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Comparative Embryology of Angiosperms Vol. 1/2

By: Brij M. Johri,Kunda B. Ambegaokar,Prem S. Srivastava

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Comparative Embryology of Angiosperms Vol. 1/2

By: Brij M. Johri,Kunda B. Ambegaokar,Prem S. Srivastava

COMPARATIVE EMBRYOLOGY OF ANGIOSPERMS is a review of the developmental processes leading to sexual reproduction in flowering plants. On the basis of embryological data and certain evidences from other areas of study, it lays special emphasis on the relationship among and within the families and orders of angiosperms. Occasionally, inaccuracies in observation and interpretation are pointed out, alternative interpretations offered, gaps in our knowledge highlighted, and prospects outlined. The text is documented with 36 tables, 376 figures, and about 5000 literature citations, which contribute to making this book comprehensive. Besides students and research workers interested in angiosperm embyology, taxonomists, plant breeders, agriculturists, and horticulturists will also find much useful information in this treatise.

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Statistics, Probability, and Game Theory

Papers in Honor of David Blackwell

By: David Blackwell,Thomas Shelburne Ferguson,Lloyd S. Shapley,James B. MacQueen

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Statistics, Probability, and Game Theory

Papers in Honor of David Blackwell

By: David Blackwell,Thomas Shelburne Ferguson,Lloyd S. Shapley,James B. MacQueen

Most of the 26 papers are research reports on probability, statistics, gambling, game theory, Markov decision processes, set theory, and logic. But they also include reviews on comparing experiments, games of timing, merging opinions, associated memory models, and SPLIF's; historical views of Carnap, von Mises, and the Berkeley Statistics Department; and a brief history, appreciation, and bibliography of Berkeley professor Blackwell. A sampling of titles turns up The Hamiltonian Cycle Problem and Singularly Perturbed Markov Decision Process, A Pathwise Approach to Dynkin Games, The Redistribution of Velocity: Collision and Transformations, Casino Winnings at Blackjack, and Randomness and the Foundations of Probability. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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0940600420

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Chromium -VI Reagents: Synthetic Applications

By: S. Sundaram,P.S. Raghavan

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Chromium -VI Reagents: Synthetic Applications

By: S. Sundaram,P.S. Raghavan

Chromic acid and chromium oxide are the two versatile Cr(VI) oxidants known to organic chemists for decades. The introduction of the Core's reagent , viz: pyridinium chlorochromate, in 1975 followed by the publications on several Cr(VI) oxidizing agents containing the -onium chromates and halochromates in the last three decades have very much changed the chemistry of oxidations with Chromium VI. Several of these new reagents have been shown to be mild so that they can be handled easily and the reacton products may also be controlled. Some of them are highly selective oxidants for positions like allylic hydroxylic group, etc., and some other are highly regioselective. The information on more than 36 such reagents reported in various internationally reputed journals spanning about 280 references have been collected and provided in this book in such a manner that it will be very useful for professionals, researchers, teachers and graduate students working in organic synthesis.

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String Processing and Information Retrieval

10th International Symposium, SPIRE 2003, Manaus, Brazil, October 8-10, 2003, Proceedings

By: Mario A. Nascimento,Edleno S. de Moura

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String Processing and Information Retrieval

10th International Symposium, SPIRE 2003, Manaus, Brazil, October 8-10, 2003, Proceedings

By: Mario A. Nascimento,Edleno S. de Moura

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on String Processing and Information Retrieval, SPIRE 2003, held in Manaus, Brazil, in October 2003. The 21 revised full papers and 6 revised short papers presented together with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Web algorithms, bit-parallel algorithms, compression, categorization and ranking, music retrieval, multilingual information retrieval, subsequences and distributed algorithms, and algorithms on strings and trees.

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Sex, Marriage, and Family in World Religions

By: Don S. Browning,M. Christian. Green,John Witte Jr.

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Sex, Marriage, and Family in World Religions

By: Don S. Browning,M. Christian. Green,John Witte Jr.

Spanning thousands of years, this new collection brings together writings and teachings about sex, marriage, and family from the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and Confucian traditions. Chosen and introduced by leading scholars of each religion, the volume's selections include a wide array of traditional texts. The book also contains contemporary writings, responding to the changing mores and conditions of modern life." "Sex, Marriage and Family in World Religions reveals the similarities and differences among the various religions and the development of ideas and teachings within each tradition. It sheds light on each religion's views on a wide variety of subjects, including sexuality and sexual pleasure, the meaning and purpose of marriage, the role of betrothal, the status of women, the place of romance, grounds for divorce, celibacy, and sexual deviance."--BOOK JACKET.

