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3A729999068.jsonld | A Public Debt Management Perspective on Proposals for Restrictions on Short Selling of Sovereign Debt | New restrictions on short-selling sovereign debt need to be supported by concrete evidence that links systematically unrestricted short-selling activities to fraud, abuse or market manipulation. OECD debt managers noted that there is plenty of empirical evidence on the benefits of short selling, including more liquidity, pricing efficiency and better allocated risk. However, solid evidence in the form of empirical data on market instability unambiguously caused by unrestricted short-selling activities (to be counted as ‘costs’) seems to be lacking. Debt managers also noted that the reporting requirements will be costly from a purely administrative point of view. A ban on uncovered short selling transactions of sovereign debt would make risk management more difficult and expensive, with detrimental effects on market efficiency, liquidity and funding costs for sovereigns. Moreover, it is unlikely that such bans would have a stabilising effect in government securities markets during a crisis. Rather than containing the crisis, a ban on short selling of government debt is likely to worsen the situation. The paper concludes that OECD debt managers have a range of tested tools at their disposal for dealing with temporary or chronic dysfunctional measures in sovereign debt markets, ranging from ‘quantity measures’, such as openings, to ‘pricing measures’ such as dynamic fails charges. JEL Classification: E44, G01, G21, G28, E61, H21. Keywords: financial regulation, short-selling, restrictions on short-selling, debt management, risk management, sovereign debt. |
3A1831632756.jsonld | Chapter 77 Pre-testing International Climate Change Policies: Methods and Results | A subset of the world's countries may wish to commit themselves to stringent emission targets in an attempt to influence other countries to follow suit, thereby bringing about a significant reduction in the threat to the global climate. Moreover, if the pioneering countries were to connect a tradable quota system to these commitments, they would be in a position to provide information not only about the practicability and efficiency properties of this policy instrument but also about the general economic implications of the commitments made. If the set of countries were small, which seems quite likely in the case of pioneering agreements, this action could reveal, in particular, how efficient a small market for quota trade would be. Furthermore, it could also show, for a set of similarly developed countries as the only participants, whether the common presumption that their costs would be too similar for any significant amount of trade gains to arise were in fact correct. |
3A1831633906.jsonld | Author Index | This chapter lists the names of the people who have contributed to the book Handbook of Economic Forecasting, Volume 1 , such as Abeysinghe, T., Abraham, B., Aguilar, O., and others. For the ease of the reader, their names have been mentioned along with the page number in which their names appear in the book. |
3A1831641941.jsonld | Chapter 2 Games in extensive and strategic forms | This chapterdiscusses formal definitions as well as a few illustrative examples, for the following notions: games in extensive form, games in strategic form, pure and mixed strategies, and equilibrium points. Two classes of games that are of interest are presented: games of perfect information, which always possess equilibria in pure strategies, and games with perfect recall, where mixed strategies may be replaced by behavior strategies. A first basic way of describing a game, called the extensive form is presented. As the name suggests, this is a most detailed description of a game. It tells exactly which player should move, when, what are the choices, the outcomes, the information of the players at every stage, and so on. A second basic way of describing a game is called the strategic form" (also known as normal form or matrix form). There are many situations in which a player's best behavior is to randomize when making his choice. This leads to the concept of a mixed strategy. A pure strategy of a player is a complete plan for his or her choices in all possible contingencies in the game. A mixed strategy means that the player chooses, before the beginning of the game, one such comprehensive plan at random (according to a certain probability distribution). An alternative method of randomization for the player is to make an independent random choice at each one of his or her information sets. These randomization procedures are called behavior strategies. But when a player has what is called perfect recall, the converse also holds: every mixed strategy is fully equivalent to a behavior strategy. |
3A1831634635.jsonld | Author Index | This chapter lists the names of the people who have contributed to the book Handbook of Economic Growth , such as Aaronson, E., Abowd, J.M., Abramovitz, M., and others. Their names have been mentioned along with the page number in which their names appear in the bookfor the ease of the reader. |
3A1831634325.jsonld | Chapter 13 Using Wages to Infer School Quality | This chapter examines the literature that attempts to measure the relationship between labor earnings and the average quality of a state's elementary and secondary schools where school quality is approximated by statewide average characteristics like the teacher–pupil ratio. We present evidence of a number of problems which are difficult, and in our view insurmountable. In short; we argue that the Hedonic approach to inferring school quality is totally unproductive. Even so, we include an annotated bibliography of the various papers that have addressed this topic. The main problems we discuss include: (1) interstate differences in wages are not consistent with a simple school quality–wage relation; we cannot assume a simple national labor market with factor price equalization throughout; (2) interstate migration is differentially selective between state origin and destination pairs and across school completion levels; (3) there need not be a direct relation between the quality of schooling and the wage increments from added schooling; (4) using a single residence state or geographic division for school quality evaluation appears insufficient to resolve the ambiguous link between school quality and wages. In addition, (5) the large majority of empirical studies of school quality represent schools by using characteristics of elementary and secondary schools although a major part of the measured incremental value of schooling refers to wage gains from attending college; (6) the Census-based studies that assume schools are attended in birth states can be wide of the mark; and finally, (7) it is unclear whether the positive correlations between wages and either school expenditures or teachers' wages found in much of this literature is indicative of a causal relationship or whether it captures other economic phenomena that supersede the relationship being suggested. |
3A1831638932.jsonld | Chapter 25 The pharmaceutical industry | This Handbook chapter surveys the extensive body of research on the economics of the pharmaceutical industry (with peripheral attention paid also to regulated medical devices). Pharmaceuticals is one of the world's most research-intensive industries, generating a continuing steam of new products that save lives and raise the quality of life. The discovery of new drugs has evolved over time from a decidedly empirical process to one based to a considerable degree upon fundamental scientific knowledge. Rich linkages have emerged between profit-seeking manufacturers and basic research performers such as universities and national laboratories. The safety and efficacy of new pharmaceutical products are stringently regulated in most industrialized nations, adding to clinical testing costs. Because of high expenditures on research, development, and clinical testing and because new products, once proven, might be imitated easily, patent protection is unusually important. The extension of patent protection to third-world nations under Uruguay Round Treaty mandates has precipitated vigorous policy debates. Patents, first-mover advantages, and the lack of good substitutes for significant new drugs often give rise to substantial monopoly power, against which many national governments have counterpoised a diverse panoply of price control mechanisms. When patents expire, however, generic substitutes often introduce vigorous price competition. The extent to which generics capture market share from the branded original drugs depends upon government regulatory policies, the reimbursement strategies of health care insurers, and the organization of health care provider institutions. |
3A1831650142.jsonld | Chapter 6. Putting Services and Foreign Direct Investment with Endogenous Productivity Effects in Computable General Equilibrium Models | In this chapter I explain an innovative modeling approach that incorporates services, foreign direct investment (FDI) and endogenous productivity effects from services. I begin with a small stylized model to help understand the fundamental economics. The model shows that services liberalization yields welfare gains several multiples of the welfare gains obtained from a constant to returns to scale model. Further, the welfare gains are supported by the econometric estimates of the gains from trade or FDI liberalization. I then describe computable general equilibrium studies by my colleagues and I conducted for the Russian government on the potential effects of Russian accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). We find that the projected welfare gains generated from liberalization of barriers against foreign direct investment are about 5% of consumption, with the total benefits of all aspects of WTO accession being about 7% of consumption. We find that almost every household in Russia would be expected to gain from WTO accession. We show, however, that a model of Russian WTO accession that fails to incorporate FDI in services and endogenous productivity effects from additional services would yield an estimated gain of less than 1% of consumption with about 7% of the households losing. Reviews of the work have indicated that the work has had a significant influence on the public debate and helped the Russian government to steer public opinion in favor of WTO accession. In the process of doing this work, T. Rutherford and I developed a technique for incorporating tens of thousands of households as agents of the model. All of the major results in the chapter are shown to be robust under sensitivity analysis. |
