis. Presenting a survey of advances made in generalizations of degree theory during the past decade, this book focuses on topological degree theory in normed spaces and its ap
Polynomial Completeness in Algebraic Systems
by Kalle Kaarli Alden F. PixleyThe study of polynomial completeness of algebraic systems has only recently matured, and until now, lacked a unified treatment. Polynomial Completeness in Algebraic Systems examines the entire field with one coherent approach. The authors focus on the theory of affine complete varieties but also give the primary known results on affine completeness in special varieties. The book includes an extensive introductory chapter that provides the necessary background and makes the results accessible to graduate students as well as researchers. Numerous exercises illustrate the theory, and examples-and counterexamples-clarify the boundaries of the subject.
Electronic Structure of Alloys, Surfaces and Clusters (Advances in Condensed Matter Science)
by Abhijit Mookerjee D. D. SarmaUnderstanding the electronic structure of solids is a basic part of theoretical investigation in physics. Application of investigative techniques requires the solid under investigation to be "periodic." However, this is not always the case. This volume addresses three classes of "non-periodic" solids currently undergoing the most study: alloys, sur
Curves and Surfaces
by Larry L. Schumaker Pierre-Jean Laurent Alain Le MéhautéThis volume documents the results and presentations, related to aspects of geometric design, of the Second International Conference on Curves and Surfaces, held in Chamonix in 1993. The papers represent directions for future research and development in many areas of application. From the table of contents: - Object Oriented Spline Software - An Int
Handbook of Pest Management
by John R. Ruberson"Provides a detailed summary of pest management principles and techniques, outlining a broad selection of critical issues regarding current practice and future technology in this area. Discusses the role of soils, weather, and surrounding habitats in regulating pest occurrence and severity."
Computer Science and Applications: Proceedings of the 2014 Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Science and Applications (CSAC 2014), Shanghai, China, 27-28 December 2014
by Ally HuThe 2014 Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Science and Applications was held in Shanghai, December 27-28, 2014. These CSAC-2014 proceedings include 105 selected papers, which focus not only on the research of science and technology of computer sciences, but also on the research of applications, aiming at a quick and immediate effect on
Cloud Computing: Data-Intensive Computing and Scheduling
by Frederic Magoules Jie Pan Fei TengAs more and more data is generated at a faster-than-ever rate, processing large volumes of data is becoming a challenge for data analysis software. Addressing performance issues, Cloud Computing: Data-Intensive Computing and Scheduling explores the evolution of classical techniques and describes completely new methods and innovative algorithms. The
Randomised Response-Adaptive Designs in Clinical Trials
by Anthony C Atkinson Atanu BiswasRandomised Response-Adaptive Designs in Clinical Trials presents methods for the randomised allocation of treatments to patients in sequential clinical trials. Emphasizing the practical application of clinical trial designs, the book is designed for medical and applied statisticians, clinicians, and statisticians in training. After introducing clin
Transforms and Applications Primer for Engineers with Examples and MATLAB® (Electrical Engineering Primer Series)
by Alexander D. PoularikasTransforms and Applications Primer for Engineers with Examples and MATLAB® is required reading for engineering and science students, professionals, and anyone working on problems involving transforms. This invaluable primer contains the most essential integral transforms that both practicing engineers and students need to understand. It provides a large number of examples to explain the use of transforms in different areas, including circuit analysis, differential equations, signals and systems, and mechanical vibrations. Includes an appendix with suggestions and explanations to help you optimize your use of MATLABLaplace and Fourier transforms are by far the most widely used and most useful of all integral transforms, so they are given a more extensive treatment in this book, compared to other texts that include them. Offering numerous MATLAB functions created by the author, this comprehensive book contains several appendices to complement the main subjects. Perhaps the most important feature is the extensive tables of transforms, which are provided to supplement the learning process. This book presents advanced material in a format that makes it easier to understand, further enhancing its immense value as a teaching tool for engineers and research scientists in academia and industry, as well as students in science and engineering.
Strong Coulomb Correlations in Electronic Structure Calculations (Advances in Condensed Matter Science)
by Vladimir I. AnisimovMaterials where electrons show nearly localized rather than itinerant behaviour, such as the high-temperature superconducting copper oxides, or manganate oxides, are attracting interest due to their physical properties and potential applications. For these materials, the interaction between electrons, or electron correlation, plays an important rol
Thermal Measurements and Inverse Techniques (Heat Transfer)
by Renato M. Cotta Helcio R.B. Orlande Olivier Fudym Denis MailletWith its uncommon presentation of instructional material regarding mathematical modeling, measurements, and solution of inverse problems, Thermal Measurements and Inverse Techniques is a one-stop reference for those dealing with various aspects of heat transfer. Progress in mathematical modeling of complex industrial and environmental systems has e
Space Radio Science (Earth Space Institute Book Series)
by O.I. YakovlevSpace Radio Science outlines space communications with Earth's satellites and interplanetary probes, interstellar radio communications within our galaxy, and the effects of gravitational fields on propagating radio waves. The text describes a method of radio occultation used to monitor planetary atmospheres and ionospheres. The author considers the remote sensing of circumsolar and interplanetary plasmas as well as of the Earth and other planets in the solar system. He also analyzes radiophysical problems and methods, as well as the benefits of spacecraft and radio signals. This book is ideal for radio-physicists, engineers, and students in space radiophysics, remote sensing, and space communications.