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On the Efficient Determination of Most Near Neighbors

Horseshoes, Hand Grenades, Web Search and Other Situations When Close Is Close Enough, Second Edition

By: Mark S. Manasse

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On the Efficient Determination of Most Near Neighbors

Horseshoes, Hand Grenades, Web Search and Other Situations When Close Is Close Enough, Second Edition

By: Mark S. Manasse

The time-worn aphorism "close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades" is clearly inadequate. Close also counts in golf, shuffleboard, archery, darts, curling, and other games of accuracy in which hitting the precise center of the target isn't to be expected every time, or in which we can expect to be driven from the target by skilled opponents. This book is not devoted to sports discussions, but to efficient algorithms for determining pairs of closely related web pages—and a few other situations in which we have found that inexact matching is good enough — where proximity suffices. We will not, however, attempt to be comprehensive in the investigation of probabilistic algorithms, approximation algorithms, or even techniques for organizing the discovery of nearest neighbors. We are more concerned with finding nearby neighbors; if they are not particularly close by, we are not particularly interested. In thinking of when approximation is sufficient, remember the oft-told joke about two campers sitting around after dinner. They hear noises coming towards them. One of them reaches for a pair of running shoes, and starts to don them. The second then notes that even with running shoes, they cannot hope to outrun a bear, to which the first notes that most likely the bear will be satiated after catching the slower of them. We seek problems in which we don't need to be faster than the bear, just faster than the others fleeing the bear.

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Climate and circulation of the tropics

By: S. Hastenrath

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Climate and circulation of the tropics

By: S. Hastenrath

Tropical atmosphere and ocean are receiving increased attention in relation to the functioning of the global climate system, the remarkable climatic variability in low latitudes, and the associated manifold environmental and societal consequences. Beyond the traditional emphasis of meteor ology on weather analysis and forecasting, there is a growing interest in the climate and large scale circulation of the tropics. This book may serve as a text for graduate and upper-division undergraduate students in meteorology, and is also intended as a reference work for practicing meteorologists, and researchers in the atmospheric, oceanic, and other environmental sciences. I began writing this book in 1979, but the roots reach further back. Early experiences in North Africa fuelled my curiosity about the low latitudes. In 1960 I seized the opportunity to work in the National Meteorological Service of El Salvador in Central America. My interest in the tropics continued after joining the University of Wisconsin in 1963. Field research brought me to the equatorial Pacific, and many times to the tropical Americas and Africa. This involved visits and correspondence with many weather services. My acquaintance with Australasia and South Asia is limited to short study visits, but includes continuous contacts with colleagues at key research institutions in India, namely the India Meteorological Department, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, and Andhra University. A guest semester at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1971 and related travels provided a perspective on the problems of Southern Africa.

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Numerical Linear Algebra for High-performance Computers

By: Jack J. Dongarra,Iain S. Duff,Danny C. Sorensen,Henk A. van der Vorst

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Numerical Linear Algebra for High-performance Computers

By: Jack J. Dongarra,Iain S. Duff,Danny C. Sorensen,Henk A. van der Vorst

This book presents a unified treatment of recently developed techniques and current understanding about solving systems of linear equations and large scale eigenvalue problems on high-performance computers. It provides a rapid introduction to the world of vector and parallel processing for these linear algebra applications. Topics include major elements of advanced-architecture computers and their performance, recent algorithmic development, and software for direct solution of dense matrix problems, direct solution of sparse systems of equations, iterative solution of sparse systems of equations, and solution of large sparse eigenvalue problems.

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0898719615

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India's Military Strategy

Countering Pakistan's Challenge

By: S. Kalyanaraman

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India's Military Strategy

Countering Pakistan's Challenge

By: S. Kalyanaraman

This book explores what military strategy is and how it is interconnected with policy on one hand and military operations on the other. In the process, it traces the transformation of the notion of strategy from its original military moorings to a more policy-oriented and-influenced conception and elaborates upon a tripartite framework of policy, strategy and doctrine to think about, understand, and analyse the use of force. The book explores the politics of India-Pakistan conflict in order to root the study of Indian military strategy in the political sphere. It discusses three main issues that have ensured the persistence of conflict: incompatible national identities, Pakistan's congenital quest for parity with and compulsion to challenge India, and irreconcilable positions on the Kashmir issue. The book argues that India has invariably pursued limited political aims that did not threaten Pakistan's survival or form of government or regime in power albeit containing a counter offensive elements. It states that India employed the strategy of exhaustion during the Indian Army's campaigns in the 1947-48 conflict and 1965 war, which made way to strategy of annihilation during the 1971 war (East Pakistan), but after Pakistan's acquisition of nuclear weapons capability the strategy is back to exhaustion. The book highlights the importance of designing an overall military strategy for waging limited war and pursuing carefully calibrated political and military objectives by creatively combining the individual doctrines of the three services by establishing a Chief of Defence Staff system.

