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John Wiley & Sons Inc System Dynamics
Book SynopsisThis revised and updated edition deals with the modeling of physical systems and features extensive use of bond graphs to illustrate and model these systems. Its coverage encompasses electromechanical transducers, mechanical systems in plane motion, and formulas for computing hydraulic compliances and for modeling acoustic systems.Table of ContentsPreface xi 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Models of Systems, 4 1.2 Systems, Subsystems, and Components, 7 1.3 State-Determined Systems, 9 1.4 Uses of Dynamic Models, 10 1.5 Linear and Nonlinear Systems, 11 1.6 Automated Simulation, 12 References, 13 Problems, 14 2 Multiport Systems and Bond Graphs 17 2.1 Engineering Multiports, 17 2.2 Ports, Bonds, and Power, 24 2.3 Bond Graphs, 27 2.4 Inputs, Outputs, and Signals, 30 Problems, 33 3 Basic Bond Graph Elements 37 3.1 Basic 1-Port Elements, 37 3.2 Basic 2-Port Elements, 50 3.3 The 3-Port Junction Elements, 57 3.4 Causality Considerations for the Basic Elements, 63 3.4.1 Causality for Basic 1-Ports, 64 3.4.2 Causality for Basic 2-Ports, 65 3.4.3 Causality for Basic 3-Ports, 66 3.5 Causality and Block Diagrams, 67 Reference, 71 Problems, 71 4 System Models 77 4.1 Electrical Systems, 78 4.1.1 Electrical Circuits, 78 4.1.2 Electrical Networks, 84 4.2 Mechanical Systems, 91 4.2.1 Mechanics of Translation, 91 4.2.2 Fixed-Axis Rotation, 100 4.2.3 Plane Motion, 106 4.3 Hydraulic and Acoustic Circuits, 121 4.3.1 Fluid Resistance, 122 4.3.2 Fluid Capacitance, 125 4.3.3 Fluid Inertia, 130 4.3.4 Fluid Circuit Construction, 132 4.3.5 An Acoustic Circuit Example, 135 4.4 Transducers and Multi-Energy-Domain Models, 136 4.4.1 Transformer Transducers, 137 4.4.2 Gyrator Transducers, 139 4.4.3 Multi-Energy-Domain Models, 142 References, 144 Problems, 144 5 State-Space Equations and Automated Simulation 162 5.1 Standard Form for System Equations, 165 5.2 Augmenting the Bond Graph, 168 5.3 Basic Formulation and Reduction, 175 5.4 Extended Formulation Methods—Algebraic Loops, 183 5.4.1 Extended Formulation Methods—Derivative Causality, 188 5.5 Output Variable Formulation, 196 5.6 Nonlinear and Automated Simulation, 198 5.6.1 Nonlinear Simulation, 198 5.6.2 Automated Simulation, 202 Reference, 207 Problems, 207 6 Analysis and Control of Linear Systems 218 6.1 Introduction, 218 6.2 Solution Techniques for Ordinary Differential Equations, 219 6.3 Free Response and Eigenvalues, 222 6.3.1 A First-Order Example, 223 6.3.2 Second-Order Systems, 225 6.3.3 Example: The Undamped Oscillator, 230 6.3.4 Example: The Damped Oscillator, 232 6.3.5 The General Case, 236 6.4 Transfer Functions, 239 6.4.1 The General Case for Transfer Functions, 241 6.5 Frequency Response, 244 6.5.1 Example Transfer Functions and Frequency Responses, 249 6.5.2 Block Diagrams, 255 6.6 Introduction to Automatic Control, 258 6.6.1 Basic Control Actions, 259 6.6.2 Root Locus Concept, 273 6.6.3 General Control Considerations, 285 6.7 Summary, 310 References, 311 Problems, 311 7 Multiport Fields and Junction Structures 326 7.1 Energy-Storing Fields, 327 7.1.1 C-Fields, 327 7.1.2 Causal Considerations for C-Fields, 333 7.1.3 I -Fields, 340 7.1.4 Mixed Energy-Storing Fields, 348 7.2 Resistive Fields, 350 7.3 Modulated 2-Port Elements, 354 7.4 Junction Structures, 357 7.5 Multiport Transformers, 359 References, 364 Problems, 365 8 Transducers, Amplifiers, and Instruments 371 8.1 Power Transducers, 372 8.2 Energy-Storing Transducers, 380 8.3 Amplifiers and Instruments, 385 8.4 Bond Graphs and Block Diagrams for Controlled Systems, 392 References, 397 Problems, 397 9 Mechanical Systems with Nonlinear Geometry 411 9.1 Multidimensional Dynamics, 412 9.1.1 Coordinate Transformations, 416 9.2 Kinematic Nonlinearities in Mechanical Dynamics, 420 9.2.1 The Basic Modeling Procedure, 422 9.2.2 Multibody Systems, 433 9.2.3 Lagrangian or Hamiltonian IC -Field Representations, 440 9.3 Application to Vehicle Dynamics, 445 9.4 Summary, 452 References, 