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Advances in Electroceramic Materials: Ceramic Transactions, Volume 204

K. M. Nair, D. Suvorov (Editor), R. W. Schwartz (Editor), R. Guo (Editor) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

This book serves as a valuable reference for the researchers and technologists interested in advances in electroceramic materials. This book contains contributions on various aspects of design, synthesis, and characterization, as well as properties and applications of advances in electroceramic materials.

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Advances in Energy Materials: Ceramic Transactions, Volume 205

Fatih Dogan, Navin Manjooran — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

This book documents a special collection of articles from a select group of invited prominent scientists from academia, national laboratories and industry who presented their work at the symposia on Energy Materials and Nanotechnology for Power Generation at the 2008 Materials Science and Technology (MS&T’08) conference held in Pittsburgh, PA, from 5th -9th October These articles represent a summary of the presentations focusing on both the scientific

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Integral and Semi-Integral Bridges

Martin P Burke Jr — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Worldwide, integral type bridges are being used in greater numbers in lieu of jointed bridges because of their structural simplicity, first-cost economy, and outstanding durability. In the UK and the US states of Tennessee and Missouri, for example, the construction of most moderate length bridges is based on the integral bridge concept. The state of Washington uses semi-integral bridges almost exclusively, while, depending on subfoundation characteristics

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Early Contractor Involvement in Building Procurement: Contracts, Partnering and Project Management

David Mosey — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Can contractors and specialists add value to a project by their early involvement in design, pricing, risk management and programming? How can this be structured and what role do contracts have to play? What is the impact on procurement and project management?

Commentators from Banwell to Egan have recommended earlier contractor appointments, and this has also been linked to successful project partnering. How are the two related?

Handbook of Thiophene-Based Materials 2V Set: Applications in Organic Electronics and Photonics

Igor F. Perepichka (Editor), Dmitrii F. Perepichka (Editor) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

This essential resource consists of a series of critical reviews written by leading scientists, summarising the progress in the field of conjugated thiophene materials. It is an application-oriented book, giving a chemists’ point of view on the state-of-art and perspectives of the field. While presenting a comprehensive coverage of thiophene-based materials and related applications, the aim is to show how the rational molecular design of materials

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69th Conference on Glass Problems, CESP Volume 30, Issue 1

Charles H. Drummond, III (Editor) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

This issue contains a collection of papers presented at the 69th Conference on Glass Problems at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Topics include melting and molding, refractories, and environmental issues and new products.

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Differential Evolution: Fundamentals and Applications in Electrical Engineering

Anyong Qing — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Differential evolution is a very simple but very powerful stochastic optimizer. Since its inception, it has proved very efficient and robust in function optimization and has been applied to solve problems in many scientific and engineering fields. In Differential Evolution , Dr. Qing begins with an overview of optimization, followed by a state-of-the-art review of differential evolution, including its fundamentals and up-to-date advances. He goes

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Architect's Handbook of Construction Detailing, 2nd Edition

David Kent Ballast, AIA, CSI — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Significantly updated with revisions to nearly all 200-plus details, this second edition of Architect's Handbook of Construction Detailing provides architects, engineers, interior designers, contractors, and other building professionals with all of the common construction details, materials information, and detailing concepts used throughout the industry. The information can be used as is or modified to fit individual project designs. Each of book's

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Advances in Sintering: Ceramic Transactions

E. A. Olevsky, Rajendra Bordia — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

WileyPLUS Stand-alone to accompany Introduction to Electric Circuits

Richard C. Dorf, James A. Svoboda — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Parallel Solution of Integral Equation-Based EM Problems in the Frequency Domain

Yu Zhang, Tapan K. Sarkar — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

a step-by-step guide to parallelizing cem codes

The future of computational electromagnetics is changing drastically as the new generation of computer chips evolves from single-core to multi-core. The burden now falls on software programmers to revamp existing codes and add new functionality to enable computational codes to run efficiently on this new generation of multi-core CPUs. In this book, you'll learn everything you need to know to deal with

Radiation Safety : Protection and Management for Homeland Security and Emergency Response

Larry A. Burchfield — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Metaheuristics: From Design to Implementation

El-Ghazali Talbi — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT

A unified view of metaheuristics

This book provides a complete background on metaheuristics and shows readers how to design and implement efficient algorithms to solve complex optimization problems across a diverse range of applications, from networking and bioinformatics to engineering design, routing, and scheduling. It presents the main design questions for all families of metaheuristics and clearly illustrates how to implement the algorithms under

Ground-Based Wireless Positioning

Kegen Yu, Ian Sharp, Y Jay Guo — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Ground Based Wireless Positioning provides an in-depth treatment of non-GPS based wireless positioning techniques, with a balance between theory and engineering practice. The book presents the architecture, design and testing of a variety of wireless positioning systems based on the time-of-arrival, signal strength, and angle-of-arrival measurements. These techniques are essential for developing accurate wireless positioning systems which can operate

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Subband Adaptive Filtering: Theory and Implementation

Kong-Aik Lee, Woon-Seng Gan, Sen M. Kuo — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Subband adaptive filtering is rapidly becoming one of the most effective techniques for reducing computational complexity and improving the convergence rate of algorithms in adaptive signal processing applications. This book provides an introductory, yet extensive guide on the theory of various subband adaptive filtering techniques. For beginners, the authors discuss the basic principles that underlie the design and implementation of subband adaptive

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Code of Estimating Practice, 7th Edition

The Chartered Institute of Building — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

This code of practice, long established as a leading publication for the construction industry, provides an authoritative guide to essential principles and good practice in estimating for building work. The seventh edition includes new material on estimating strategy, tendering, procedures and best practice, as well as the build-up of unit rates of cost, overheads and profit, and e-commerce.

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Total Facilities Management, 3rd Edition

Brian Atkin, Adrian Brooks — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Earlier editions of Total Facilities Management have been praised for the lucid presentation style and direct applicability of its contents. The third edition follows in that tradition, providing an accessible text bridging the gap between the theory of facilities management and its implementation. This book raises issues which all practitioners should consider before embarking on a particular plan, showing the link between facilities management practice

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Fundamentals of RF and Microwave Transistor Amplifiers

Inder Bahl — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The first book to provide a comprehensive treatment of RF and microwave low noise and power amplifier circuits, Fundamentals of RF and Microwave Transistor Amplifiers integrates theory with practical topics. Detailed, real-world examples and over 120 problems reinforce topics such as analyses, design, modeling, materials, fabrication, and physical, electrical and thermal practical considerations with special coverage of amplifier circuits. Graduate

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Bio-Inspired and Nanoscale Integrated Computing

Mary Eshaghian-Wilner (Editor) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Within the area of nano-technology, the study of nano-scale and bio-inspired integrated computing has attracted major attention in recent years. This is the first book to specifically focus on the computing aspects of nano-technology for engineers, computer engineers, and biomedical engineers who are interested in designing faster and denser computing architectures and algorithms. The books also serves as an ideal text for graduate students in engineering

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Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, International Student Version, 6th Edition

Bruce R. Munson, Donald F. Young, Theodore H. Okiishi, Wade W. Huebsch — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The number one text in its field, Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics is respected by professors and students alike for its comprehensive topical coverage, its varied examples and homework problems, its application of the visual component of fluid mechanics, and its strong focus on learning. The authors have designed their presentation to allow for the gradual development of student confidence in problem solving. Each important concept is introduced in

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