Stress: Neural, Endocrine and Molecular Studies
by Richard McCarty Greti Aguilera Esther L. Sabban Richard KvetňanskýDistilling information from the Seventh Symposium on Catecholamines and other Neurotransmitters in Stress held in the Slovak Republic, Stress: Neural, Endocrine and Molecular Studies presents the results of current research into stress focusing on catecholamines and other neurotransmitter molecules. Topics covered include peripheral influences on the stress response, central influences on the stress response, molecular regulation during stress, and more. This text is suitable for graduates and researchers in the disciplines of neuroscience, endocrinology, medicine, immunology, cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, pharmacology, and stress research.
Architectures for E-Business Systems: Building the Foundation for Tomorrow's Success (Best Practices)
by Sanjiv PurbaAs dot.com companies grapple with rigid market conditions and we keep hearing how the big technology players are being punished on Wall Street, it becomes easy to think of the Internet as a fad. The Internet frenzy may have subsided, but interest in the Internet as a business and marketing tool is still strong. It will continue to impact organizati
Numerical Analysis 1999 (Chapman & Hall/CRC Research Notes in Mathematics Series)
by Df Griffiths Ga WatsonOf considerable importance to numerical analysts, this text contains the proceedings of the 18th Dundee Biennial Conference on Numerical Analysis, featuring eminent analysts and current topics. The papers cover everything from partial differential equations to linear algebra and approximation theory and contain contributions from the leading expert
Asymptotic Analysis and the Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations (Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics)
by Hans G. Kaper Marc GarbeyIntegrates two fields generally held to be incompatible, if not downright antithetical, in 16 lectures from a February 1990 workshop at the Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois. The topics, of interest to industrial and applied mathematicians, analysts, and computer scientists, include singular per
Information Networking in Asia
by Makoto Takizawa Hiroaki Higaki Yoshitaka ShibataThis volume comprises a collection of papers from the 12th international conference on information networking. (ICOIN-12) held in Tokyo 1998. Technical papers on communication networks and distributed systems were presented, along side internet-based electronic commerce network systems, academic research papers, e.g. high-speed communication ATM.
Resources, Environment and Engineering II: Proceedings of the 2nd Technical Congress on Resources, Environment and Engineering (CREE 2015, Hong Kong, 25-26 September 2015)
by Liquan XieIt is strategically important to protect and improve the environment for human survival and the coordinated relationship between man and nature for the 21st Century. In such conditions, Resources, Environment and Engineering contains 66 technical papers from 2014 Technical Congress on Resources, Environment and Engineering (CREE 2014, Hong Kong, 6-
An Introduction to Complex Analysis: Classical and Modern Approaches (Modern Analysis Series)
by Wolfgang Tutschke Harkrishan L. VasudevaLike real analysis, complex analysis has generated methods indispensable to mathematics and its applications. Exploring the interactions between these two branches, this book uses the results of real analysis to lay the foundations of complex analysis and presents a unified structure of mathematical analysis as a whole.To set the groundwork
Dynamics of Second Order Rational Difference Equations: With Open Problems and Conjectures
by G. Ladas Mustafa R.S. KulenovicThis self-contained monograph provides systematic, instructive analysis of second-order rational difference equations. After classifying the various types of these equations and introducing some preliminary results, the authors systematically investigate each equation for semicycles, invariant intervals, boundedness, periodicity, and global stabili
Theory and Practice of Pile Foundations
by Wei Dong GuoPile Foundations are an essential basis for many structures. It is vital that they be designed with the utmost reliability, because the cost of failure is potentially huge. Covering a whole range of design issues relating to pile design, this book presents economical and efficient design solutions and demonstrates them using real world examples. Co
Metal Cutting Mechanics
by Viktor P. AstakhovMetal Cutting Mechanics outlines the fundamentals of metal cutting analysis, reducing the extent of empirical approaches to the problems as well as bridging the gap between design and manufacture. The author distinguishes his work from other works through these aspects:considering the system engineering of the cutting process id
Particle and Astroparticle Physics
by Utpal SarkarFrom superstring theory to models with extra dimensions to dark matter and dark energy, a range of theoretically stimulating ideas have evolved for physics beyond the standard model. These developments have spawned a new area of physics that centers on the interplay between particle physics and cosmology-astroparticle physics. Providing the necessa