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With the aim of facilitating signal processing in manufacturing, this book presents a systematic description of the fundamentals on wavelet transform and the ways of applying it to the condition monitoring and health diagnosis of rotating machine components.

Illustrated through dozens of examples and discussion of application to small and medium-sized businesses and not-for-profits, this book presents a fundamentally new approach to corporate strategy, focused on the customer, not competitors.

The differences between FPGA and ASIC technologies are examined in this reference, with a particular focus on cost, performance and power consumption. Common misconceptions between the two devices are addressed and specific design choices are highlighted.

Scilab is a free open-source software package for scientific computation. This is the first book to focus on simulation and modeling, and to put a major emphasis on Scicos and discuss it in depth. This new edition includes expanded chapters and major rewrites.

The Variational Analysis and Aerospace Engineering conference held in Erice, Italy in September 2007 at International School of Mathematics, Guido Stampacchia provided a platform for aerospace engineers and mathematicians to discuss the problems requiring an extensive application of mathematics. This work contains papers presented at the workshop.

A treatment of the problems of inference associated with experiments in science, with the emphasis on techniques for dividing the sample information into various parts, such that the diverse problems of inference that arise from repeatable experiments may be addressed.

These articles span the years from 1961-1980 while David Mumford was an active researcher in the area of algebraic geometry. This volume includes many important papers previously omitted. Mumford's correspondence with Grothendieck is also included.

This fully revised and updated edition addresses the fundamentals of epidemiological methods and statistics applicable to evolving systems, programs, technologies and policies in the healthcare industry. New chapters discuss casual thinking, economics, ethics, and web resources on a global scale.

This text on a central area of number theory covers p-adic L-functions, class numbers, cyclotomic units, Fermat's Last Theorem, and Iwasawa's theory of Z_p-extensions.

Intended for students in the visual arts and for others with an interest in art, but with no prior knowledge of physics, this book presents the science behind what and how we see.

The authors of this book are experts on the subject of extrasolar planets. By presenting an updated perspective of our planet as seen from outer space, they provide a guide for the remote detection of life on other planets and planets beyond the solar system.

This book collects 20 papers that span the areas of mathematical physics, dynamical systems, and probability. Yakov Sinai is well-known as both a mathematician and a physicist, with numerous theorems and proofs bearing his name in both fields.

Restructuring Electricity Markets examines the results of energy restructuring in a variety of countries, including the United States, Canada and Russia. Readers will find a comprehensive analysis of electricity market models and their compatibility with the properties of power systems and countries.

Covering software implementations in S-plus and R, this volume serves as both a handbook for measurement specialists, as well as a textbook for students of the Bayesian approach to modern test theory. Software implementations are made available online for further instruction.

This book describes basic statistical principles from a point of view that makes their shortcomings intuitive and easy to understand. The emphasis is on verbal and graphical descriptions of concepts. The book includes a number of new advances and insights.

Stata and R are two very flexible data analysis packages. This book details how to extend the power of Stata through the use of R. It steps through more than thirty packages written in both languages, comparing and contrasting their different approaches.

This book introduces basic concepts, main results and widely-applied mathematical tools in the spectral analysis of large dimensional random matrices. This updated edition includes two new chapters and summaries from the field of random matrix theory.

This unique resource includes ready-to-use handouts and assessment templates. It sets out a problem-solving evaluative strategy in reading that enables education professionals to identify ways of improving student learning in particularly intractable cases.

Encompassing nearly 70 first papers, this book is a first attempt to revisit the early descriptions of clinical signs - now used as alerts to serious neurologic illnesses - and to chronicle the development of treatment of these acute disorders.

Education and mental health professionals will welcome the information and resources in this book, which will enhance the way they approach the daunting task of developing and evaluating systems-level educational programs for students with ASDs.

This examination of genetic and memetic evolution shows how mental disorders can arise from gene-meme interaction. Offering examples of gene-meme interactions resulting in depression, the author proposes a genetic-memetic model for diagnosing mental illness.

In this visionary book, readers are provided with a living blueprint for promoting the well-being of children and teenagers. The book builds bridges between theory and practice, and provides examples of strength-based community approaches to youth development.

In the decade since its publication, Statistics for Archaeologists has become a staple in the classroom. Substantially updated and containing three brand new sections, this revised edition introduces the basic principles of statistics to archaeologists.

Filling a critical gap in the literature, this much-needed publication is an in-depth analysis of the diverse array of research into adolescents' virtual lives. It sets young people's 'virtual' behavior in the context of contemporary developmental theory.

Blackjack is hugely popular in casinos worldwide. This book analyzes the game in depth, covering its optimal strategies and its financial performance in terms of expected cash flow and associated risk. It is accessible to readers at all levels of skill.

The 4th Edition of this book spans all aspects of airway management: anatomy, equipment, intubation, fiberoptic endoscopy, surgical approaches, intubating LMA, pediatric airway, CPR and mechanical ventilation. Includes tips, 250 illustrations and case studies.

Designed for physicians, the ADHD Handbook answers many questions regarding the disorder. Expanded, updated and revised, this new edition covers recent advances in causes and management of ADHD and includes 400 scientific references to peer-reviewed articles.

Dynamic Epistemic Logic is the logic of knowledge change. This book provides various logics to support such formal specifications, including proof systems. It is suitable for graduate courses in logic. Many examples, exercises, and thorough completeness proofs and expressivity results are included.

This book introduces the key concepts of nonlinear finite element analysis procedures. It explains the fundamental theories of the field and provides instructions on how to apply the concepts to solving practical engineering problems.

Concentrates on how to make predictions about the numbers of each kind of basic state of a quantum system from only two ingredients: the symmetry and linear model of quantum mechanics.