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Responding to Domestic Violence

The Integration of Criminal Justice and Human Services

By: Eve S. Buzawa,Carl G. Buzawa,Barbara J. Hart

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Responding to Domestic Violence

The Integration of Criminal Justice and Human Services

By: Eve S. Buzawa,Carl G. Buzawa,Barbara J. Hart

A fresh look at the response to domestic violence in the United States today by experts in their field. Responding to Domestic Violence explores the response to domestic and intimate partner violence by the criminal justice system as well as public and non-profit social service and health care agencies. After providing a brief theoretical overview of the causes of domestic violence and its prevalence in society, the expert author team covers such key topics as barriers to intervention, variations in arrest practices, the role of state and federal legislation, and case prosecution. Focusing on both survivors and offenders, the book provides a thorough exploration of modern strategies to address the realities and needs of all survivors. The new edition offers new chapters on Special Populations at Risk, Victim Services, Coercive Control, Intimate Partner Stalking, and Civil and Criminal Protection Orders. All remaining chapters have been substantially or completely rewritten to reflect the growing body of research in the field.

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Radar Polarimetry for Weather Observations

By: Alexander V. Ryzhkov,Dusan S. Zrnic

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Radar Polarimetry for Weather Observations

By: Alexander V. Ryzhkov,Dusan S. Zrnic

This monograph offers a wide array of contemporary information on weather radar polarimetry and its applications. The book tightly connects the microphysical processes responsible for the development and evolution of the clouds’ bulk physical properties to the polarimetric variables, and contains the procedures on how to simulate realistic polarimetric variables. With up-to-date polarimetric methodologies and applications, the book will appeal to practicing radar meteorologists, hydrologists, microphysicists, and modelers who are interested in the bulk properties of hydrometeors and quantification of these with the goals to improve precipitation measurements, understanding of precipitation processes, or model forecasts.

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Handbook of Multivalued Analysis

Volume II: Applications

By: Shouchuan Hu,Nikolaos S. Papageorgiou

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Handbook of Multivalued Analysis

Volume II: Applications

By: Shouchuan Hu,Nikolaos S. Papageorgiou

In volume I we developed the tools of "Multivalued Analysis. " In this volume we examine the applications. After all, the initial impetus for the development of the theory of set-valued functions came from its applications in areas such as control theory and mathematical economics. In fact, the needs of control theory, in particular the study of systems with a priori feedback, led to the systematic investigation of differential equations with a multi valued vector field (differential inclusions). For this reason, we start this volume with three chapters devoted to set-valued differential equations. However, in contrast to the existing books on the subject (i. e. J. -P. Aubin - A. Cellina: "Differential Inclusions," Springer-Verlag, 1983, and Deimling: "Multivalued Differential Equations," W. De Gruyter, 1992), here we focus on "Evolution Inclusions," which are evolution equations with multi valued terms. Evolution equations were raised to prominence with the development of the linear semigroup theory by Hille and Yosida initially, with subsequent im portant contributions by Kato, Phillips and Lions. This theory allowed a successful unified treatment of some apparently different classes of nonstationary linear par tial differential equations and linear functional equations. The needs of dealing with applied problems and the natural tendency to extend the linear theory to the nonlinear case led to the development of the nonlinear semigroup theory, which became a very effective tool in the analysis of broad classes of nonlinear evolution equations.

