Springer apr 1994 (11 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Foreword; T. Rosswall. Preface; J. Alcamo. 1. 1994, Modeling the global society-biosphere-climate system, Part 1: Model description and testing; J. Alcamo, G.J.J. Kreileman, M. Krol, G. Zuidema. 2. 1994, Modeling the global society-biosphere-climate system, Part 2: Computed scenarios; J. Alcamo, G.J. van den Born, A.F. Bouwman, B.J. de Haan, K. Klein Goldewijk, J. Krabec, O. Klepper, R. Leemans, J.G.J. Olivier, A.M.C. Toet, H.J.M. de Vries, H.J. van der Woerd. 3. 1994, A model for calculating regional energy use, industrial production and greenhouse gas emissions for evaluating global climate scenarios; H.J.M. de Vries, J.G.J. Oliveri, R.A. van den Wijngaart, G.J.J. Kreileman, A.M.C. Toet. 4. 1994, Determining the potential distribution of natural vegetation, crops, and agricultural productivity; R. Leemans, G.J. van den Born. 5. 1994, Simulating changes in global land cover as affected by economic and climatic factors. 6. 1994, Simulating the carbon flux between the terrestrial environment and the atmosphere; K. Klein Goldewijk, J.G. van Minnen, G.J.J. Kreileman, M. Vloedbeld, R. Leemans. 7. 1994, Computing land use emissions of greenhouse gases; G.J.J. Kreileman, A.F. Bouwman. 8. 1994, Atmospheric composition calculations for evaluation of climate scenarios; M.S. Krol, H.J. van der Woerd. 1994, An atmosphere-ocean model for integrated assessment of global change; B.J. de Haan, M. Jonas, O. Klepper, J. Krabec, M.S. Krol, K. Olendrzynski. Index. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Control Methodology: Robust Exponential Convergence with Bounded Controllers (M. Corless, G. Leitmann). Second Variation Conditions for the Optimal Control Problem with Normalized Final Time (D.G. Hull, C.N. D'Souza). A New Tool for Robust Control (A.G. Soldatos et al.). Applications to Aerospace Systems: PersuitEvasion Differential Games Applied to a 3Dimensional Missle Guidance Problem Using the Liapunov Approach (N.J.C. Greenwood). Periodic Optimal Endurance Cruise with Variable Camber Control (G. Sachs, R. Mehlhorn). Control of Mechanical Systems: Sequential Design of a Linear Quadratic Controller for the Deep Space Network Antennas (W. Gawronski). Maneuvering and Control of Space Structures (L.M. Meirovitch). Computational Techniques: Jacobian Motion (W. Stadler). Neural Modeling and Identification of Nonlinear Systems in an Abstract Space Setting (R.J.P. de Figueiredo). 15 additional articles. Index.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Helicobacter pylori has attracted widening interest from basic scientists and clinical investigators and the information on this organism is increasing exponentially. It is now accepted that H. Pylori is the most important cause of chronic active gastritis. Furthermore, data have confirmed a marked reduction in the relapse rate of both duodenal and gastric ulcer after eradication of the organism. These important clinical observations have served as a strong stimulus to the investigation of the basic mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of H. pylori-associated inflammation and the subsequent alterations of gastroduodenal function and gastric mucosal architecture. The book contains chapters by a multidisciplinary, international group of basic scientists and clinical investigators who focus on various microbiological aspects of H. pylori, on the role of H. pylori in peptic ulcer and gastric cancer, and the current status of therapy. The book contains the proceedings of the conference on `Helicobacter pylori: Basic Mechanisms to Clinical Cure', held at Amelia Island, Florida, U.S.A., on November 3--6, 1993. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Adam Smith and the Philosophy of Law and Economics is a unique book. Malloy and Evensky bring together a team of international and interdisciplinary scholars to address the work of Adam Smith as it relates to law and economics. In addition to their own contributions, the book includes works by Dr. John W. Cairns of the University of Edinburgh, Dr. J. Ralph Lindgren of Lehigh University, Professor Kenneth A.B. Mackinnon of the University of Waikato, and the Honorable Richard A. Posner of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Together these authors bring expertise from the areas of law, philosophy, history, economics, and law and economics to a new study of Adam Smith and his work. Part One of the book presents new and important observations on Smith's views on community, ethics, the court system, criminal law, and delictual or tort law liability. In this part of the book Smith's work is also examined from the perspective of his use as persuasive authority in the works of modern legal economists. In Part Two the `living Smith' is explored by way of a debate between two major contributors in the field of law and economics. The debate and its analysis create a unique and contemporary opportunity to study Smith as a foundational source in the midst of a current academic and social policy dispute. The understanding of Adam Smith that emerges from this book is new and complex. It will challenge the one-dimensional portrayals of Smith as a promoter of self-interest and it will correct many of the misinterpretations of Smith that are currently fashionable in the worlds of law and economics and the philosophy of law. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The first STG report to embody scenarios on population aging, health and care appeared in 1985. This report describes developments since 1985, reviewing the current position and setting out updated scenarios. The 1985 report set out three scenarios, in which the central focus was on the developing future pattern of demand for care by the elderly. The present report too sets out three scenarios, centring on the demand for care, in which account is taken of a variety of factors; it also details four strategic scenarios whose central focus is on the developing supply of care and which set supply and demand one against the other. Three of the strategic scenarios -- emphasizing respectively intramural, extramural and informal care -- suppose the demand for care to be met in full; the fourth scenario, which rolls current policies on the care of the elderly forward into the future, pinpoints discrepancies between the need for care and the extent to which that need is likely to be met, making clear in so doing that a review of long-term policy for the elderly is urgently needed.