3A183164066X.jsonld | Chapter 9. Heterogeneous Agent Modeling: Experimental Evidence | We report on experimental evidence rationalizing the use of heterogeneous agent models. We provide compelling evidence that subjects in laboratory experiments often behave in ways that depart from the rational choice ideal. Further, these subjects' heuristic approaches often differ from one another in distinct, classifiable ways. It follows that models of heterogeneous, boundedly rational agents can often deliver predictions that are a better fit to the experimental data at both the micro- and the macro-levels of analysis than can rational-choice, single-actor models. Our focus in this chapter is on experimental studies developed to address questions in macroeconomics and finance. |
3A730008428.jsonld | The Aggregate and Structural Impact of Ageing on Financial Markets : Some Quantitative Assessments | Ageing will translate into long run trends in supply as well as demand of capital in the next decades. This paper provides some quantitative assessments of the effects on financial markets of ageing in four large OECD countries (United States, Japan, Germany, and France). Using a simplified general equilibrium model with overlapping generations, it suggests that ageing could bolster capital-labour ratios and lower interest rates in the future (by 25 bp to 100 bp in the long run, depending on the characteristics of pension systems reforms). In this context, the fear for a future “asset meltdown” due to ageing is probably overstated. The model also suggests that the individual accumulation of capital is likely to increase in the future and require structural changes in financial markets. Households will increasingly need to insure against the uncertainty related to future asset prices, rates of return on capital or individual longevity.... |
3A183163578X.jsonld | Chapter 7. Payout Policy | This paper surveys the literature on payout policy. We start out by discussing several stylized facts that are important to the development of any comprehensive payout policy framework. We then describe the Miller and Modigliani (1961) payout irrelevance proposition, and consider the effect of relaxing the assumptions on which it is based. We consider the role of taxes, asymmetric information, incomplete contracting possibilities, and transaction costs. The tax-related literature on dividends explores the implications of differential taxes on dividends and capital gains on stocks’ valuation and firms’ propensity to pay out cash in the form of dividends. The issues investigated in this literature are of central importance to corporate finance and asset pricing. It is important to understand the degree to which investor taxes are impounded into security prices, which in turn can affect investment returns, the cost of capital, capital structure, investment spending, and governmental revenue collection. The overall empirical evidence on this issue appears to indicate that from a tax perspective, dividends should be minimized. We review the theoretical as well as empirical literature on Signaling/Adverse Selection models and Agency models. The accumulated evidence indicates that changes in payout policies are not motivated by firms’ desire to signal their true worth to the market. There is no evidence that firms that increase their dividends experience an unexpectedly high earnings or cash flow in subsequent periods. The literature does point out however, that changes in cash payments are negatively associated with firms’ risk profile. This and other evidence seem to be consistent with the notion that both dividends and repurchases are paid when firms have excess cash flows in order to reduce potential overinvestment by management. We also review the issue of the form of payout and the increased tendency to use open market share repurchases. Evidence suggests that the rise in the popularity of repurchases increases overall payout and increases firms’ financial flexibility. It seems that young, risky firms prefer to use repurchases rather then dividends. We also observe that many large, established firms and those with more volatile earnings substitute repurchases for dividends. We believe that the choice of payout method and how payout policy interacts with capital-structure decisions (such as debt and equity issuance) are important questions and a promising field for further research. |
3A1831644819.jsonld | Chapter 5 Retirement from the labor force | The chapter presents some basic facts on retirement patterns and examines some reasons for the changes in behavior over time and differences across groups. Retirement is an important phenomenon in life-cycle labor supply. Not only does it mean a complete withdrawal from the labor force, but it also turns on a number of institutional facets such as social security and private pensions. The chapter explores a number of theoretical models and discusses empirical results. The chapter presents a close look at pensions and social security and concludes by analyzing life-cycle savings behavior and looking at the status of retirees. The goal of the chapter is to lay out the important issues in retirement behavior, rather than to draw definitive conclusions on the state of knowledge. A quick look at the data reveals that the most important trend among older workers in the United States is the decline in age of retirement. Because there has been a simultaneous increase in the real income of the population, an obvious conjecture is that most of this reflects an income effect that induces workers to take more leisure. The discussion of pensions focuses on one empirical relationship and a number of theoretical ones. The most important empirical point is that the actuarial value of private pensions first rises, but then declines once the worker continues to work beyond a certain point. |
3A175995943X.jsonld | Investigation of the seismic behaviour of structural and nonstructural components in industrial facilities by means of shaking table tests | Achtung: Die Tagung fand Online 2021 statt; Der Band war aber schon 2020 vom Verlag erstellt worden ( Info vom Veranstalter 10/2023; 705) |
3A1762285517.jsonld | Modellierung sektorenübergreifender Systemdienstleistungen bei gekoppelt betriebenem Strom- und Gassektor | Aufgrund der steigenden Einspeisung elektrischer Leistung durch erneuerbare Energieanlagen und der gleichzeitig voranschreitenden schrittweisen Abschaltung von konventionellen Kohlekraftwerken, steigen die Anforderungen an eine zuverlässige, kostengünstige und klimafreundliche Bereitstellung von Flexibilitäten zum Erhalt der Systemstabilität. Mit der Gesamtsystembetrachtung aus Strom- und Gassektor können durch die Kopplung neue Freiheitsgrade erschlossen werden. In diesem Beitrag wird vorgestellt, wie eine sektorenübergreifende Erbringung von Systemdienstleistungen vom Strom- zum Gasnetz in einem dynamischen Energiesystemmodell im Zeitbereich der Mittelzeitdynamik abgebildet werden kann. Anhand von numerischen Fallstudien wird am Beispiel von Thüringen für verschiedene Szenarien ausgewertet, inwiefern durch eine sektorenübergreifende Betrachtung Flexibilitätspotenziale realisiert und die Betriebsgrenzen und somit die Stabilitätsbedingungen beider Sektoren eingehalten werden können. |
3A508438977.jsonld | Fundamentals of liquid crystal devices | Liquid crystal physics -- Propagation of light in anisotropic optical media -- Optical modeling methods -- Effects of electric field on liquid crystals -- Freedericksz transition -- Liquid crystal materials -- Modeling liquid crystal director configuration -- Transmissive liquid crystal displays -- Reflective and transflective liquid crystal displays -- Liquid crystal display matrices, drive schemes, and bistable displays -- Liquid crystal/polymer composites -- Tunable liquid crystal photonic devices |
3A894168959.jsonld | Integrierte Bewertung der Instrumente und der fiskalischen und marktbasierten Anreize internationaler Klimapolitik und ihrer Auswirkungen (IACCP) : Studie gefördet vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung : im Rahmen von FONA - Ökonomie des Klimawandels - BMBF | In the existing literature the estimation of the effect of unilateral climate change policy measures and their effectiveness is done primarily in ”Computable General Equilibrium“ (CGE) models or based on “Integrated Assessment Models” (IAM). The selection of parameter values for the required calibration of the models is often ad hoc and based on various studies that are neither consistent to each other nor with the theoretical modeling. The objective of this project is to develop consistent and integrated approaches to enhance climate change policy advice. For this purpose, the structure of the estimated equations is derived from research results and based on theoretically modeling and thus links the estimated and micro-founded results with consistently constructed CGE-models which are then employed for the analysis of climate policy scenarios. This represents a significant methodological development to existing Integrated Assessment Models and in particular combines the research in the international trade area with that of climate debate. The results of the project include: • Construction of well suited databases to be used for the analysis of international climate policy • Evaluating the instruments of international climate change policy • Development of indices for international climate change policies • Prognosis of the welfare