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Spectral Analysis of Differential Operators

Interplay Between Spectral and Oscillatory Properties

By: Fedor S. Rofe-Beketov,Aleksandr M. Khol?kin

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Spectral Analysis of Differential Operators

Interplay Between Spectral and Oscillatory Properties

By: Fedor S. Rofe-Beketov,Aleksandr M. Khol?kin

- Detailed bibliographical comments and some open questions are given after each chapter - Indicates connections between the content of the book and many other topics in mathematics and physics - Open questions are formulated and commented with the intention to attract attention of young mathematicians

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9812562761

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Advanced Drying Technologies

By: Tadeusz Kudra,Arun S. Mujumdar

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Advanced Drying Technologies

By: Tadeusz Kudra,Arun S. Mujumdar

Presents Drying Breakthroughs for an Array of Materials Despite being one of the oldest, most energy-intensive unit operations, industrial drying is perhaps the least scrutinized technique at the microscopic level. Yet in the wake of today’s global energy crisis, drying research and development is on the rise. Following in the footsteps of the widely read first edition, Advanced Drying Technologies, Second Edition is the direct outcome of the recent phenomenal growth in drying literature and new drying hardware. This edition provides an evaluative overview of new and emerging drying technologies, while placing greater emphasis on making the drying process more energy efficient in the green age. Draws on the Authors’ 60+ Years of Combined Experience Fueled by the current energy crisis and growing consumer demand for improved quality products, this thoroughly updated resource addresses cutting-edge drying technologies for numerous materials such as high-valued, heat-sensitive pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and some foods. It also introduces innovative techniques, such as heat-pump drying of foods, which allow both industrial practice and research and development projects to save energy, reduce carbon footprints, and thus improve the bottom line. Four New Chapters: Spray-Freeze-Drying Fry Drying Refractance Window Drying Mechanical Thermal Expression Requiring no prior knowledge of chemical engineering, this single-source reference should assist researchers in turning the laboratory curiosities of today into the revolutionary novel drying technologies of tomorrow.

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Practical Synthesis of High-Performance Analog Circuits

By: Emil S. Ochotta,Tamal Mukherjee,Rob A. Rutenbar,L. Richard Carley

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Practical Synthesis of High-Performance Analog Circuits

By: Emil S. Ochotta,Tamal Mukherjee,Rob A. Rutenbar,L. Richard Carley

Practical Synthesis of High-Performance Analog Circuits presents a technique for automating the design of analog circuits. Market competition and the astounding pace of technological innovation exert tremendous pressure on circuit design engineers to turn ideas into products quickly and get them to market. In digital Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) design, computer aided design (CAD) tools have substantially eased this pressure by automating many of the laborious steps in the design process, thereby allowing the designer to maximise his design expertise. But the world is not solely digital. Cellular telephones, magnetic disk drives, neural networks and speech recognition systems are a few of the recent technological innovations that rely on a core of analog circuitry and exploit the density and performance of mixed analog/digital ASICs. To maximize profit, these mixed-signal ASICs must also make it to market as quickly as possible. However, although the engineer working on the digital portion of the ASIC can rely on sophisticated CAD tools to automate much of the design process, there is little help for the engineer working on the analog portion of the chip. With the exception of simulators to verify the circuit design when it is complete, there are almost no general purpose CAD tools that an analog design engineer can take advantage of to automate the analog design flow and reduce his time to market. Practical Synthesis of High-Performance Analog Circuits presents a new variation-tolerant analog synthesis strategy that is a significant step towards ending the wait for a practical analog synthesis tool. A new synthesis strategy is presented that can fully automate the path from a circuit topology and performance specifications to a sized variation-tolerant circuit schematic. This strategy relies on asymptotic waveform evaluation to predict circuit performance and simulated annealing to solve a novel non-linear infinite programming optimization formulation of the circuit synthesis problem via a sequence of smaller optimization problems. Practical Synthesis of High-Performance Analog Circuits will be of interest to analog circuit designers, CAD/EDA industry professionals, academics and students.

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Men of Metals and Materials: My Memoirs

By: Gopal S. Upadhyaya

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Men of Metals and Materials: My Memoirs

By: Gopal S. Upadhyaya

The book is first in English language highlighting the memoirs of a world renowned powder metallurgist .The author who is widely travelled , has had intimate interactions with eminent materials scientists and technologists for many many years. Many are no more alive and the book gives a rare chance to know not only their scientific achievements , but also the social aspects of the interaction. It is written in a narrative style. In some cases many interesting episodes have been highlighted , which otherwise would have remained obscure. In all 36 Indian and 47 overseas persons of eminence are covered in the book. In addition numerous persons have been mentioned in the side line.