452 Problems, 453 10 Distributed-Parameter Systems 470 10.1 Simple Lumping Techniques for Distributed Systems, 471 10.1.1 Longitudinal Motions of a Bar, 471 10.1.2 Transverse Beam Motion, 476 10.2 Lumped Models of Continua through Separation of Variables, 482 10.2.1 The Bar Revisited, 483 10.2.2 Bernoulli–Euler Beam Revisited, 491 10.3 General Considerations of Finite-Mode Bond Graphs, 499 10.3.1 How Many Modes Should Be Retained?, 499 10.3.2 How to Include Damping, 503 10.3.3 Causality Consideration for Modal Bond Graphs, 503 10.4 Assembling Overall System Models, 508 10.5 Summary, 512 References, 512 Problems, 512 11 Magnetic Circuits and Devices 519 11.1 Magnetic Effort and Flow Variables, 519 11.2 Magnetic Energy Storage and Loss, 524 11.3 Magnetic Circuit Elements, 528 11.4 Magnetomechanical Elements, 532 11.5 Device Models, 534 References, 543 Problems, 544 CONTENTS ix 12 Thermofluid Systems 548 12.1 Pseudo-Bond Graphs for Heat Transfer, 548 12.2 Basic Thermodynamics in True Bond Graph Form, 551 12.3 True Bond Graphs for Heat Transfer, 558 12.3.1 A Simple Example of a True Bond Graph Model, 561 12.3.2 An Electrothermal Resistor, 563 12.4 Fluid Dynamic Systems Revisited, 565 12.4.1 One-Dimensional Incompressible Flow, 569 12.4.2 Representation of Compressibility Effects in True Bond Graphs, 573 12.4.3 Inertial and Compressibility Effects in One-Dimensional Flow, 576 12.5 Pseudo-Bond Graphs for Compressible Gas Dynamics, 578 12.5.1 The Thermodynamic Accumulator—A Pseudo-Bond Graph Element, 579 12.5.2 The Thermodynamic Restrictor—A Pseudo-Bond Graph Element, 584 12.5.3 Constructing Models with Accumulators and Restrictors, 587 12.5.4 Summary, 590 References, 592 Problems, 592 13 Nonlinear System Simulation 600 13.1 Explicit First-Order Differential Equations, 601 13.2 Differential Algebraic Equations Caused by Algebraic Loops, 604 13.3 Implicit Equations Caused by Derivative Causality, 608 13.4 Automated Simulation of Dynamic Systems, 612 13.4.1 Sorting of Equations, 613 13.4.2 Implicit and Differential Algebraic Equation Solvers, 614 13.4.3 Icon-Based Automated Simulation, 614 13.5 Example Nonlinear Simulation, 616 13.5.1 Some Simulation Results, 620 13.6 Summary, 623 References, 624 Problems, 624 Appendix: Typical Material Property Values Useful in Modeling Mechanical, Acoustic, and Hydraulic Elements 630 Index 633
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Expansive Soils
Book SynopsisEssential technical information for building on expansive soils--complete with practical, proven design methods. Expansive Soils examines factors that influence the design offoundations and pavements built on expansive soils, and exploreskey design procedures and remedial measures that address thesefactors effectively. Backed by the authors'' extensive research andexperience --including interviews with practicing engineers workingwith expansive soils --this authoritative volume is an importantreference text for geotechnical and foundation engineers,geologists, construction professionals, and students. Easy to understand and apply, Expansive Soils contains: * Site investigation techniques for identification andclassification of expansive soils * Heave prediction methods using different types of data --withrigorous treatment of soil suction theory and measurement,oedometer tests, and more * Alternative design procedures for drilled pier and slab-on-gradefounTable of ContentsSite Characterization. Identification and Classification of Expansive Soils. Heave Prediction. Design Alternatives. Treatment of Expansive Soils. Remedial Measures. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Synthetic Aperture Radar Signal Processing with
Book SynopsisAn up-to-date analysis of the SAR wavefront reconstruction signal theory and its digital implementation. With the advent of fast computing and digital information processing techniques, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology has become both more powerful and more accurate.Table of ContentsRange Imaging. Cross-Range Imaging. SAR Radiation Pattern. Generic Synthetic Aperture Radar. Spotlight Synthetic Aperture Radar. Stripmap Synthetic Aperture Radar. Circular Synthetic Aperture Radar. Monopulse Synthetic Aperture Radar. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc An Introduction to Communication Network Analysis