effects of climate change policy objectives with a special focus on the long term consequences • Conveying the findings to a wide audience Die Abschätzung der Effekte unilateraler Klimapolitik-Maßnahmen sowie deren Wirksamkeit geschieht in der bestehenden Literatur vornehmlich durch „Computable General Equilibrium“ (CGE) Modelle oder durch darauf basierende Integrated Assessment Modelle. Die Auswahl der zur Kalibrierung der Modelle benötigten Daten erfolgt jedoch häufig ad hoc und auf der Grundlage unterschiedlicher Studien, die weder untereinander noch mit der theoretischen Modellierung konsistent sind. Zielsetzung des Projekts war die Entwicklung von konsistenten und integrierten Ansätzen zur Verbesserung der Klimapolitikberatung. Dazu wurde auf Forschungsergebnissen aufgebaut welche die Struktur der Schätzgleichungen aus der theoretischen Modellierung herleiten und die geschätzten mikro-fundierten Zusammenhänge in entsprechenden CGE-Modellen zur Analyse klimapolitischer Rahmenbedingungen berücksichtigen. Dies stellt einen bedeutenden methodischen Fortschritt zu bestehenden Integrated Assessment Modellen dar und verbindet insbesondere die Forschung im Bereich des internationalen Handels mit der Klimadebatte. Zu den Ergebnissen des Projekts zählen: • Aufbau geeigneter Datenbanken zur Analyse internationaler Klimapolitik • Bewertung der Instrumente internationaler Klimapolitik • Entwicklung von Indizes zum internationalen Vergleich klimapolitischer Maßnahmen • Prognose der Wohlfahrtswirkungen klimapolitischer Ziele mit besonderem Fokus auf den langfristigen Folgewirkungen • Vermittlung der Erkenntnisse an ein breites Publikum |
3A377382833.jsonld | [Methode zur Auslegung von Produkten aus Faserverbundwerkstoffen für maritime Anwendungen : Schlussbericht zum FuE-Projekt] | Anisotropy, fibrous composite, fibrous-orientation-angles, finite-element-method, power stream, corrosion-resistan, laminate, light-building, sandwich, stability, material property |
3A102908758X.jsonld | White Jesus : the architecture of racism in religion and education | Foreword -- Introduction : the white architecture of salvation -- White civil religion, empire, and dominance -- How Christianity became white -- The religious white -- White saviors proselytizing 'pagans' : missionaries, boarding schools, and adoption -- Whiteness in Christian higher education -- White worship -- Before Jesus became white -- Afterword |
3A524636826.jsonld | The microscope and the eye : a history of reflections, 1740-1870 | The versatile tool of improvement -- Encountering optical deceptions -- Tools of accuracy -- Microscopic fallacies, peculiar optical deceptions, and the eye's defects -- Test objects and the pretensions, defects, and excellencies of individual microscopes -- Johannes Müller and the problem of 'subject-object' -- Bringing physics to anatomy -- Handling nervous tissue and the problem of visual acuity -- The microscope's retina -- Writing on microscopy |
3A378056824.jsonld | Tropical Babylons : sugar and the making of the Atlantic World, 1450 - 1680 | Introduction / Stuart B. Schwartz -- Sugar in Iberia / William D. Phillips Jr. -- Sugar islands : the sugar economy of Madeira and the Canaries, 1450-1650 / Alberto Vieira -- The sugar economy of Española in the sixteenth century / Genaro Rodríguez Morel -- Sugar and slavery in early colonial Cuba / Alejandro De La Fuente -- A commonwealth within itself : the early Brazilian sugar industry, 1550-1670 / Stuart B. Schwartz -- The Atlantic slave trade to 1650 / Herbert Klein -- The expansion of the sugar market in Western Europe / Eddy Stols -- The sugar industry in the seventeenth century : a new perspective on the Barbadian "sugar revolution" / John J. McCusker and Russell R. Menard |
3A483829927.jsonld | Teilprojekt "Werkstoffentwicklung" im Verbundprojekt "Neue Katalysatormaterialien zur Selektivoxidation und Totaloxidation von Kohlenwasserstoffen - SELOX" : Schlussbericht zum FuE-Vorhaben, FKZ-Nr. 03WKG03E im Rahmen des Innovativen Regionalen Wachstumskerns "Netzwerk für innovative Oberflächentechnik und Anlagenbau (NOA)" ; Bearbeitungszeitraum vom 01.07.2001 bis 31.12.2003 | Catalysts, metallic fibres, crucible melt extraction, metallic hollow spheres, microstructure, quasi-crystalline fibres, surface coating, characterisation, oxidatve dehydrogenation in the gas phase, testing catalytic activity, propane, isopropanol, total oxidation, decomposition of environmental pollutants, heptane, benzene, methane |
3A528529536.jsonld | Proselytization Revisited: Rights Talk, Free Markets and Culture Wars | Revisiting proselytization in the context of rights talk, free markets and culture wars / Rosalind I. Hackett -- Conflicts over proselytization -- an overview and comparative perspective / Jean-Francois Mayer -- Conversion of the world: Proselytization in India and the universalization of Christianity / Jacob De Roover and Sarah Claerhout -- The logic of anti-proselytization, revisited / Grace Kao -- The changing face of Christian proselytization: New actors from the global South / Paul Freston -- Muslim Apostasy, Christian conversion, and religious freedom in Egypt / Heather J. Sharkey -- Seeing is more than believing: Posters and proselytization in Nigeria / F.-K. Asonzeh Ukah -- Buddhism and the politics of conversion in Sri Lanka / Steve C. Berkwitz -- Merit and the search for inner peace: the discourses and technology of Dhammakaya proselytization / Rachelle M. Scott -- Asia's Antioch: Evangelical Christianity and proselytism in Singapore / Jean DeBernardi -- False consciousness and the jargon of Authenticity: Religion and nationalism in the Christianised Lowland Philippines / Paul-Francois Tremlett -- Salvation through secular protest: the development of Falun Gong proselytization / Patsy Rahn -- The social and legal context of proselytization in contemporary Japanese religions / Mark Mullins -- Negotiating proselytism in 21st century Russia / Olga Kazmina -- Between Da'wa and mission: Turkish Islamic movements in the Turkic world (Central Asia and the Caucasus) / Bayram Balci -- Spiritual Wars in the 10-40 window: Korean proselytism among Russia's Asian minorities / Julia S. Kovalchuk -- Proselytization or information? Wicca and the internet / Shawn Arthur -- You can't talk to an empty stomach: Faith-based activism, Holistic Evangelism, and the publicity of Evangelical engagement / Ormri Elisha -- Proselytization: Closing thoughts from a sociologist / James T. Richardson |
3A516826697.jsonld | American painting of the nineteenth century : realism, idealism, and the American experience | Prolegomena to the nineteenth century : Copley and the American tradition -- Washington Allston : an American romantic tradition -- Thomas Cole : the dilemma of the real and the ideal -- Asher B. Durand : Hudson River School solutions -- Luminism : an alternative tradition -- Fitz H. Lane : a paradigm of luminism -- Martin Johnson Heade : haystacks and light -- William Sidney Mount : monumental genre -- George Caleb Bingham : Missouri classicism -- Winslow Homer : concept and percept -- Thomas Eakins : science and sight -- Albert Pinkham Ryder : even with a thought -- William Harnett : every object rightly seen -- The painterly mode in America -- Epilogue : the twentieth century |
3A315638850.jsonld | Laborexperimente und analytische Untersuchungen über den Eintrag braunkohlebürtiger organischer Stoffe in Grundwässer und Restseegewässer bei der Flutung von Braunkohletagebauen : Abschlußbericht zum BMBF-Forschungsprojekt ; Bearbeitungszeitraum: 3/96 bis 10/99 | Lignite, natural weathering conditions, oxidations, oxidation, ground water, organic substances, pollutation, chlororganic compounds |
3A549337458.jsonld | Web 2.0 for librarians and information professionals | Web 2.0 -- Blogs -- RSS & newsreaders -- Wikis -- Social bookmarking -- Photo sharing -- Social cataloging -- Video sharing -- Personalized start pages -- Social networking software -- Vertical search engines -- Social news -- Answers technology -- Virtual worlds -- Productivity tools -- Podcasting -- Mashups |
3A391911244.jsonld | Intertransboard : Abschlussbericht FAV ; Projektlaufzeit: 01.07.2001 bis 31.05.2003 | Optimization of routes, effects on traffic, ecology and economy, transport processes, online platform |
3A346888158.jsonld | Seals in the Schleswig-Holstein wadden sea : sections of a research project 108 02 085/01 | Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea, seal population, spatial distribution, population dynamics, disturbances, monitoring |
3A515023388.jsonld | Ethnic bargaining : the paradox of minority empowerment | The origins of ethnic bargaining -- The theory of ethnic bargaining -- A full cycle of ethnic bargaining : Sudeten Germans in interwar Czechoslovakia -- Triadic ethnic bargaining : Hungarian minorities in postcommunist Slovakia and Romania -- Dyadic ethnic bargaining : Slovak versus Moravian nationalism in postcommunist Czechoslovakia -- Ethnic bargaining in the Balkans : secessionist Kosovo versus integrationist Vojvodina |
3A500618925.jsonld | Diversity in information technology education : issues and controversies | "This book investigates the status of diversity in the field of IT education with research on racial, gender, national origin, disability and other diversity categories"--Provided by publisher |
3A313414351.jsonld | Untersuchung neuartiger kombinierter Vernetzungsmechanismen für die Pulverlackhärtung unter Einfluss von Katalysatoren : Abschlussbericht Teil 1 zum Teilprojekt 1 im Rahmen des F und E-Programmes zur Erweiterung der Anwendung der Pulverlackiertechnik ; Bearbeitungszeitraum: 1.10.1996 - 31.7.1999 | Powder coatings, combined curing mechanisms, two step curing reaction, reactivity, catalysis, uretdiones, curing temperature, model reactions, reactive polymer-powder coating systems, polymer melt, surface tension, additives, pigments, wetting, film formation, levelling, craters, AFM, axisymmetric drop shape analysis |