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iUniverse

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1462018432

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Pressure Swing Adsorption

By: Douglas M. Ruthven,S. Farooq,Kent S. Knaebel

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Pressure Swing Adsorption

By: Douglas M. Ruthven,S. Farooq,Kent S. Knaebel

Pressure Swing Adsorption is the first book that provides a coherent and concise summary of the underlying science and technology of pressure swing adsorption (PSA) processes at a level understandable to the practising engineer. PSA has achieved widespread commercial acceptance as the technology of choice for hydrogen purification, air separation and small scale air driers. However, PSA has numerous other actual and potential uses such as the recovery of methane from landfill gas, the production of carbon dioxide and other large scale applications. Since the design and optimization of a PSA process requires a somewhat mathematical model, two chapters of the book provide in-depth information on equilibrium theory and dynamic numerical simulation. However, this mathematical material will also help the general reader develop an understanding of the principles and strenghts and limitations of various approaches. PSA engineers, chemical engineers, environmental chemists, academicians and managers who must make informed decisions about purchasing costly PSA systems will find Pressure Swing Adsorption of particular value.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471188182

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Grains

Engineering Fundamentals of Drying and Storage

By: Fuji Jian,Digvir S. Jayas

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Grains

Engineering Fundamentals of Drying and Storage

By: Fuji Jian,Digvir S. Jayas

Drying and storage are two significant unit operations in the food industry and are applied to both raw and processed products including cereal grains, oilseeds, legumes, flour, noodle, coffee, and cornstarch. The common characteristic of these materials is that all of them are hygroscopic and contain water. The hygroscopic properties are influenced by their physical properties, which are influenced by their storage environments such as bins, warehouses, bunkers, and temporary storage structures. This book focuses on the storage and drying of bulk products in these storage structures. On many occasions in our work with the grain storage and drying personnel especially our graduate students and industry contacts, we found a book explaining the fundamental principles of grain storage and drying is needed. Therefore, the primary objective of this book is to help readers understand the fundamental principles of grain storage and drying and develop a well-informed approach to solve grain storage and drying problems. Technologies for grain storage and drying are advanced through research; therefore, literature review and background on each topic has also been included. The book is generally intended for grain storage and drying students, engineers, and scientists. As reflected in the contents which are presented at several levels of depth, this book will serve well readers with different backgrounds and interests. An effort has been made to allow for independent reading of different sections, and to make a large part of this work accessible to a non-mathematical audience. The authors have combined their experience of teaching grain storage and drying to undergraduate and graduate students in the faculties of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Engineering. Material in the book is organized into broad topic areas: physical properties (Chapters 1 and 2), grain temperature and moisture (Chapters 2 and 6), water in biomaterials and relationship with its environment (Chapter 3), fundamental principles of aeration, drying, and rewetting (Chapter 4), and mathematical modelling of isotherm, drying, and re-wetting (Chapter 5). We hope our readers will benefit from the contents of the book for many decades.

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High Entropy Materials

Processing, Properties, and Applications

By: Krishanu Biswas,Nilesh Prakash Gurao,Tanmoy Maiti,Rajiv S. Mishra

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High Entropy Materials

Processing, Properties, and Applications

By: Krishanu Biswas,Nilesh Prakash Gurao,Tanmoy Maiti,Rajiv S. Mishra

This book provides a detailed overview of high entropy materials and alloys, discussing their structure, the processing of bulk and nanostructured alloys as well as their mechanical and functional properties and applications. It covers the exponential growth in research which has occurred over the last decade, discussing novel processing techniques, estimation of mechanical, functional and physical properties, and utility of these novel materials for various applications. Given the expanding scope of HEAs in ceramics, polymers, thin films and coating, this book will be of interest to material scientists and engineers alike.

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9811939195

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Fundamentals of Relational Database Management Systems

By: S. Sumathi,S. Esakkirajan

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Fundamentals of Relational Database Management Systems

By: S. Sumathi,S. Esakkirajan

This book provides comprehensive coverage of fundamentals of database management system. It contains a detailed description on Relational Database Management System Concepts. There are a variety of solved examples and review questions with solutions. This book is for those who require a better understanding of relational data modeling, its purpose, its nature, and the standards used in creating relational data model.

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The Sino-Indian Rivalry

Implications for Global Order

By: Šumit Ganguly,Manjeet S. Pardesi,William R. Thompson

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The Sino-Indian Rivalry

Implications for Global Order

By: Šumit Ganguly,Manjeet S. Pardesi,William R. Thompson

Drawing on a wide body of literature on international rivalries, this comprehensive and theoretically grounded work explains the origins and evolution of the Sino-Indian rivalry. Contrary to popular belief, the authors argue that the Sino-Indian rivalry started almost immediately after the emergence of the two countries in the global arena. They demonstrate how the rivalry has systemic implications for both Asia and the global order, intertwining the positional and spatial dimensions that lie at the heart of the Sino-Indian relationship. Showing how this rivalry has evolved from the late 1940s to the present day, the essays in this collection underscore its significance for global politics and highlight how the asymmetries between India and China have the potential to escalate conflict in the future.

