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Handbook of European Societies
Social Transformations in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
European integration is one of the most ambitious and socially far-reaching developments in world politics and in world economics. Against growing opposition and despite increasing social heterogeneity, the European Union continues to expand and to acquire new competences. But to what extent is the...
The Lithium Air Battery
Fundamentals
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Lithium air rechargeable batteries are the best candidate for a power source for electric vehicles, because of their high specific energy density. In this book, the history, scientific background, status and prospects of the lithium air system are introduced by specialists in the field. This book...
Cyberterrorism
Understanding, Assessment, and Response
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
This is the first book to present a multidisciplinary approach to cyberterrorism. It traces the threat posed by cyberterrorism today, with chapters discussing possible technological vulnerabilities, potential motivations to engage in cyberterrorism, and the challenges of distinguishing this from...
The Run to the Pennant
A Multiple Equilibria Approach to Professional Sports Leagues
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
A number of clubs in professional sports leagues exhibit winning streaks over a number of consecutive seasons that do not conform to the standard economic model of a professional sports league developed by El Hodiri and Quirk (1994) and Fort and Quirk (1995). These clubs appear to display what we...
Drifting on Alien Winds
Exploring the Skies and Weather of Other Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Ever since the Montgolfier's hot air balloon carried a chicken, a goat, and a duck into the Parisian skies, scientists have dreamed of contraptions to explore the atmosphere. With the advent of the space age, new airborne inventions were needed. From the Soviet Venus balloons to the advanced studies...
by Mohammad Tehranipoor, Ke Peng, Krishnendu Chakrabarty
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
This book will introduce new techniques for detecting and diagnosing small-delay defects in integrated circuits. Although this sort of timing defect is commonly found in integrated circuits manufactured with nanometer technology, this will be the first book to introduce effective and scalable methodologies...
by Finn B. Jensen, William A. Kuperman, Michael B. Porter
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Senior level/graduate level text/reference presenting state-of-the- art numerical techniques to solve the wave equation in heterogeneous fluid-solid media. Numerical models have become standard research tools in acoustic laboratories, and thus computational acoustics is becoming an increasingly important...
Applied Inverse Problems
Select Contributions from the First Annual Workshop on Inverse Problems
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
This proceedings volume is based on papers presented at the First Annual Workshop on Inverse Problems which was held in June 2011 at the Department of Mathematics, Chalmers University of Technology. The purpose of the workshop was to present new analytical developments and numerical methods for...
by Xiali Hei, Xiaojiang Du
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
In the treatment of chronic diseases, wireless Implantable Medical Devices (IMDs) are commonly used to communicate with an outside programmer (reader). Such communication raises serious security concerns, such as the ability for hackers to gain access to a patient’s medical records. This brief provides...
Advanced DPA Theory and Practice
Towards the Security Limits of Secure Embedded Circuits
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2013
Advanced DPA Theory and Practice provides a thorough survey of new physical leakages of embedded systems, namely the power and the electromagnetic emanations. The book presents a thorough analysis about leakage origin of embedded system. This book examines the systematic approach of the different...
by Jay Aikat, Kevin Jeffay, F. Donelson Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
Over the past three decades, the Internet's rapid growth has spurred the development of new applications in mobile computing, digital music, online video, gaming and social networks. These applications rely heavily upon various underlying network protocols and mechanisms to enable, maintain and enhance...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
When funding agencies and policy organizations consider the role of modeling and simulation in modern biology, the question is often posed, what has been accomplished ? This book will be organized around a symposium on the 20 year history of the CNS meetings, to be held as part of CNS 2010 in San...
Measuring E-government Efficiency
The Opinions of Public Administrators and Other Stakeholders
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
E-government has the potential to improve public services, information transparency, and the engagement of civic participation of the public sector management. This book analyzes the achievement of expectations created by public managers, policy-makers, and stakeholders with regard to the implementation...
The Real Issues of the Middle East and the Arab Spring
Addressing Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
The wave of protests and populist uprisings in the Middle East has heightened the focus on a volatile region. But the emphasis on political issues has obscured underlying issues concerning education, infrastructure, research, innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainable economic and social development....