3A538246618.jsonld | How to change the world : [social entrepreneurs and the power of new ideas] | David Bornstein`s How to Change the World is the first book to study a remarkable and growing group of individuals around the world--what Bornstein calls social entrepreneurs. These men and women are bringing innovative, and successful, grass-roots approaches to a wide variety of social and economic problems, from rural poverty in India to discrimination against gypsies in Central Europe; from industrial pollution in the United States to child prostitution in Thailand. Like business entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs are creative, driven, and adventurous. The embrace change, exploit new opportunities, and think big. In How to Change the World, Bornstein provides vivid profiles of many such individuals, looking at the personalities, strategies, and techniques they have in common. The book is an In Search of Excellence for social initiatives, intertwining personal stories, anecdotes, and analysis. Readers will see how social entrepreneurs bring about structural changes in their societies--in other words, how one human being can make a difference.The case studies in the book include Jody Williams, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for the international campaign against landmines she ran by e-mail from her Vermont home; Roberto Baggio, a 31-year old Brazilian who has established eighty computer schools in the slums of Brazil; and Diana Propper, who has used investment banking techniques to make American corporations responsive to environmental dangers. The paperback edition will offer a new foreword by the author that shows how the concept of social entrepreneurship has expanded and unfolded over the last few years, including the Gates-Buffetts charitable partnership, the rise of Google, and the increased mainstream coverage of the subject. The book will also update the stories of individual social entrepreneurs that appeared in the cloth edition. |
3A834424622.jsonld | Archaic and classical attic dedicatory epigrams : an epigraphic, literary, and linguistic commentary | Epigrams found on the Athenian Acropolis. -- I. Epigrams on stone -- II. Epigrams on bronze objects -- III. Epigrams inscribed on vessels -- IV. Epigrams found outside the Acropolis -- V. Dubia |
3A1175918571.jsonld | Ökobilanz für Getränkeverpackungen II, Phase 2 : Forschungsbericht 10350504 | Life cycle assessment, drinks packaging, bottle, beverage can, glass, PET, Aluminium, Tinplate, beverage carton, one-way, returnable, distribution |
3A396154255.jsonld | SmartKom - Dialogische Mensch-Technik-Interaktion durch koordinierte Analyse und Generierung multipler Modalitäten : BMBF-Leitprojekt Smartkom 1999 - 2003 ; Schlussbericht ; Laufzeit/Berichtszeitraum des Vorhabens: 01.09.1999 bis 30.09.2003 | Intelligent multimodal user interface, discours model for speech dialogue systems, fusion of multimodal input |
3A1617286206.jsonld | A topological aperitif | "This is a book of elementary geometric topology, in which geometry, frequently illustrated, guides calculation. The book starts with a wealth of examples, often subtle, of how to be mathematically certain whether two objects are the same from the point of view of topology." "After introducing surfaces, such as the Klein bottle, the book explores the properties of polyhedra drawn on these surfaces. Even in the simplest case, of spherical polyhedra, there are good questions to be asked. More refined tools are developed in a chapter on winding number, and an appendix gives a glimpse of knot theory." "There are many examples and exercises making this a useful textbook for a first undergraduate course in topology. For much of the book the prerequisites are slight, though, so anyone with curiosity and tenacity will be able to enjoy the book. As well as arousing curiosity, the book gives a firm geometrical foundation for further study."--BOOK JACKET |
3A818911875.jsonld | Handbook of research on swarm intelligence in engineering | "This book presents the latest research being conducted on diverse topics in intelligence technologies such as Swarm Intelligence, Machine Intelligence, Optical Engineering, and Signal Processing with the goal of advancing knowledge and applications in this rapidly evolving field"-- |
3A18058930X.jsonld | Economics and biology | "Economics and Biology" is a collection of key essays on the relationship between economics and biology. As the limitations of the mechanistic metaphor in economics are increasingly recognized, this volume explores the potential for the use of evolutionary and other ideas from the science of biology. Topics covered include evaluations of mechanistic and biological analogies in economics in the Darwinian revolution, the use of biology in Alfred Marshall's economics, the concepts of optimisation and rationality in an evolutionary context and the inspirations that biology may offer for modern economics. |
3A623056062.jsonld | Precision crop protection - the challenge and use of heterogeneity | "Precision farming is an agricultural management system using global navigation satellite systems, geographic information systems, remote sensing, and data management systems for optimizing the use of nutrients, water, seed, pesticides and energy in heterogeneous field situations. This book provides extensive information on the state-of-the-art of research on precision crop protection and recent developments in site-specific application technologies for the management of weeds, arthropod pests, pathogens and nematodes. It gives the reader an up-to-date and in-depth review of both basic and applied research developments. The chapters discuss I) biology and epidemiology of pests, II) new sensor technologies, III) applications of multi-scale sensor systems, IV) sensor detection of pests in growing crops, V) spatial and non-spatial data management, VI) impact of pest heterogeneity and VII) precise mechanical and chemical pest control."--barnesandnoble.com |
3A578349272.jsonld | GFI network security and PCI compliance power tools : [use GFI's tools to search for vulnerabilities in your network ; use GFI EndPoint Security to lock down hardware ; create protection policies to control the level of device access ; master advanced features of GFI: locking device categories, blacklisting and whitelisting devices, using file type restrictions and more] | Installing GFI LANguard network security scanner -- An introduction to the GFI LANguard network security scanner management console -- Performing a security scan -- Analyzing the scan results -- Using the ReportPack -- Inventories and auditing -- Patch management -- Installing GFI EndPointSecurity -- Defining protection policies -- Advanced security configurations -- End point management -- Monitoring device usage -- Installing GFI EventsManager -- Browsing the event logs -- Event processing rules -- Getting the big picture -- Installing and configuring GFI network server monitor -- Working with GFI network server monitor's configuration console -- GFI network monitor's additional components |
3A391833227.jsonld | Design of intelligent multi-agent systems : human-centredness, architectures, learning and adaptation | The ongoing transition of Intelligent Systems Research and in particular the agent based research into the real world has resulted in the emergence of new phenomena distinct from the traditional logic-centered approach. This books focuses on those new trends in design and evolution of the agent technology such as humanization, architectures and learning of agents. "Design of Intelligent Multi-Agent Systems" presents the application of soft computing agents to complex real world problems in distributed environments, humanization of the agents and the optimization of their performance. TOC:Humanization of soft computing agents.- Software agents for ubiquitous computing.- Agents-based knowledge logistics.- Architectural styles and patterns for multi-agent systems.- Design and behavior of a massive organization of agents.- Developing agent-based applications with JADE.- A collective can do better.- Coordinating multi-agent assistants with an application by means of computational reflection.- Learning by exchanging advice.- Adaptation and mutation in multi-agent systems and beyond.- Intelligent action acquisition for animated learning agents.- Using stationary and mobile agents for information retrieval and e-commerce |
3A387152318.jsonld | Beschreibung des Standes der Technik bei der Vorbehandlung, insbesondere der Trockenlegung von Altautos gemäß AltautoV | Drainage, state of the art, liquids, end of live vehicle, end of live vehicle directive, pretreatment |
3A529112167.jsonld | Robots in space : technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel | Introduction : a false dichotomy -- The human/robot debate -- Human spaceflight as utopia -- Promoting the human dimension -- Robotic spaceflight in popular culture -- The new space race -- Interstellar flight and the human future in space -- Homo sapiens, transhumanism, and the postbiological universe -- An alternative paradigm? -- Appendix : Inadequate words |
3A472218131.jsonld | Do smart adaptive systems exist? : best practice for selection and combination of intelligent methods | "Do Smart Adaptive Systems exist?" is intended as a reference and a guide summarising and focusing on best practices when using intelligent techniques and building systems requiring a degree of adaptation and intelligence. It is therefore not intended as a collection of the most recent research results but a practical guide for experts from other areas and industrial users who are interested in building solutions to their problems using intelligent techniques. One of the main issues covered is an attempt to answer the question of how to select and/or combine suitable intelligent techniques from a large pool of potential solutions. Another attractive feature of the book is that it brings together experts from neural network, fuzzy, machine learning, evolutionary and hybrid systems communities who will provide their views on how these different intelligent technologies have contributed and will contribute to creation of smart adaptive systems of the future. TOC:Do Smart Adaptive Systems Exist? - Introduction.- Problem Definition - From Applications to Methods.- Data Preparation and Preprocessing.- Part I From Methods to Applications.- Artificial Neural Networks.- Machine Learning and Reinforcement Learning.- Fuzzy Expert Systems.- Learning Algorithms for Neuro-Fuzzy Systems.- Hybrid Intelligent Systems. Evolving Intelligence in Hierarchical Layers.- Evolving Connectionist Systems with Evolutionary Self-Optimisation.- Part II From Applications to Methods.- Monitoring.- Examples of Smart Adaptive Systems in Model-Based Diagnosis.- Design of adaptive fuzzy controllers.- Optimal Design Synthesis of Component-based Systems using Intelligent Techniques.- Intelligent methods in finance applications. From questions to solutions.- Neuro-Fuzzy Systems for Explaining Data Sets.- Consistent, User Adaptable Solution to Data Mining.- Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval. From Data to User Interaction |