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Surface Chemistry of Froth Flotation

Volume 1: Fundamentals

By: S. Ramachandra Rao

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Surface Chemistry of Froth Flotation

Volume 1: Fundamentals

By: S. Ramachandra Rao

Rev. ed. of: Surface chemistry of froth flotation / Jan Leja. c1982.

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Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science

17th Conference, Kharagpur, India, December 18-20, 1997. Proceedings

By: S. Ramesh

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Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science

17th Conference, Kharagpur, India, December 18-20, 1997. Proceedings

By: S. Ramesh

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science, FSTTCS'97. The 18 revised full papers presented were selected from a total of 68 submissions. Also included are five invited papers by Ed Clarke, Deepak Kapur, Madhu Sudan, Vijaya Ramachandran, and Moshe Vardi. Among the topics addressed are concurrency, Petri nets, graph computations, program verification, model checking, recursion theory, rewriting, and error-correcting codes.

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3540638768

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Discover Sociology

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By: William J. Chambliss,Daina S. Eglitis

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By: William J. Chambliss,Daina S. Eglitis

Discover Sociology explores sociology as a discipline of curious minds, with the theoretical, conceptual, and empirical tools needed to understand, analyze, and even change the world. Organized around the four main themes of The Sociological Imagination, Power and Inequality, Technological Transformations of Society, and Globalization, every chapter in the book illuminates the social roots of diverse phenomena and institutions

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Introduction to Non Linear Optical (NLO) Phenomenon and Crystal Growth Techniques

By: Dr. K. Senthilkannan, Dr. S. Tamilselvan, Prof. G. J. Shanmuga Sundar and Dr. M. Vimalan

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Introduction to Non Linear Optical (NLO) Phenomenon and Crystal Growth Techniques

By: Dr. K. Senthilkannan, Dr. S. Tamilselvan, Prof. G. J. Shanmuga Sundar and Dr. M. Vimalan

We live in a state of the art of nonlinear globe of materials. While the linearization principally improves material science, nonlinearity extraordinarily offers fervor, zeal and development in material science and especially material physics. Nonlinear optics (NLO) is a part of the pack of the theme optics, which mainly determines and manages the standard association of electromagnetic field of light (ordinarily high power laser light) with a nonlinear optical (NLO) material outcome in the technology of new electromagnetic fields in the modern era.

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High-Entropy Alloys

By: B.S. Murty,Jien-Wei Yeh,S. Ranganathan

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High-Entropy Alloys

By: B.S. Murty,Jien-Wei Yeh,S. Ranganathan

This book provides a complete review of the current state of the art in the field of high entropy alloys (HEA). The conventional approach to alloy design is to select one principal element and add elements to it in minor quantities in order to improve the properties. In 2004, Professor J.W. Yeh and his group first reported a new approach to alloy design, which involved mixing elements in equiatomic or near-equiatomic proportions, to form multi-component alloys with no single principal element. These alloys are expected to have high configurational entropy and hence were termed as "high entropy alloys." HEAs have a broad range of structures and properties, and may find applications in structural, electrical, magnetic, high-temperature, wear-resistant, corrosion-resistant, and oxidation-resistant components. Due to their unique properties, high entropy alloys have attracted considerable attention from both academics and technologists. This book presents the fundamental knowledge present in the field, the spectrum of various alloy systems and their characteristics studied to date, current key focus areas, and the future scope of the field in terms of research and technological applications. - Encompasses the synthesis and phase formation of high entropy alloys - Covers design of HEAs based on thermodynamic criteria - Discusses the structural and functional properties of HEAs - Provides a comparison of HEAs with other multicomponent systems like intermetallics and bulk metallic glasses

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US-Chinese Strategic Triangles

Examining Indo-Pacific Insecurity

By: S. Mahmud Ali

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US-Chinese Strategic Triangles

Examining Indo-Pacific Insecurity

By: S. Mahmud Ali

This book reveals the nature of Sino-US strategic competition by examining the influence exerted by major secondary stakeholders, e.g. Japan, Russia, India, the Koreas, and ASEAN, on the two powers, USA and its rival China, who consider each other as a source of greatest challenges to their respective interests. By adopting “strategic triangles” as the analytical framework and assessing triangular relational dynamics, such as US-China-Japan or US-China-Russia, the author illustrates how secondary stakeholders advance their own interests by exploiting their respective linkages to the two rivals, thereby, shaping Sino-US completive dynamics. This work adds a regional and multivariable perspective to the understanding of the Indo-Pacific’s insecurity challenges.

