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Cost Oriented Automation 2004 addresses a new integration environment that enables the evolution of collaborative e-design paradigm. This design paradigm aims at seamless and dynamic integration of distributed design objects and engineering tools over the internet.

Contains 38 papers presented at the seventh Working Conference on 'Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems' held at Boulder, Colorado, USA, on April 2-4, 1996. The objectives of the Working Group and hence this publication include: to promote modern structural systems optimization and reliability theory.

Focuses on evolutionary biology. Divided in to two parts, this title deals with the structure and dynamics of RNA, DNA, and protein, and with the origins and cellular basis of life.

The account in this inaugural volume of the series covers the period 1900 to 1960, but also outlines the principal developments in earlier centuries from which biochemistry emerged. Findings are considered in the light of present knowledge, rather than in a rigid historical framework.

This series aims to provide authoritative and comprehensive reports in the analytical procedures used by scientists in geochemistry, geology, oceanography, cosmochemistry, archaeometry and related studies. The essays cover a broad range of chemical and physical techniques.

More significant advances in carbohydrate research have been made in the knowledge of the structure and function of carbohydrates in the macromolecular state. This title addresses those areas of the subject in which the authors believe the most important work is being carried out.

This is volume 15 of a series which aims to provide details of advances in stratification research from various, international, points of view.

Provides techniques for engineers, technicians, and students who need to correct design faults in embedded systems. This work addresses hardware and software issues, including up-front design techniques to prevent bugs and contain design creep. It also addresses real-world issues like design changes, time pressures, and component availability.

Covers two themes that include, Private Banking and Investment Decisions regarding structural financial products. This book examines whether structured financial products are advisable investments for retail and institutional investors and, if yes, which risks they entail.

Contains 10,540 terms with more than 2,600 cross-references that are commonly used in the theory and practice of computer graphics. This dictionary includes terms from areas related to the theory of computer graphics - descriptive geometry, projective geometry, topology, fractal geometry, and color science.

For students of electrical, electronics and mechanics departments, this book introduces the reader to the design philosophy behind vector control systems. It includes the mathematical motor models based on complex-space vector descriptions as well as the control structures for DC motors.

A number of developments in both experimental and theoretical brain science have emphasized the aspect of spatio-temporal coordination. This book offers fresh insights and concepts from various branches of experimental and theoretical neuroscience.

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of different surfaces whose structures have been determined experimentally. This title includes a chapter that contains a compilation of the structural data base on surfaces within a series of tables that allows direct comparison of structural parameters for related systems.

This text discusses solar cells and solar cell systems including their design and levels of performance. Examples, references and theoretical arguments are used to present a comparison of options available in the design and operation of solar cells and solar cell systems.

Aims to provide a perception of multivariate environmental statistics using some examples. This volume includes papers which discuss the state of the art in different areas of multivariate environmental statistics and provide problems for future research and instruction. It is suitable for statistical theory and practice in this area.

This volume aims to give an fresh overview on the subject of environmental statistics. Particular importance is placed on the formulation of relevant research, training, policy and regulation in academia, agencies and industries.

The direct generation of physical objects based on three dimensional computer aided design (3D-CAD) data is a manufacturing process of major importance. This book provides descriptions of the technological methodologies and their implications in the planning and shaping of design.

Part of the "Handbook of Sensors and Actuators" series, this title features detailed information regarding the physical mechanisms of the origin of magnetosensitivity, the geometry and design of devices, operating modes, basic parameters and methods for their determination, and the incorporation of transducers in circuits and smart solutions.

Contains contributions from a number of leading natural product chemists. The syntheses of the avermectin-milbemycin family of antiparasitic agents, macrolide antibiotics, beta-lactam antibiotics, taxane diterpenes and tumour-promoting diterpenes, and 2-amino alcohols are all described.

Written by the editors of "Latin Squares and their Applications", which included a list of 73 unsolved problems of which about 20 have been completely solved in the intervening period and about 10 more have been partially solved, this work discusses the advances which have been made in the subject. It also deals with r-orthogonal latin squares.

Dealing with the science of the 21st century, this work progresses across the sciences in several multidisciplinary directions: mathematical logic, fundamental physics, computer science and the theory of intelligence. It is suitable for a spectrum of practical applications in contemporary technologies.

This new book provides an up-to-date survey of existing EPR techniques and their applications in biology and biochemistry, and also provides a wealth of ideas for future developments in instrumentation and theory. The material is broadly organized into four parts. In the first part (chapters 1 to 6) pulsed EPR is discussed in detail. The second part (chapters 7 to 12) provides detailed discussions of a number of novel and experimental methods. The third part comprises seven chapters on double-resonance techniques, five on ENDOR and two on optically- and reaction yield-detected resonance. The final part is devoted to a thorough discussion of a number of new developments in the application of EPR to various biological and biochemical problems.Advanced EPR will interest biophysicists, physical biochemists, EPR spectroscopists and others who will value the extensive treatment of pulsed EPR techniques, the discussion of new developments in EPR instrumentation, and the integration of theory and experimental details as applied to problems in biology and biochemistry.

Presents high quality reviews starting with an account of the birth and first developments of nuclear physics. This book discusses the description of the nuclear structure, the physics of nuclei at high spin, the existence of super-heavy nuclei as a consequence of shell structure, liquid-gas transition, and a review of the experimental situation.

Shows how asymptotic methods, with the thickness as the small parameter, indeed provide a means of justifying two-dimensional plate theories. This book demonstrates that asymptotic methods can be used for justifying other lower-dimensional equations of elastic shallow shells, and the coupled pluri-dimensional equations of elastic multi-structures.

The molecular electrostatic potential has become established as an effective guide to molecular interactions. It is applied to a variety of important chemical and biological systems. Its range of applicability includes solvent effects, studies of zeolite, and molecular cluster and crystal behavior. This book deals with this field of study.

Considers the aspects of heat exchanger fouling from the basic science of how surfaces become fouled to the practical ways of mitigating the problem and from mathematical modelling of different fouling mechanisms to practical methods of heat exchanger cleaning. This book describes the problems that restrict the efficient operation of equipment.