3A337791783.jsonld | Evaluierung der Fertigungs-Technologie 300 mm : Teilprojekt CIM System ; Projekt Periode : 01.04.1998 - 31.03.2000 | Semiconductor, 300mm, CIM-System, equipment model; single wafer logistic, process-flow-model, integration transport system, integration ID-System, CIM architecture, automated process job execution |
3A723777233.jsonld | MDE settings in SAP : a descriptive field study | MDE techniques are more and more used in praxis. However, there is currently a lack of detailed reports about how different MDE techniques are integrated into the development and combined with each other. To learn more about such MDE settings, we performed a descriptive and exploratory field study with SAP, which is a worldwide operating company with around 50.000 employees and builds enterprise software applications. This technical report describes insights we got during this study. For example, we identified that MDE settings are subject to evolution. Finally, this report outlines directions for future research to provide practical advises for the application of MDE settings. |
3A388121009.jsonld | Engineering thermofluids : thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer | The "Engineering Thermofluids" is a unique textbook, which brings the three pillars of thermal sciences; thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer under one umbrella. These three distinct, yet intertwined subjects are treated in an integrated manner. The primary audiences for this book are senior undergraduate, graduate, and practicing engineers in the fields of aeronautical, chemical industrial, mechanical, and nuclear engineering. Topics are discussed in detail while still using a simple and easy to follow approach. Numerous walk-through examples are solved and illustrations are provided to guide the reader through more subtle topics. Each chapter starts with a section for the introduction of various terminologies used. The chapter on thermodynamics covers the first law, the second law, the power cycles, and the mixture of gases. The chapter on fluid mechanics covers both steady-state and transient single phase-flow as well as two-phase flow. The chapter on heat transfer covers conduction, convection, radiation, boiling, and condensation. These chapters are followed by the chapter on applications of the engineering thermofluid, which covers the design and operations of various heat exchangers, turbomachines, and flowmeters. Many practical design problems are either solved or provided as homework. Practicing engineers will find this book a useful text to have around for the many practical problems and solutions, illustrations, definitions, methods, tables, and figures provided. The preference throughout the text is on obtaining analytical solutions of a closed form. Numerical solutions as well as experimental results are presented when analytical solutions cannot be found |
3A482880082.jsonld | VICORA-Pilotphase : fachlicher Schlussbericht | Computer assistance, radiology, networks, research collaboration, surgical planning, tumor vitality, arteriosclerosis, lung diseases, liver surgery |
3A1614437599.jsonld | Optical near field recording : science and technology | This textbook is written for all those wishing to understand the concepts behind modern optical recording. It also paves the way towards the future science and technology beyond the optical diffraction limit. The important keyword here is "near-field optics," a regime whose promising characteristics will open the door to a new information optics. This unique book will be useful for all graduate students, scientists and engineers seeking to advance our understanding of optical near-field recording. TOC:Introduction.- Summary of Optical Data Storage and the Future Trend.- Basic Theory of Optical Near-Field and Surface Plasmon Polarities.- Near-Field Recording and Its Actual Methods.- The Role of Surface Plasmons in Optical Disc |
3A359016936.jsonld | Low emissions transport - emissions reduction through low-pollutant lubricants : final report UBA R&D project 299 45 143 | Engine oil, lubricant consumption, additives, sulphur, phosphorous, sulphated ash, emissions, NO2, particulate matter, CO2, CO, HC, exhaust gas components, combustion products, catalysts, particle filters, NOx-adsorber |
3A359656129.jsonld | Bedeutung psychologischer und sozialer Einflussfaktoren für eine nachhaltige Verkehrsentwicklung : Vorstudie ; Forschungsbericht 20096132/03 | Sustainable mobility, mobility behaviour, transport behaviour, car free life, car free places of residence |
3A251501108.jsonld | Kleinbauern in Amazonien : Wechselwirkungen zwischen Ökosystem und Sozialsystem bei Nutzung und Schutz tropischer Regenwaldgebiete ; Abschlußbericht der 1. Projektphase des Forschungsprojektes, 1.10.1994 bis 31.12.1997 | Eastern Amazon, use of tropical rainforests, theory of peasant research, production-system-analysis, agrarian development finance, integration of perennial crops, peasant movement, youth in peasant agriculture, rural pensions |
3A32829327X.jsonld | Kooperation mit UNEP/IRPTC als Beitrag zur Umsetzung des Aktionsprogramms "Agenda 21", Kapitel 19 im Bereich Informationsaustausch über gefährliche Stoffe : Forschungsbericht 29567066 | Hazardous chemicals, international cooperation, Agenda 21, data exchange, literature work, ecotoxicology, environmental legislation, data collection, database, information system |
3A1604870931.jsonld | Advances in machine learning applications in software engineering | "This book provides analysis, characterization and refinement of software engineering data in terms of machine learning methods. It depicts applications of several machine learning approaches in software systems development and deployment, and the use of machine learning methods to establish predictive models for software quality while offering readers suggestions by proposing future work in this emerging research field"--Provided by publisher |
3A766077349.jsonld | QCM-D studies on polymer behavior at interfaces | This book is intended to give an overview of recent studies on polymer behavior at the solid/liquid interfaces by use of QCM-D (quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation). |
3A510205712.jsonld | The interpersonal idiom in Shakespeare, Donne and early modern culture | This work offers a reformulation of identity in the time of Shakespeare, recovering a rich and now obsolete language that casts selfhood not as subjective experience, but as the experience of others |
3A391740156.jsonld | The Mathematica guidebook for programming | This comprehensive, detailed reference to Mathematica provides the reader with both a working knowledge of Mathematica in general and a detailed knowledge of key aspects of Mathematica needed to create the fastest, shortest, and most elegant implementations possible to solve problems from the natural sciences. The GuideBook gives the user a deeper understanding of Mathematica by instructive implementations, explanations, and examples from a range of disciplines at varying levels of complexity. The GuideBook is published in three volumes -- 1 -Programming, 2-Graphics, and 3-Mathematics -- each with a CD. The 3 volumes together total 3000 pages,and contain more than 15,000 Mathematica inputs, over 1500 graphics, 4000+ references, and more than 500 exercises. The Mathematica GuideBook is an indispensible resource for students, researchers and professionals in mathematics, the sciences, and engineering will thus find a natural place on the bookshelf next to The Mathematica Book. 1-Programming, the first of the three books, covers the structure of Mathematica expressions, after an overview of the syntax of Mathematica, its programming, graphic, numeric and symbolic capabilities in chapter 1. Chapter 2-6 cover hierarchical construction of all Mathematica objects out of symbolic expressions, the definition of functions, the recognition of patterns and their efficient application, program flows and program structuring, the manipulation of lists, and additional topics. An Appendix contains some general references on algorithms and applications of computer algebra, Mathematica itself and comparisons of various algebra systems. The multiplatform CD contains Mathematica 4.0 notebooks with detailed descriptions and explanations of the Mathematica commands TOC:Introduction.- Structure of Mathematica Expressions.- Definitions and Properties of Functions.- Meta-Mathematica.- Replacement Rules and Related Matters.- Operations on Lists and Linear Algebra |
3A517107740.jsonld | A history of thermodynamics : the doctrine of energy and entropy | Klappentext: This book offers an easy to read, all-embracing history of thermodynamics. It describes the long development of thermodynamics, from the misunderstood and misinterpreted to the conceptually simple and extremely useful theory that we know today. Coverage identifies not only the famous physicists who developed the field, but also engineers and scientists from other disciplines who helped in the development and spread of thermodynamics as well. |