Book SynopsisIntroduction to Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Communication Networks is a quantitative text that focuses on the real issues behind serious modeling and analysis of communications networks. The author covers all the necessary mathematics and theory in order for students to understand the tools that optimize computer networks today.Trade Review"This book provides valuable information on the application of analytical techniques to model communication networks." (Computing Reviews, February 29, 2008)Table of ContentsPreface. 1. Review of Elementary Probability Theory. 1.1 Sample space, events and probabilities. 1.2 Random variables. 1.3 Cumulative distribution functions, expectation and moment generating functions. 1.4 Discretely distributed random variables. 1.5 Continuously distributed random variables. 1.6 Some useful inequalities. 1.7 Joint distribution functions. 1.8 Conditional expectation. 1.9 Independent random variables. 1.10 Conditional independence. 1.11 A law of large numbers. 1.12 First order autoregressive estimators. 1.13 Measures of separation between distributions. 1.14 Statistical confidence. 1.15 Deciding between two alternative claims. Problems. 2. Markov Chains. 2.1 Memoryless property of the exponential distribution. 2.2 Finite dimensional distributions and stationarity. 2.3 The Poisson (counting) process on R+. 2.4 Continuous-time, time-homogeneous, Markov processes with countable. state-space. Markov chain. 2.5 Birth-death Markov chains. 2.6 Modeling time-series data using a Markov chain. 2.7 Simulating a Markov chain. 2.8 Overview of discrete-time Markov chains. 2.9 Martingales adapted to discrete-time Markov chains. Problems. 3. Introduction to Queueing Theory. 3.1 Arrivals, departures and queue occupancy. 3.2 Lossless queues. 3.3 A queue described by an underlying Markov chain. 3.4 Stationary queues. 3.5 Erlang's blocking formula for the M/M/K/K queue. 3.6 Overview of discrete-time queues. Problems. 4. Local Multiplexing. 4.1 Internet router architecture. 4.2 Token (leaky) buckets for packet-traffic regulation. 4.3 Multiplexing flows of variable-length packets. 4.4 Service curves. 4.5 Connection multiplexing on a single trunk. 4.6 A game-theoretic framework for multiplexing packet flows. 4.7 Discussion: local medium access control of a single wireless channel. Problems. 5. Queueing networks with static routing. 5.1 Loss Networks. 5.2 Stable open networks of queues. Problems. 6. Dynamic Routing and Routing with Incentives. 6.1 General routing issues. 6.2 Unconstrained optimization. 6.3 Revenue maximization for loss networks. 6.4 Constrained optimization and duality. 6.5 A distributed pricing and resource management framework. 6.6 Discussion: joint scheduling and routing in multihop wireless networks. 6.7 Multipath load balancing. Problems. 7. Peer-to-Peer File Sharing with Incentives. 7.1 Summary of query resolution. 7.2 Unstructured query resolution. forwarding. 7.3 Structured query resolution. 7.4 Discussion: security issues. 7.5 Incentives for cooperation when downloading. Problems. References. Appendix A: Additional Background on Routing. A.1 Network graph terminology. A.2 Link-state algorithms. A.3 The Bellman-Ford approach. Appendix B: Solutions or References for Selected Problems. References.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Fabrication Methods for Precision Optics