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The Tryst Betrayed

Reflections on Diplomacy and Development

By: Jagat S Mehta

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The Tryst Betrayed

Reflections on Diplomacy and Development

By: Jagat S Mehta

In The Tryst Betrayed, former Indian foreign secretary Jagat Singh Mehta looks back on an eventful career which began on the day after India’s independence. In his lucid and informative style, Mehta sheds light on Nehru’s prophetic assertion of ideological agnosticism (named ‘Non-Alignment’ in 1946) and its distortion by the accidental overlap of decolonization with the Cold War. Mehta argues that Nehru was naïve on China, wishful on the Soviet Union and prejudiced against America. The civil servants were hypnotized by what he refers to as the ‘Panditji knows best’ syndrome. He illustrates that Nehru’s bark was no doubt frightening but his bite not vicious.

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Miracles : 2 Volumes

The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts

By: Craig S. Keener

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Miracles : 2 Volumes

The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts

By: Craig S. Keener

Christianity Today 2013 Book Award Winner Winner of The Foundation for Pentecostal Scholarship's 2012 Award of Excellence 2011 Book of the Year, Christianbook.com's Academic Blog Most modern prejudice against biblical miracle reports depends on David Hume's argument that uniform human experience precluded miracles. Yet current research shows that human experience is far from uniform. In fact, hundreds of millions of people today claim to have experienced miracles. New Testament scholar Craig Keener argues that it is time to rethink Hume's argument in light of the contemporary evidence available to us. This wide-ranging and meticulously researched two-volume study presents the most thorough current defense of the credibility of the miracle reports in the Gospels and Acts. Drawing on claims from a range of global cultures and taking a multidisciplinary approach to the topic, Keener suggests that many miracle accounts throughout history and from contemporary times are best explained as genuine divine acts, lending credence to the biblical miracle reports.

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The Political Economy of Pharmaceutical Patents

US Sectional Interests and the African Group at the WTO

By: Sherry S. Marcellin

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The Political Economy of Pharmaceutical Patents

US Sectional Interests and the African Group at the WTO

By: Sherry S. Marcellin

This book provides a fresh, multidisciplinary, and exciting look at the making and remaking of pharmaceutical patents at the GATT/WTO, by utilising a Coxian political economy of continuity and change in the global political economy (GPE). Marcellin focuses on the role of the transnational drug industry in the making of the patent provisions in the original TRIPS Agreement and consequently, the role of the African Group at the WTO in the remaking of those patent provisions.

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Droplets and Sprays: Simple Models of Complex Processes

By: Sergei S. Sazhin

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Droplets and Sprays: Simple Models of Complex Processes

By: Sergei S. Sazhin

This book acts as a guide to simple models that describe some of the complex fluid dynamics, heat/mass transfer and combustion processes in droplets and sprays. Attention is focused mainly on the use of classical hydrodynamics, and a combination of kinetic and hydrodynamic models, to analyse the heating and evaporation of mono- and multi-component droplets. The models were developed for cases when small and large numbers of components are present in droplets. Some of these models are used for the prediction of time to puffing/micro-explosion of composite water/fuel droplets — processes that are widely used in combustion devices to stimulate disintegration of relatively large droplets into smaller ones. The predictions of numerical codes based on these models are validated against experimental results where possible. In most of the models, droplets are assumed to be spherical; some preliminary results of the generalisation of these models to the case of non-spherical droplets, approximating them as spheroids, are presented.

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3030997464

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A Course In Game Theory

By: Thomas S Ferguson

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A Course In Game Theory

By: Thomas S Ferguson

Game theory is a fascinating subject. We all know many entertaining games, such as chess, poker, tic-tac-toe, bridge, baseball, computer games — the list is quite varied and almost endless. In addition, there is a vast area of economic games, discussed in Myerson (1991) and Kreps (1990), and the related political games [Ordeshook (1986), Shubik (1982), and Taylor (1995)]. The competition between firms, the conflict between management and labor, the fight to get bills through congress, the power of the judiciary, war and peace negotiations between countries, and so on, all provide examples of games in action. There are also psychological games played on a personal level, where the weapons are words, and the payoffs are good or bad feelings [Berne (1964)]. There are biological games, the competition between species, where natural selection can be modeled as a game played between genes [Smith (1982)]. There is a connection between game theory and the mathematical areas of logic and computer science. One may view theoretical statistics as a two-person game in which nature takes the role of one of the players, as in Blackwell and Girshick (1954) and Ferguson (1968).Games are characterized by a number of players or decision makers who interact, possibly threaten each other and form coalitions, take actions under uncertain conditions, and finally receive some benefit or reward or possibly some punishment or monetary loss. In this text, we present various mathematical models of games and study the phenomena that arise. In some cases, we will be able to suggest what courses of action should be taken by the players. In others, we hope simply to be able to understand what is happening in order to make better predictions about the future.