3A386105448.jsonld | Mixed automorphic forms, torus bundles, and Jacobi forms | This volumedeals with various topicsaround equivariant holomorphic maps of Hermitian symmetric domains and is intended for specialists in number theory and algebraic geometry. In particular, it contains a comprehensive exposition of mixed automorphic forms that has never yetappeared in book form. The main goalis to explore connections among complex torus bundles, mixed automorphic forms, and Jacobi forms associated to an equivariant holomorphic map. Both number-theoretic and algebro-geometric aspects of such connections and related topics are discussed. TOC:Introduction.- 1. Mixed Automorphic Forms.- 2. Line Bundles and Elliptic Varieties.- 3. Mixed Automorphic Forms and Cohomology.- 4. Mixed Hilbert and Siegel Modular Forms.- 5. Mixed Automorphic Forms on Semisimple Lie Groups.- 6. Families of Abelian Varieties.- 7. Jacobi Forms.- 8. Twisted Torus Bundles.- References.- Index |
3A332462625.jsonld | Verteilung und Wirkung von Chrom (VI) am Beispiel unterschiedlich belasteter Böden : Forschungsbericht 29873247 | Soil, chromium, chromate, species analysis, German standard DIN 19734, contaminated soils, biological effects, ecotoxicological test |
3A314892125.jsonld | Labour market inequalities : problems and policies of low-wage employment in international perspective | Wage inequalities and low pay: the role of labour market institutions / Claudio Lucifora -- Employment inequalities / Andrew Glyn and Wiemer Salverda -- Low pay: a special affliction of women / Rita Asplund and Inga Persson -- Earnings mobility of the low paid / Peter Sloane and Ioannis Theodossiou -- Low pay and household poverty / Brian Nolan and Ive Marx -- Minimum wages and low-wage employment / Stephen Bazen -- The French experience of youth employment programmes and payroll tax exemptions / Francis Kramarz -- Low-wage services: interpreting the US-German difference / Richard B. Freeman and Ronald Schettkat -- Trade or technological change? Which is working against the low skilled? / Mary Gregory and Stephen Machin -- Skills and low pay: upgrading or overeducation? / Lex Borghans and Andries de Grip |
3A480385653.jsonld | Health care informatics : a skills-based resource | What is informatics? -- Computer and network basics -- Data processing in health care -- Information systems in health care -- The Internet -- Telecommunication in health care -- Point of care technology -- Literature retrieval -- Finding resources electronically -- Evaluating the literature -- Tools for bringing evidence into practice -- Telehealth -- E-commerce -- Patient and professional education -- Privacy, security, HIPAA, and related matters -- The future of health care informatic |
3A394294106.jsonld | Anschlussantrag zum Deutsch-Russischen-BMBF-Kooperationsvorhaben Entwicklung eines Anaerobverfahrens auf Basis des russischen Biosorbers : Abschlussbericht | Industrial wastewater treatment, anaerobic, UASB, EGSB, Russia, biomass-retention, sieve, filter, impact load, overloading, early detection |
3A629401268.jsonld | Biofuels : global impact on renewable energy, production agriculture, and technological advancements | Historical perspectives of biofuels : learning from the past to rediscover the future / David Songstad, Prakash Lakshmanan, John Chen, William Gibbons, Stephen Hughes, and R. Nelson -- The DOE BioEnergy Science Center, a U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergys Research Center / Russ Miller and Martin Keller -- Drivers leading to higher food prices : biofuels are not the main factor / Paul Armah, Aaron Archer, and Gregory C. Phillips -- The economics of current and future biofuels / Ling Tao and Andy Aden -- A multiple species approach to biomass production from native herbaceous perennial feedstocks / J.L. Gonzalez-Hernandez, G. Sarath, J.M. Stein, V. Owens, K. Gedye, and A. Boe -- Development and status of dedicated energy crops in the United States / Russell W. Jessup -- Genetic improvement of C4 grasses as cellulose biofuel feedstocks / Katrin Jakob, Fasong Zhou, and Andrew H. Paterson -- Short-rotation woody crops for bioenergy and biofuels applications / Maud Hinchee, William Rottmann, Lauren Mullinax, Leslie Pearson, and Narender Nehra -- The Brazilian experience of sugarcane ethanol industry / Sizuo Matsuoka, Jesus Ferro, and Paulo Arrunda -- Biofuels : opportunities and challenges in India / Mambully Chandrasekharan Gopinathan and Rajasekaran Sudhakaran -- Biofuels in China : opportunities and challenges / Feng Wang, Xue-Rong Xing, and Chun-Zhao Liu -- Genetic modification of lignin biosynthesis for improved biofuel production / Hiroshi Hisano, Rangaraj Nandakumar, and Zeng-Yu Wang -- Commercial cellulosic ethanol : the role of plant-expressed enzymes / Manuel B. Sainz -- Integrated biorefineries with engineered microbes and high-value co-products for profitable biofuels production / W.R. Gibbons and S.R. Hughes -- Biodiesel producion, properties, and feedstocks / Bryan R. Moser |
3A386676968.jsonld | Handbook of industrial and hazardous wastes treatment | 1. Implementation of industrial ecology for industrial hazardous waste management / Lawrence K. Wang, Donald B. Aulenbach -- 2. Bioassay of industrial and hazardous waste pollutants / Sveltana Yu. Selivanovskaya ... [et al.] -- 3. Treatment of pharmaceutical wastes / Sudhir Kumar Gupta , Sunil Kumar Gupta, Yung-Tse Hung -- 4. Treatment of oilfield and refinery wastes / Joseph M. Wong, Yung-Tse Hung -- 5. Treatment of metal finishings wastes / Olcay Tünay, Işik Kabdaşh, Yung-Tse Hung -- 6. Treatment of photographic processing wastes / Thomas W. Bober ... [et al.] -- 7. Treatment of soap and detergent industry wastes / Constantine Yapijakis, Lawrence K. Wang -- 8. Treatment of textile wastes / Thomas Bechtold, Eduard Burtscher, Yung-Tse Hung -- 9. Treatment of phosphate industry wastes / Constantine Yapijakis, Lawrence K. Wang -- 10. Treatment of pulp and paper mill wastes / Suresh Sumathi, Yung-Tse Hung -- 11. In-plant management and disposal of industrial hazardous substances / Lawrence K. Wang -- 12. Application of biotechnology for industrial waste treatment / Joo-Hwa Tay ... [et al.] -- 13. Treatment of dairy processing wastewaters / Trevor J. Britz, Carné van Schalkwyk, Yung-Tse Hung -- 14. Seafood processing wastewater treatment / Joo-Hwa Tay, Kuan-Yeow Show, Yung-Tse Hung -- 15. Treatment of meat wastes / Charles J. Banks, Zhengjian Wang -- 16. Treatment of palm oil wastewaters / Modh Ali Hassan ... [et al.] -- 17. Olive oil waste treatment / Adel Awad, Hanna Salman, Yung-Tse Hung -- 18. Potato wastewater treatment / Yung-Tse Hung ... [et al.] -- 19. Stormwater management and treatment / Constantine Yapijakis ... [et al.] -- 20. Site remediation and groundwater decontamination / Lawrence K. Wang -- 21. Pollution prevention / J. Paul Chen ... [et al.] -- 22. Treatment of pesticide industry wastes / Joseph M. Wong -- 23. Livestock waste treatment / J. Paul Chen ... [et al.] -- 24. Soft drink waste treatment / J. Paul Chen, Swee-Song Seng, Yung-Tse Hung -- 25. Bakery waste treatment / J. Paul Chen ... [et al.] -- 26. Explosive waste treatment / J. Paul Chen ... [et al.] -- 27. Food waste treatment / Masao Ukita, Tsuyoshi Imai, Yung-Tse Hung -- 28. Treatment of landfill leachate / Michal Bodzek, Joanna Surmacz-Gorska, Yung-Tse Hung -- 29. On-site monitoring and analysis of industrial pollutants / Jerry R. Taricska, Yung-Tse Hung, Kathleen Hung Li -- 30. Treatment of rubber industry wastes / Jerry R. Taricska ... [et al.] -- 31. Treatment of timber industry wastes / Lawrence K. Wang -- 32. Treatment of power industry wastes / Lawrence K. Wang |
3A584797680.jsonld | Rights, race, and recognition | Having rights -- Rights without recognition -- Rights and recognition -- Race and rights -- What's wrong with slavery? |
3A197700322.jsonld | Changing fortunes : biodiversity and peasant livelihood in the Peruvian Andes | "Brilliant study of the relationship between crop plant biodiversity, peasant behavior, and the larger society dispells some long held assertions about Andean farming. Based on fieldwork conducted during the 1980s in the highland portion of Paucartambo prov. (Cusco)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57 |
3A470756292.jsonld | Marketing- und Kompetenznetzwerk Produktionstechnologie : Schlussbericht ; makopro ; Berichtszeitraum: 1.4.2000 - 30.9.2002 | Cooperation network, technology marketing, technology management, information mining, information processing, information distribution, key- and cutting edge technologies, production technology, layer- and surface technology, competence network, software technology, technology portal, information portal |
3A192474057.jsonld | Women in mathematics | Introduction.--History.--Hypatia, 370-415.--From the Dark Ages to the Renaissance: the "Witch" of Agnesi, 1718-1799.--Emilie de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet, 1706-1749.--Caroline Herschel, 1750-1848.--Sophie Germain, 1776-1831.--Mary Fairfax Somerville, 1780-1872.--Sonya Corvin-Krukovsky Kovalevsky, 1850-1891.--Emmy (Amalie) Noether, 1882-1935.--The golden age of mathematics.--The feminine mathtique.--Bibliography (p. 173-178) |
3A387963111.jsonld | Implementationsstudie zur biotechnologischen Produktion von Biopolymeren unter Einsatz digitaler Modelle auf der Basis nachwachsender Rohstoffe und organischer Abfälle | Biotechnology, poly(3-hydrobutyrate) [PHB], fermentation, extraction, model, simulation, system concept to the production of PHB |
3A461913720.jsonld | Nuclear fission and cluster radioactivity : an energy-density functional approach | It is the first application to nuclear physics from energy-density functional method, for which Professor Walter Kohn received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The book presents a comprehensive extension of the Bohr-Wheeler theory with the present knowledge of nuclear density distribution function. TOC: A Summary of Observed Data and Pre-Amble.- Energy-Density Functional Formalism and Nuclear Masses.- Fission Barriers, Half-Lives and Mass Distributions in Energy-Density Functional Approach.- Spontaneous Fission Half-Lives of Fermion and Super-Heavy Elements.- Empirical Barrier and Spontaneous Fission.- Induced Fission.- Hot and Cold Fission.- Isomer Fission.-Cluster-Radioactivity |