Book SynopsisDesigned as a source of facts, data, and definitions, this work reflects the developments in technology and practices in the United States and abroad. It is based on an unpublished revision of the standard reference in the German optics industry.Trade Review"…will provide optical engineers, practicing opticians as well as those engaged in optical design, testing and manufacturing, a very handy reference tool…" (E-STREAMS, September 2005)Table of ContentsPreface. Chapter 1. Optical Materials. Chapter 2. Material Production and Forms of Supply. Chapter 3. Optical Shop Supplies. Chapter 4. Tools and Fixtures. Chapter 5. Optical Fabrication—Methods and Machines. Chapter 6. Optical Shop Testing-Methods and Instruments. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Synthetic Aperture Radar
Book SynopsisThe use of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) represents a new era in remote sensing technology. A complete handbook for anyone who must design an SAR system capable of reliably producing high quality image data products, free from image artifacts and calibrated in terms of the target backscatter coefficient. Combines fundamentals underlying the SAR imaging process and the practical system engineering required to produce quality images from a real SAR system. Beginning with a broad overview of SAR technology, it goes on to examine SAR system capabilities and components and detail the techniques required for design and development of the SAR ground data system with emphasis on the correlation processing. Intended for SAR system engineers and researchers, it is generously illustrated for maximum clarity.Table of ContentsThe Radar Equation. The Matched Filter and Pulse Compression. Imaging and the Rectangular Algorithm. Ancillary Processes in Image Formation. SAR Flight System. Radiometric Calibration of SAR Data. Geometric Calibration of SAR Data. The SAR Ground System. Other Imaging Algorithms. Appendices. List of Acronyms. Index.
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Random House USA Inc The Story of More
Book SynopsisThe essential pocket primer on climate change that will leave an indelible impact on everyone who reads it. “Hope Jahren asks the central question of our time: how can we learn to live on a finite planet? (Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction).“Hope Jahren is the voice that science has been waiting for.” —Nature Hope Jahren is an award-winning scientist, a brilliant writer, a passionate teacher, and one of the seven billion people with whom we share this earth. In The Story of More, she illuminates the link between human habits and our imperiled planet. In concise, highly readable chapters, she takes us through the science behind the key inventions—from electric power to large-scale farming to automobiles—that, even as they help us, release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere like never before. She explains the current and projected consequences of global warming—from superstorms to rising sea levels—and the actions that we all can take to fight back. At once an explainer on the mechanisms of global change and a lively, personal narrative given to us in Jahren’s inimitable voice, The Story of More is “a superb account of the deadly struggle between humanity and what may prove the only life-bearing planet within ten light years (E. O. Wilson).
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Atria Books Forever Flying
Book SynopsisThe author recounts his experiences as a fighter pilot in World War II, a test pilot, and an aerobatic pilot.
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Random House USA Inc The Future of Life
Book SynopsisEloquent, practical and wise, this book by one of the world’s most important scientists—and two time Pulitzer Prize winner—should be read and studied by anyone concerned with the fate of the natural world. It makes one thing clear ... we know what we do, and we have a choice (The New York Times Book Review).E.O. Wilson assesses the precarious state of our environment, examining the mass extinctions occurring in our time and the natural treasures we are about to lose forever. Yet, rather than eschewing doomsday prophesies, he spells out a specific plan to save our world while there is still time. His vision is a hopeful one, as economically sound as it is environmentally necessary.