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9813227370

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The Rumen Protozoa

By: Alan G. Williams,Geoffrey S. Coleman

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The Rumen Protozoa

By: Alan G. Williams,Geoffrey S. Coleman

All ruminants are dependent on the microorganisms that live in their forestomach - the rumen - to break down ingested feed constituents into a form that the host animal can utilize. Protozoa are part of this complex ruminal population and are essential for the nutritional well-being and productivity of the host ruminant. Over 30 different genera (nearly 300 species) of protozoa from the rumen ecosystem have been described since their initial discovery nearly 150 years ago. This book brings together, for the first time, the available information on these protozoa. It comprehensively describes the characteristic anatomical features of value for their identification and includes detailed sections on techniques and methodologies for the isolation and cultivation of these fastidious, oxygen-sensitive microorganisms. Their occurrence, biochemistry, physiology, and role in the ruminal ecosystem are fully reviewed. Particular emphasis is given to potential improvement of the nutrition and productivity of the host ruminant through manipulation of the protozoal population and its activities.

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Value Leadership

The 7 Principles that Drive Corporate Value in Any Economy

By: Peter S. Cohan

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Value Leadership

The 7 Principles that Drive Corporate Value in Any Economy

By: Peter S. Cohan

In Value Leadership, renowned management and investment expert Peter Cohan — whose 2002 stock picks gained 81percent when the S&P 500 plunged 24 percent— provides a new and powerful concept of sustainable corporate value. Using his expertise in understanding shareholder value, Cohan offers executives seven management principles that were tested in periods of economic expansion and contraction. These principles are: valuing human relationships, fostering teamwork, experimenting frugally, fulfilling your commitments, fighting complacency, winning through multiple means, and giving to your community. Cohan illustrates these principles by drawing on examples from eight Value Leaders— Synopsys, WalMart, Goldman Sachs, MBNA, Johnson & Johnson, J. M. Smucker, Southwest Airlines, and Microsoft. Through two recessions, these companies grew 35 percent faster, were 109 percent more profitable, and generated five times more shareholder wealth than their peers.

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Effective Execution

Building High-Performing Organizations

By: Raghav S Nandyal

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Effective Execution

Building High-Performing Organizations

By: Raghav S Nandyal

Thorough and broad-ranging.' - Dr Bill Curtis, Executive Director, Consortium for Information Execution effectiveness has remained an unconscious focus, not the primary focus, as organizations struggle with mediocre execution due to the interplay between unmindful workplace and workforce ineffectiveness. Effective Execution: Building High-Performing Organizations identifies the core foundations on which both workplace and workforce effectiveness must be fostered to make execution 'mindful of waste'. It focuses on: How can an organization enable alignment of individuals' work to achieve common business objectives when they come from vastly differing family, social, cultural and competency backgrounds? Why are some implementations more effective than others when organizations implement the same set of best practices contained in popular management frameworks for performance improvement? Raghav S. Nandyal draws from his global consulting practice and field experiences to help CEOs and managers develop true learning organizations that build and retain advanced knowledge of their businesses. 'Raghav writes about the importance of problem-solving by maintaining a solid execution focus and getting the job done effectively.' - Commodore Anand Khandekar IN (Retd), Ex-Managing Director, Motorola India Electronics Pvt. Ltd

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Advanced Electroporation Techniques in Biology and Medicine

By: Andrei G. Pakhomov,Damijan Miklavcic,Marko S. Markov

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Advanced Electroporation Techniques in Biology and Medicine

By: Andrei G. Pakhomov,Damijan Miklavcic,Marko S. Markov

A reflection of the intense study of the effects of electromagnetic fields on living tissues that has taken place during the last decades, Advanced Electroporation Techniques in Biology and Medicine summarizes most recent experimental findings and theories related to permeabilization of biomembranes by pulsed electric fields. Edited by experts and

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