3A479463859.jsonld | Vehicle propulsion systems : introduction to modeling and optimization | In this book the longitudinal behavior of road vehicles is analyzed. The main emphasis is on the analysis and minimization of the fuel and energy consumption. Most approaches to this problem enhance the complexity of the vehicle system by adding components such as electrical motors or storage devices. Such a complex system can only be designed by means of mathematical models. This text gives an introduction to the modeling and optimization problems typically encountered when designing new propulsion systems for passenger cars. It is intended for persons interested in the analysis and optimization of classical and novel vehicle propulsion systems. Its focus lies on the control-oriented mathematical description of the physical processes and on the model-based optimization of the system structure and of the supervisory control algorithms. This text has evolved from a lecture series at ETH Zurich. Prerequisites are general engineering topics and a first course in optimal control theory. TOC:Introduction. - Vehicle Dynamics and Energy Consumption. - Methods for Fuel Consumption Prediction. - Models of IC-Engine-Based Propulsion Systems. - Models Hybrid-Hydraulic and Hybrid-Mechanic Powertrains. - Models of Hybrid-Electric Powertrains. - Models of Fuel-Cell Systems. - System Optimization. - Supervisory Control Algorithms. - Appenix I: Case Studies. - Appendix II: Optimal Control Theory. - References |
3A481812660.jsonld | Managing technology and innovation : an introduction | Management of technology : setting the scene -- Design of technological firms -- Human resource management for advanced technology -- Cost and financial accounting in high-technology firms -- Foundations for successful high-technology marketing -- Managing the dynamics of technology in modern day society -- Development and diffusion of breakthrough communication technologies -- Forecasting the market potential of new products -- The innovating firm in a societal context -- Complex decision making in multi-actor systems -- Corporate strategy and technology -- Innovation in context : from R&D management to innovation networks -- Operation management with system dynamics -- Managing knowledge processes -- Making the impossible possible : controlling innovation -- When failure is not an option : managing complex technologies under intensifying interdependencies -- Managing performance in firms -- Management dilemmas and strategies in practice. |
3A1752624548.jsonld | Economic opportunities of climate action : short report | Climate protection pays off! This is the central statement of the study "Economic opportunities through climate protection". The study examined which economic effects climate protection policy has had so far and which potentials will arise in the future. The results show: Climate protection goes hand in hand with innovation. Together with the necessary investments in renewable energies, energy efficiency, building refurbishment and climate-friendly mobility, it makes Germany fit for the future. Wages and gross domestic product are also rising in a world where the climate is being protected. |
3A555800393.jsonld | Identity and control : how social formations emerge | Identities seek control -- Networks and stories -- Three disciplines -- Styles -- Institutions and rhetorics -- Control regimes -- Getting action -- Overview and contexts |
3A359721923.jsonld | The new strawbale home | Small is beautiful -- Urban solutions -- Multitasking environments -- Family havens -- Artistic expressions -- Country comfort |
3A49044251X.jsonld | Minderung der Lüftungsgeräusche angetriebener Schienenfahrzeuge : Verbundprojekt 4000 Leise Züge und Trassen, Teilprojekt 4200 Antriebsgeräusche, AP 4220 | Acoustics, noise, flow noise, sound emission, silencing, fan, silencer type absorber, absorption, cooling system, ventilation system, sound power, sound pressure, flow velocity, pressure drop, rolling stock, electric locomotive, railcar, multiple unit, transformer, power converter, cooling, flow |
3A378639188.jsonld | Geometric function theory : explorations in complex analysis | Complex variables is a precise, elegant, and captivating subject. Presented from a geometric analytical viewpoint, this work addresses advanced topics in complex analysis that verge on modern areas of research, including: invariant geometry, the Bergman metric, the automorphism groups of domains, extremal length, harmonic measure, boundary regularity of conformal maps, the inhomogeneous Cauchy-Riemann equations, and the corona problem. The author adroitly weaves these varied topics to reveal a number of delightful interactions. Perhaps more importantly, they are presented with an understanding and explanation of their interrelations with other important parts of mathematics: harmonic analysis, differential geometry, partial differential equations, potential theory, abstract algebra, and invariant theory. Containing an extensive bibliography of both monographs and research papers and a thorough index, the book is methodically designed with individualchapters containing a rich collection of exercises, examples, and illustrations.Seeking to capture the imagination of both advancedundergraduate and graduate students with a basic background in complex analysis,the book impartsa solid educationboth in complex analysis and in how modern mathematics works. TOC:Preface * Invariant Geometry * The Bergman Metric * Automorphism Groups of Domains * Extremal Length * Harmonic Measure * Boundary Regularity of Conformal Maps * The InhomogeneousCauchy-Riemann Equations * The Corona Problem * Bibliography * Index |
3A538641517.jsonld | Analysis of computer communication networks | Probability.- Random Processes.- Markov Chains.- Markov Chains at Equilibrium.- Reducible Markov Chains.- Periodic Markov Chains.- Queuing Analysis.- Modeling Error Control Protocols.- Modeling Medium Access Control Protocols.- Modeling Network Traffic.- Scheduling Algorithms.- Switches and Routers.- Interconnection Networks.- Switch Modeling.- Examples of Switches.- Appendix A: Summation of Series.- Appendix B: Solving Difference Equations.- Appendix C: Finding s(n) Ung the Z-Transform.- Appendix D: Vectors and Matrices.- Appendix E: Using MATLAB.- Appendix F: Database Design |
3A372792812.jsonld | MEDIS Schlussbericht : [Phase A/B-Untersuchungen des Multimedia Demonstrationsexperiments (MEDIS)] | Multimedia, broadband, Ka-band, communication, constellation, MEO, GPS, star tracker, laser terminal, on-board processing, COLUMBUS, TCP/IP, ATM, in-orbit verification, MEDIS |
3A663901006.jsonld | Electrical power cable engineering | "Preface The authors would like to acknowledge the almost 40 years of dedicated work by Professor Willis F. Long of the Department of Engineering Professional Development at the University of Wisconsin--Madison that has made this book possible. It was because of his efforts that the first course of a series, Power Cable Engineering Clinic, was presented in the early 1970s where Dr. Eugene Greenfield gave all the lectures for 8 hours a day during the 5 days of the course. He later added a few lecturers to share the work load. The course was reorganized in 1999 and called "How to Design, Install, Operate, and Maintain Reliable Power Cable Systems" and divided into two sessions: "Understanding Power Cable Characteristics and Applications" and "Assessing and Extending the Life of Shielded Power Cable Systems." The present course is known as "Understanding Power Cable Characteristics and Applications." Over the years, numerous lecturers have produced copious class notes that form the basis for much of the material that has been rearranged into a book format. The contributors hope that their team effort will be a useful addition to the library of all dedicated cable engineers. The dynamics of the cable industry produces many new materials, products, and concepts, which are incorporated into new editions. New chapters have been prepared (Low Voltage Cables and Thermal Resistivity of Soils) while others have been updated and expanded (Conductors now includes metric designations and Acronyms have been added to the Glossary) for this Third Edition. Emphasis of this book remains on low and medium voltages since they comprise the majority of cables in service throughout the world"-- "Fully updated, this third edition addresses the design, application, and preparation of terminating and splicing cables. The book provides methods for testing shielded power cable systems in the field, and it shows how conductor material, size, and design depend on ampacity, voltage regulation, and other factors. It also covers the up-to-date methods of design, manufacture, installation, and operation of power cables. Written for professionals as well as students, this book emphasizes low and medium voltages because they comprise the quantity of cable in service throughout the world. This reference includes an extensive glossary, as well as key references, tables, equations, and photographs"-- |
3A1621069885.jsonld | Neue Impulse durch ökologische Geldanlagen : Bericht zum Umweltnutzen von ökologischen Geldanlagen ; Umfrage zu ökologischen Aspekten der privaten Altersvorsorge ; Forschungsbericht 29914168 | Green investment, green money, sustainable investment, social responsible investment, eco-funds, green shares, limited partnerships, life insurance, bonds, financial markets, engagement, shareholder activism, benefits for the environment, pension funds, pension reform |
3A513814361.jsonld | Foreign aid : diplomacy, development, domestic politics | Why foreign aid? Setting the stage -- Aid's purposes: a brief history -- The United States: Morgenthau's puzzle -- Japan: the rise and decline of an "aid superpower" -- France: rank et rayonnement -- Germany: a "middle of the roader" -- Denmark: the humane internationalist -- Conclusions and conjectures |