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Free Press Lean Thinking Banish Waste and Create Wealth in
Book SynopsisThe authors begin by summarizing the five inherent principles in any lean system: Correctly specify value so you are providing what the customer actually wants Identify the value stream for each product family and remove the wasted steps that don't create value but do create muda (waste) Make the remaining value-creating steps flow continuously to drastically shorten throughput times Allow the customer to pull value from your rapid-response value streams as needed (rather than pushing products toward the customer on the basis of forecasts) Never relax until you reach perfection, which is the delivery of pure value instantaneously with zero muda. (The first part of Lean Thinking devotes a chapter to each of these principles.) In the second part, the authors describe in detail how managers in a wide range of companies and industries - small, medium and large, North American, European, and Japanese - transformed their business by applying the principles of lean thinking. Chapters are devoted to Pratt & Whitney, Wiremold and Lantech in North America, Porsche in Germany, and Showa Manufacturing in Japan.Based on these cases and many others as well, the authors summarize in the last part of Lean Thinking the necessary steps in the necessary sequence to apply lean thinking successfully in your business. They pay special attention to the need to map product-family value streams at the outset in order to identify the most important areas for improvement and to avoid wasted effort on activities that may be technically challenging but which are of little importance to your business.Lean Thinking has sold more than 300,000 copies in the English language hardcover version alone because it's an indispensable companion for every manager making the lean journey.
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DK Classic Car
Book SynopsisFrom the Chevrolet Bel Air to the Ferrari Testarossa, this stunning book showcases the most iconic and important classic cars from every decade since the 1940s.Few things ignite such reverence as a classic car. With more than 250 iconic models from the 1940s to the early 1990s, photographed from every angle, this title is a glorious celebration of the stars in the classic car firmament.Classic Car brings you the story of more than 20 great marques, including household names Bentley, Mercedes, Ferrari, Cadillac and Aston Martin. Its lavish photography reveals every detail in close-up of models that range from the 1940s giant two-ton Daimler DE36, which ferried royals about in style, through to sleek Ferraris from the 1980s capable of smashing the 200mph barrier. It puts you in the driving seat of such icons as the Chevrolet Corvette, the Ford Thunderbird, and the Mercedes 300SL, and brings you the designers of these amazing machines and the story of their mTrade Review"[T]his is a book to savor, to be pored over time and again." — Booklist (Starred Review)
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Park Row Books The Honey Bus
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Springer ThreeDimensional Elastic Bodies in Rolling
Book SynopsisThis book is intended for mechanicians, engineering mathematicians, and, generally for theoretically inclined mechanical engineers. I did not think that the surface of the problem had even been scratched, so I joined de Pater, who had by then become Professor in the Engineering Mechanics Lab.Trade Review` This book clearly reflects such twofold remarkable expertise of the author and is recommended to all research workers in the title area. 'Table of Contents1 The Rolling Contact Problem.- 2 Review.- 3 The Simplified Theory of Contact.- 4 Variational and Numerical Theory of Contact.- 5 Results.- 6 Conclusion.- Appendix A The basic equations of the linear theory of elasticity.- Appendix B Some notions of mathematical programming.- Appendix C Numerical calculation of the elastic field in a half-space.- Appendix D Three-dimensional viscoelastic bodies in steady state frictional rolling contact with generalisation to contact perturbations.- Appendix E Tables.