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book provides an up-to-date overview of the economic, chemical, physical, analytical and engineering aspects of the subject, gathering together information which would otherwise be scattered over a wide variety of sources.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Coded-Modulation Techniques for Fading Channels provides the reader with a sound background for the application of bandwidth-efficient coded-modulation techniques in fading channels. The book systematically presents recent developments in the field, which has grown rapidly in recent years, and provides a solid frame of reference for further research in this area. During the past decade there has been a proliferation of research in the area of bandwidth-efficient coded-modulation techniques. The primary advantage of these schemes over modulation schemes employing traditional error correcting codes is their ability to improve the performance of the communication system without bandwidth expansion. This property makes them a suitable choice for channels which are limited in both power and bandwidth. A typical example of such channels is a mobile satellite channel, where it is desired to accommodate a large number of users in a given bandwidth with a power which is constrained by the physical size of the satellite and by the vehicle's antenna. Coded-Modulation Techniques for Fading Channels is an excellent reference for researchers and practicing engineers, and may be used as a text for advanced courses on the subject.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Government subsidized crop insurance has been used by a number of developed countries as a mechanism to reduce farm income instability by reducing yield risks. This book provides an in-depth analysis and evaluation of government provided crop insurance in developed countries. The book is organized into three sections: Part one presents background material on crop insurance programs in the U.S., Canada and selected other countries. Part two provides some analytical models of multiple peril crop insurance which suggest the possibility of modification of design which could improve performance and which explores theoretical linkages between crop insurance decisions and other producer decisions previously not analyzed. The main part of the book is Part three, where the results of a series of empirical studies using databases particularly designed to answer crop insurance questions are presented. This part of the book tests a number of the hypotheses which were raised in Parts one and two regarding reasons for the view widely held by economists that crop insurance has not functioned well.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Basic Concepts in Information Theory and Coding is an outgrowth of a one semester introductory course that has been taught at the University of Southern California since the mid-1960s. Lecture notes from that course have evolved in response to student reaction, new technological and theoretical develop ments, and the insights of faculty members who have taught the course (in cluding the three of us). In presenting this material, we have made it accessible to a broad audience by limiting prerequisites to basic calculus and the ele mentary concepts of discrete probability theory. To keep the material suitable for a one-semester course, we have limited its scope to discrete information theory and a general discussion of coding theory without detailed treatment of algorithms for encoding and decoding for various specific code classes. Readers will find that this book offers an unusually thorough treatment of noiseless self-synchronizing codes, as well as the advantage of problem sections that have been honed by reactions and interactions of several gen erations of bright students, while Agent 00111 provides a context for the discussion of abstract concepts.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Corrosion behaviour is one of the most poorly understood characteristics of ceramics. A balanced mixture of scientists from material science, metallurgy, physics, chemistry and mineralogy sum up the state of the art of measurement and modelling and reveal future research directions. The book reviews the theory of corrosion of ceramics, including the diffusion of gases and the predictions of thermodynamics; it discusses critically the kinetic models and representation tools for layer growths and material destruction. Corrosion of nitrides, carbides and oxides by simple and complex gases (O2, H2O, SO2, halides) and melts (ionic and metallic) reveal current measurement and modelling methods, advanced experimental techniques, such as laser diagnostics, TV holography, Raman spectroscopy and NDE surface methods. Frontier areas (e.g. the modelling of porous materials corrosion and protection) are revealed. For scientists and engineers in materials science, dealing with ceramics and their application. A valuable source for research students, solid state physicists and physical chemists.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The idea for another conference on the theme of Infrared Astronomy with Arrays actually goes back to March 1987. At a party held in my home at the end of the Hilo conference, excitement was running high and everyone present was in favor of another meeting. I recall suggesting to Al Fowler that the next meeting could be in Tucson. Despite Al's reply to the effect that Hawaii was a much nicer location, a meeting was held in Tucson three years later. That meeting focussed more on the astrophysics which had been accomplished with the detectors, rather than on techniques and methods. However, it was already apparent in February of 1990 that a new generation of larger m arrays would soon supersede the 64x64 class of devices and so, having just moved from the UK Infrared Telescope unit in Hawaii to join with Eric Becklin in his move to UCLA, it seemed to me that another Hilo-style conference was appropriate, and Eric agreed.…