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In May 1961, President John F. Kennedy committed the United States to landing a man on the moon before the end of the decade. With just a handful of years to pull it off, NASA authorized the Project Gemini space program, which gathered vital knowledge needed to achieve...
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Springer
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2018-03-26
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An Application-Oriented Introduction to Essential Optimization Concepts and Best Practices Optimization is an inherent human tendency that gained new life after the advent of calculus; now, as the world grows increasingly reliant on complex systems, optimization has...
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Wiley-ASME Press Series
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2018-03-26
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Wiley-ASME Press Series
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This book provides a comprehensive overview on fully thermal and hybrid solar generators based on thermoelectric devices. The book fills a gap in the literature on solar conversion and thermoelectrics, because despite the growing number of papers dealing with the...
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Springer
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2018-03-26
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This book summarizes the authors' extensive experience and interdisciplinary approach to demonstrate how acquiring and integrating data using a variety of analytical equipment can provide better insights into unconventional shale reservoir rocks and their constituent...
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Springer
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2018-03-24
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This book includes a selection of papers from the 2018 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'18), held in Naples, Italy on March27-29, 2018. WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results...
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Springer
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2018-03-24
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This book includes a selection of papers from the 2018 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'18), held in Naples, Italy on March27-29, 2018. WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-03-24
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This Brief discusses potential alternative sources for feeds in aquaculture fish diet, and explains that the future of aquaculture’s development is dependent on the costs of fishmeal and fish oil. Considering that the increasing costs of traditional feeds constrain this...
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Springer
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2018-03-23
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This book provides in-depth insights into assembling dynamics of proteins, DNA and other nanoparticles. The applications of basic knowledge in the development of artificial self-assembling systems will be discussed and state of the art methodology in the field will be...
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Springer
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2018-03-23
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This book addresses the hazard of gas explosions in sealed underground coal mines, and how the risk of explosion can be assessed, modeled, and mitigated. With this text, coal mine operators and managers will be able to identify the risks that lead to underground mine...
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Springer
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2018-03-23
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This book provides readers with an overview of Cloud Computing, starting with historical background on mainframe computers and early networking protocols, leading to current concerns such as hardware and systems security, performance, emerging areas of IoT, Edge...
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Springer
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2018-03-23
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This book is a compilation and a collection of tutorials and recent advances in the use of nullors (combinations of nullators and norators) and pathological mirrors in analog circuit and system design. It highlights the basic theory, trends and challenges in the field,...
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Springer
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2018-03-23
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Jens Neubeck stellt einen Ansatz zur Verbesserung von Verbrauchsprognosen vor. Auf Basis realer Fahrversuche entwickelt der Autor ein Reifenmodell, das eine realistische Prognose des thermischen Reifenverhaltens und der transienten Rollwiderstandsverläufe ermöglicht. Er...
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Springer Vieweg
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2018-03-23
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Die zweite Auflage dieses anerkannten Werkes liefert fünf neue Kapitel zu Schenkelpolläufer, Reluktanzmaschinen, Erwärmung, Wirbelströme, Auslegung elek-trischer Antriebe mit Fallstudien zu Elektromobilität und Windkraftanlagen. Sie beinhaltet neue Erkenntnisse zu den...
Editeur :
Springer Vieweg
Parution :
2018-03-23
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This book includes a selection of papers from the 2018 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST'18), held in Naples, Italy on March27-29, 2018. WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-03-23
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Fish have been a major component of our diet and it has been suggested that fish/seafood consumption contributed to the development of the human brain, and this together with the acquisition of bipedalism, perhaps made us what we are. In the modern context global fish...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2018-03-23
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The European Russian forests are described within the boreal, hemiboreal and nemoral forest regions; floodplain forests are also characterized.The book presents a classification and description of forest vegetation, soil characteristic and assessments of plant diversity...
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Springer
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2018-03-23
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This book covers the latest advances, applications, and challenges in orthopedic biomaterials. Topics covered include materials for orthopedic applications, including nanomaterials, biomimetic materials, calcium phosphates, polymers, biodegradable metals, bone...
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Springer
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2018-03-22
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This book presents the physical characteristics and possible device applications of europium monoxide as well as materials based on it. It reveals the suitability of this material for device applications in super- and semiconductor spin electronics. Ferromagnetic...
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Springer
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2018-03-22
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Springer Series in Materials Science
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This book presents a practical framework for the application of big data, cloud, and pervasive and complex systems to sustainable solutions for urban environmental challenges. It covers the technologies, potential, and possible and impact of big data on...
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Springer
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2018-03-22
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Over the last two decades, the topic of forest ecosystem services has attracted the attention of researchers, land managers, and policy makers around the globe. The services rendered by forest ecosystems range from intrinsic to anthropocentric benefits that are...
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Springer
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2018-03-22
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