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Springer NearInfrared Dyes for High Technology
Book SynopsisProceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Syntheses, Optical Properties and Applications of Near-Infrared (NIR) Dyes in High Technology Fields, Trest, Czech Republic, September 24-27, 1997Table of ContentsPreface. Advances in Methodology. Recent Developments in Fluorescence Spectroscopy: Three-Photon Excitation, Two-Color Two-Photon Excitation, Light Quenching and Development of Long-Lifetime Probes for Biophysics and Clinical Chemistry; J.R. Lakowicz, et al. Near-Infrared Fluorescence Instrumentation for DNA Analysis; L. Middendorf, et al. Highlights in Biochemistry and Biophysics. Ultrasensitive Detection and Identification of Biomolecules with Diode Lasers - from DYES to DNA; M. Sauer, et al. Incorporation of Dye in Resting and Stimulated Leukocytes; D. Frackowiak, et al. Application of Red Fluorescent Probes for the Measurement of Individual Cell Cytoplasmic pH Values; J. Slavik. Molecular Probes Based on Cyanine Dyes for Nucleic Acid Research; T.G. Deligeorgiev. New NIR Dyes: Synthesis, Spectral Properties and Applications in DNA Analyses; N. Narayanan, et al. Frontiers in Analytical Chemistry and Sensor Technology. Luminescent Probes for NIR Sensing Applications; E. Terpetschnig, O.S. Wolfbeis. NIR Fluorophores in Practical Analytical Chemistry; A.R. Swamy, et al. Long Wavelength Emitting Fluorescence Probes for Metal Ions; K. Rurack, et al. Advances in High Technology Applications. NIR Dyes for Information Recording, from Origin to Update; M. Matsuoka. Tuning of Color by Different Alignment of Dye Molecules; L. Dähne, E. Biller. Spectral Sensitization of Silver Halides in NIR Region; B.I. Shapiro. Optical Properties and Applications of Near Infrared Dyes in Polymeric Media; O.V. Przhonska. Insolubilisation and Fluorescence, Induced by Laser Diode Irradiation of IR-Dyes Embedded in Polymer Films. Thermally Induced Latex Coalescence and Acid Generation; C.D. Catry, et al. NIRPhotosensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy; E.A. Lukyanets. New Chromophores. Molecular Engineering of NIR Dyes; S. Daehne, M.L. Dekhtyar. New NIR Dyes Based on the Cyclopentadienylium Chromophore and Related Compounds; R. Gompper, et al. New Cyanine Dyes Absorbing in the NIR Region; A.I. Tolmachev, et al. Near-Infrared Cyanine Dyes: A New Approach to an Old Problem; Yu.L. Bricks, N.N. Romanov. Adventures in Search of New Dyes Absorbing in the Red or Near Infrared Region; H. Hartmann. Subject Index.
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Walker & Co Longitude The True Story of a Lone Genius Who
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Random House USA Inc Rocket Men
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Guidelines for Process Safety Documentation
Book SynopsisFollowing an introduction, which offers examples of how proper documentation might have prevented explosions and serious incidents, the 21 sections in this book present aims, goals, and methodology in various areas of documentation. It contains examples of needed forms, lists of relevant industry organizations, sources for software, and more.Table of ContentsPreface. Acronyms. Glossary. 1. Introduction. 1.1 Process Safety Management Activities of the Center for Chemical Process Safety. 1.2 Benefits of Process Safety Management. 1.3 Description of Documentation. 1.4 Organizational and Individual Responsibilities. 1.5 Regulatory Considerations. 1.6 How to Use This Book. 1.7 Summary. 1.8 References. 2. Process Safety Documentation Overview. 2.1 Introduction. 2.1.1 Examples of Incidents Associated with Inadequate Documentation. 2.2 Goals and Benefits of Documentation. 2.3 Technological Changes. 2.4 Summary. 2.5 References. 3. Accountability. 3.1 Overview. 3.1.1 Introduction and Definition. 3.1.2 goals and Benefits. 3.2 Description of Documentation. 3.2.1 Statement of Values and Policies. 3.2.2 More Detailed Documentation. 3.2.3 Responsibility and Accountability. 3.2.4 Measurement. 3.3 Records Management. 3.3.1 Policies and Practices. 3.3.2 Records Revision and Retention. 3.4 Auditing. 3.5 References. 4. Records Management. 4.1 Overview. 4.1.1 Introduction. 4.