3A30630466X.jsonld | Catalytic asymmetric synthesis | Asymmetric hydrogenation / Takeshi Ohkuma, Masato Kitamura, and Ryoji Noyori -- Asymmetric hydrosilylation and related reactions / Hisao Nishiyama and Kenji Itoh -- Asymmetric isomerization of allylamines / Susumu Akutagawa and Kazuhide Tani -- Chapter 3 addendum--1999 / Xin Wen and Iwao Ojima -- Asymmetric carbometallations / Ei-ichi Negishi -- Asymmetric addition and insertion reactions of catalytically-generated metal carbenes / Michael P. Doyle -- Catalytic asymmetric epoxidation of allylic alcohols / Roy A. Johnson and K. Barry Sharpless -- Chapter 6A addendum--1999 / Xin Wen and Iwao Ojima -- Asymmetric epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins and related reactions / Tsutomu Katsuki -- Asymmetric oxidation of sulfides / Henri B. Kagan -- Catalytic asymmetric dihydroxylation--discovery and development / Roy A. Johnson and K. Barry Sharpless -- Recent advances in asymmetric dihydroxylation and aminohydroxylation / Carsten Bolm, Jens P. Hildebrand, and Kilian Mu(c)łiz -- Asymmetric carbonylations / Kyoko Nozaki and Iwao Ojima -- Asymmetric cycloaddition reactions / Keiji Maruoka -- Asymmetric aldol reactions--discovery and development / Masaya Sawamura and Yoshihiko Ito --Recent advances in asymmetric aldol addition reactions / Erick M. Carreira -- Asymmetric ene reactions / Koichi Mikami and Takeshi Nakai -- Asymmetric Michael reactions / Motomu Kanai and Masakatsu Shibasaki -- Asymmetric allylic alkylation reactions / Barry M. Trost and Chulbom Lee -- Asymmetric cross-coupling reactions / Masamichi Ogasawara and Tamio Hayashi -- Asymmetric intramolecular Heck reactions / Yariv Donde and Larry E. Overman -- Asymmetric amplification and autocatalysis / Kenso Soai and Takanori Shibata -- Asymmetric phase-transfer reactions / Martin J. O'Donnell -- Asymmetric polymerization / Yoshio Okamoto and Tamaki Nakano |
3A375520228.jsonld | Stillegung und Rückbau: Forschungsvorhaben zur Optimierung der Reststoffverwertung von Metallen : weiterführende Untersuchungen ; FORM II ; durchgeführt von Siempelkamp Nuklear- und Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co., Krefeld in Zusammenarbeit mit Gesellschaft für Neuklear-Service mbH, Essen in der Zeit vom 01.10.1998 bis 30.09.2001 | Casks, cast iron, nodular graphite, pearlitic microstructure, recycling, metal wastes, final storage, component testing, droptest |
3A364249323.jsonld | Entwicklung temperaturstabiler Funktionspolymere für Höchstfrequenz-Anwendungen : Verbundprojekt ; Abschlussbericht ; BMBF-Förderprogramm MaTech ; Projektlaufzeit: 1.4.1999 - 30.6.2002 | Organic-/inorganic hybrid polymer, ORMOCER, Thin film multilayer technology, Stacked-patch-antenna, fnctional polymer |
3A498921271.jsonld | Integrated approach to web performance testing : a practitioner's guide | "This book provides an integrated approach and guidelines to performance testing of Web based systems"--Provided by publisher |
3A559692447.jsonld | Assessing infiltration and exfiltration on the performance of urban sewer systems (APUSS) | This book, based on the final report of the European Commission funded research project Assessing infiltration and exfiltration on the Performance of Urban Sewer Systems (APUSS) and some other contributions, describes the objectives, methods and main results for the main work areas in sewer infiltration and exfiltration |
3A377574929.jsonld | Wasserstoffaufnahme und -diffusion in Schweißnahtgefügen supermatensitischer Stähle : Projekt: Neue Materialien - MaTech des BMBF ; Abschlussbericht | Supermartensitic stainless steel, hydrogen diffusion, subsurface concentration, welding, heat treatment, permeation |
3A1621070204.jsonld | Methodenvergleich zur Datengewinnung und -nutzung im Bereich des Bodenschutzes : Forschungsbericht 29971236 | Soil protection, remote sensing, soil erosion, soil compaction, soil sealing, soil surroundation, soil irrigation, soil drainage, soil mapping, soil archives, environmental information, aerial photo, scanner, radar, reflection properties, GIS, GPS, precision farming |
3A502912898.jsonld | IT-enabled strategic management : increasing returns for the organization | "This book makes an effort to explore the interaction of information technology and strategic management and aims to encourage joint research efforts among IT and strategy scholars for common solutions"--Provided by publisher |
3A321586794.jsonld | Thema: Grundlagenuntersuchungen zur Plasmabehandlung von Cellulosefasern : Teilvorhaben: Grundlegende Untersuchungen zur Plasmavorbehandlung für die Verbesserung von Ausrüstungsprozessen ; Abschlußbericht | Textile Chemistry, textile finishing, plasma, low pressure plasma, pretreatment, cellulose, velvet finishing, water repellent, oil repellent, flame retardant, crease resistant, effect improvement, permanence improvement, fluorcarbon polymer, silicone, paraffin, fatty acid alkanol amide, resin, phosphor compound. |
3A238317765.jsonld | Projekt Texturanalyse : Abschlußbericht : Abschlußbericht, Laufzeit des Projektes: 01.10.1993 - 30.06.1997 | Image processing, texture analysis, anisotropic diffusion, Mumford-Shah, multiscale methods, generalized Hough-transform, radon transform, Markov-fields, color classification |
3A341621846.jsonld | Hochtemperatur-Gasturbine (HTGT): Teilverbundvorhaben: Turbotech II : Abschlußbericht ; Laufzeit: 01.04.1996 - 31.12.2000 | Compressor stability, aeroelasticity, steady/unsteady viscous calculation methods, active noise reduction, multi-stage compressor, optimisation algorithms, secondary flows |
3A353598933.jsonld | Nachhaltige Nahrungsmittelproduktion : Szenarien und Prognosen für die Landwirtschaft bis 2030 - Handlungsbedarf und Langfriststrategien für die Umweltpolitik ; Forschungsbericht 200 98 120 | Food production, Germany, agriculture, scenarios, trend analysis, forecasts, environment, agricultural structures, food processing, food trade, retail, consumer demand, environmental impact, ecology, conservation, environmental policy, agricultural policy, Eastern enlargement, world trade, WTO, organic farming, food processing, food trade, food industry |
3A593119045.jsonld | Metaheuristics in the service industry | A bicriteria traveling salesman problem with sequence priorities / Heinz Schmitz and Sebastian Niemann -- Metaheuristics for tourist trip planning / Pieter Vansteenwegen [and others] -- Solving fuzzy multi-item economic order quantity problems via fuzzy ranking functions and particle swarm optimization / Adil Baykasoğlu and Tolunay Göçken -- Fixed and variable toll pricing in road networks with direct search metaheuristics / Loukas Dimitriou and Theodore Tsekeris -- Scatter search for locating a treatment plant and the necessry transfer centers in a reverse network / Míguel Ortega-Mier, Joaquín Delgado Hipólito, and Álvaro García-Sánchez -- Variable neighbourhood descent for planning crane operations in a train terminal / Wouter Souffriau [and others] -- Design and analysis of evolutionary algorithms for the no-wait flow-shop scheduling problem / Jens Czogalla and Andreas Fink -- Metaheuristics for the index tracking problem / Giacomo di Tollo and Dietmar Maringer -- A hyrid algorithm for vehicle routing of less-than-truckload carriers / Julia Rieck and Jürgen Zimmermann |
3A1623859433.jsonld | The oral and the written in early Islam | Preface -- Glossary -- Editor's introduction -- 1. The transmission of the sciences in early Islam: oral or written? -- 2. The transmission of the sciences in early Islam revisited -- 3. Writing and publishing: on the use and function of writing in early Islam -- 4. Oral poetry, theory, and Arabic literature -- 5. Oral Torah and Ḥadīt: transmission, prohibition of writing, redaction -- 6. Who is the author of the Kitāb al-ʻayn? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
3A545549825.jsonld | Knowledge-based urban development : planning and applications in the information era | "This book covers theoretical, thematic, and country-specific issues of knowledge cities to underline the growing importance of KBUD all around the world, providing substantive research on the decisive lineaments of urban development for knowledge-based production (drawing attention to new planning processes to foster such development), and worldwide best practices and case studies in the field of urban development"--Provided by publisher |
3A775082236.jsonld | Improving efficiency of coupled schemes for Navier-Stokes equations by a connection to grad-div stabilitzed projection methods | We prove that in finite element settings where the divergence-free subspace of the velocity space has optimal approximation properties, the solution of Chorin/Temam projection methods for Navier-Stokes equations equipped with grad-div stabilization with parameter , converge to the associated coupled method solution with rate gamma as gamma -> ?. We prove this first for backward Euler schemes, and then extend the results to BDF2 schemes, and finally to schemes with outflow boundary conditions. Several numerical experiments are given which verify the convergence rate, and show how using projection methods in this setting with large grad-div stabilization parameters can dramatically improve accuracy. |
3A393778827.jsonld | Verbundprojekt "Entwicklung einer Methodik zur Überwachung und Prognose der Standsicherheit von Talsperren-Stauraumhängen" : (Teilprojekt I: Thüringer Talsperrenverwaltung (02WT0086), Teilprojekt 2: Gesellschaft für geowissenschaftliche Dienste M.B.H. (02WT0085)), hier: Teilprojekt III "Flächenhafte Stabilitätsbeurteilung und Prognose für extreme Niederschlagsszenarien" ; Laufzeit des Vorhabens: 01. Oktober 2000 bis 28. Februar 2004 | Global change, slope stability, Geoinformation System, rock slides, precipitation, joint water pressure, digital elevation model, digital structural model, tektonic data, water reservoir slopes, Ockerstausee, Harz Mountains, Germany |
3A476441994.jsonld | PROMOT, Prüfstandstaugliche, schnelle On-line-Messmethode für Stickoxide und Ammoniak im Abgas von Otto- und Dieselmotoren; Entwicklung eines praxistauglichen Messystems : Abschlussbericht | Exhaust gas analysis, on-line-analyzer, laser mass spectrometer, laser ionisation, In-cylinder-measurement, diesel-emission, oxides of nitrogen, ammonia |
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