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 4.2 Description of Records Management. 4.2.1 Manual Systems. 4.2.2 Computerized Document Management Systems. 4.2.3 Combination Systems. 4.2.4 System Selection. 4.3 Description of Documentation. 4.3.1 Documentation of Records Management Accountability and Responsibility. 4.3.2 Description of Specific Types of Records. 4.4 Records Management. 4.4.1 Where Maintained. 4.4.2 Document Control. 4.4.3 Choice of Media. 4.4.4 Files. 4.4.5 Document Management Systems. 4.4.6 Fire Protection. 4.4.7 Environmental Damage Control. 4.4.8 Security. 4.4.9 Reproduction. 4.4.10 Destruction. Appendix 4A. Records Management Resources. 5. Process Knowledge. 5.1 Overview. 5.1.1 Introduction. 5.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 5.2 Description of Process Knowledge. 5.2.1 Objectives. 5.2.2 Sources and nature of Process Knowledge. 5.3 Process Knowledge Documentation. 5.3.1 Process Knowledge Program Documentation. 5.3.2 Records from Implementing the Process Knowledge Element. 5.4 Records Management. 5.5 Auditing. 5.6 Examples. 5.6.1 Inadequate Investigation and Documentation of Chemicals Prior to Process Application. 5.6.2 Lack of Documentation of Process Information for Operations Personnel. 5.7 Reference. Appendix 5A. Example of Process Knowledge File Index. 6. Process Hazard Analysis. 6.1 Overview. 6.1.1 Introduction. 6.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 6.2 Description of Process Hazard Analysis. 6.2.1 Objectives. 6.2.2 Method 1: Safety Review. 6.2.3 Method 2: Checklist Analysis (CL). 6.2.4 Method 3: Relative Ranking Analysis. 6.2.5 Method 4: Preliminary Hazard Analysis. 6.2.6 Method 5: What-If Analysis (WI). 6.2.7 Method 6: What-If/Checklist Analysis (WICL). 6.2.8 Method 7: Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP). 6.2.9 Method 8: Failure Models and Effects Analysis (FMEA). 6.2.10 Method 9: Fault Tree Analysis (FTA). 6.2.11 Method 10: Event Tree Analysis (ETA). 6.2.12 Method 11: Cause-Consequence Analysis (OCA). 6.2.13 Method 12: Human Factors Analysis (HFA). 6.3 Process Hazard Analysis Documentation. 6.3.1 PHA Program Documentation. 6.3.2 Documentation of PHA Results. 6.3.3 Resolution of PHA Recommendations. 6.4 Records Management. 6.4.1 Records Management Program. 6.4.2 Media and Methods. 6.4.3 Responsibility and Accountability. 6.4.4 Distribution, Access, and Retention. 6.5 Auditing. 6.6 Examples. 6.6.1 Runaway Reaction in a Polymerization Reactor. 7. Chemical Process Quantitative Risk Analysis. 7.1 Overview. 7.1.1 Introduction. 7.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 7.2 Description of CPQRA. 7.2.1 Objectives. 7.2.2 Performance of CPQRA. 7.3 CPQRA Documentation. 7.3.1 CPQRA Program Documentation. 7.3.2 Documentation of CPQRA Recommendations. 7.3.3 Resolution of CPQRA Recommendations. 7.4 Records Management. 7.5 Auditing. 7.6 References. Appendix 7A. Graphical Presentation of CPQRA Results. Appendix 7B. Documentation of Supporting Data. Appendix 7C. Other Aspects of CPQRA Documentation. 8. Process Equipment Integrity. 8.1 Overview. 8.1.1 Introduction. 8.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 8.2 Description of Process Equipment Integrity. 8.2.1 Objectives. 8.2.2 Process Equipment Integrity as Part of Process Safety Management. 8.3 Process Equipment Integrity Documentation. 8.3.1 Process Equipment Integrity Program Documentation. 8.3.2 Records from Implementing Process Equipment Integrity Element. 8.4 Records Management. 8.4.1 Who and When. 8.4.2 Where Maintained. 8.4.3 Updating Documentation to Reflect Equipment Changes. 8.5 Auditing. 8.6 Examples. 8.6.1 Inadequate Documentation of Equipment Integrity Requirements and Management of Change Procedures. 8.6.2 Inadequate Documentation of System States. 8.6.3 Similar or Identical Inadequate Equipment Integrity Documentation. 8.7 References. Appendix 8A. Example of Documentation Requirements for Mechanical Equipment. Appendix 8B. Example of Documentation Requirements for Electrical Equipment. Appendix 8C. Example of Documentation Requirements for Instrumentation Equipment. Appendix 8D. Example of Documentation Requirements for Safety Systems Equipment. 9. Human Factors. 9.1 Overview. 9.1.1 Introduction. 9.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 9.2 Description of Human Factors. 9.2.1 Objectives. 9.2.2 Human Factors in the Life Cycle of a Process Facility. 9.2.3 Performance of Human Factors Analysis (HFA). 9.3 Human Factors Documentation. 9.3.1 Human Factors Program Documentation. 9.3.2 Documentation of HFA Results. 9.3.3 Resolution of HFA Recommendations. 9.4 Records Management. 9.5 Auditing. 9.6 Examples. 9.6.1 Type of Human Error. 9.6.2 Examples of Incidents. 9.7 References. Appendix 9A. Typical Technical Documentation of HFA. 10. Management of Change. 10.1 Overview. 10.1.1 Introduction. 10.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 10.2 Description of Management of Change. 10.2.1 Objectives. 10.2.2 Management of Change as Part of Process Safety management. 10.3 Management of Change Documentation. 10.3.1 MOC Program Documentation. 10.2.2 Records from Implementing the MOC Element. 10.4 Records management. 10.4.1 Records Management Program. 10.4.2 Media and Methods. 10.4.3 Responsibility and Accountability. 10.4.4 Records Retention and Purge Schedules. 10.5 Auditing. 10.6 Examples. 10.6.1 Mislabeled Electrical Equipment/Inadequate Management of Change. 10.6.2 Change to Operating Procedure. 10.7 References. 11. Operating Procedures. 11.1 Overview. 11.1.1 Introduction. 11.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 11.2 Description of Operating Procedures. 11.2.1 Objectives of Operating Procedures and Why They Are Required. 11.2.2 Key Elements and Preparation of Operating Procedures. 11.3 Operating Procedures Documentation. 11.3.1 Operating Procedures Program Documentation. 11.3.2 Records from Implementing the Operating Procedures Element. 11.4 Records Management. 11.4.1 Records Management Program. 11.4.2 Where Are Records Maintained? 11.4.3 What Media Should Be Used? 11.4.4 Retention/Purge Schedule for Records. 11.4.5 Access Control. 11.4.6 Revision Control. 11.5 Auditing. 11.6 Examples. 11.6.1 Temporary Operating Procedures. 11.6.2 Abnormal Operations. 11.6.3 Divided Responsibilities. 11.6.4 Precise Requirements. 11.7 References. 12. Training. 12.1 Overview. 12.1.1 Introduction. 12.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 12.2 Training Program Design. 12.2.1 Types of Training Methods. 12.2.2 Initial Training. 12.2.3 Refresher Training. 12.2.4 Training Evaluation. 12.2.5 Training Module Guidelines. 12.3 Training Documentation. 12.3.1 Training Program Documentation. 12.3.2 Records from Implementing the Training Element. 12.4 Records Management. 12.4.1 Records management Program. 12.4.2 Media and Methods. 12.4.3 Responsibilities and Accountability. 12.4.4 Records Retrieval and Access Controls. 12.4.5 Records Retention and Purge Schedule. 12.5 Auditing. 12.6 References. Appendix 12A. Training Topics. Appendix 12B. OSHA Regulations. 13. Emergency Response. 13.1 Overview. 13.1.1 Introduction. 13.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 13.2 Description of Emergency Response. 13.2.1 Objectives. 13.2.2 Planning for Emergency Response. 13.3 Emergency Response Documentation. 13.3.1 Emergency Response Program Documentation. 13.3.2 Records from Implementing an Emergency Response Program. 13.4 Records Management. 13.4.1 Where Are Records Maintained? 13.4.2 Where Media Should Be Used? 13.5 Auditing. 13.6 Examples. 13.6.1 Lack of Preparedness. 13.6.2 Effective Evacuation Planning. 13.7 References. Appendix 13A. NRT-1 Hazardous Material Planning Elements. 14. Auditing. 14.1 Overview. 14.1.1 Introduction. 14.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 14.2 Description of Auditing. 14.2.1 Objectives. 14.2.2 Types of Audits. 14.2.3 Audit Methodology References. 14.3 Audit Documentation. 14.3.1 Audit Program Documentation. 14.3.2 Records from Implementing the Auditing Element. 14.3.3 Resolution of Audit Recommendations. 14.4 Records Management. 14.4.1 Storage Locations. 14.4.2 Media and Methods. 14.4.3 Records Retention and Purge Schedules. 14.5 References. 15. Incident Investigation. 15.1 Overview. 15.1.1 Introduction. 15.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 15.2 Description of Incident Investigation. 15.2.1 Objectives. 15.2.2 Conducting Incident Investigations. 15.3 Incident Investigation Documentation. 15.3.1 Incident Investigation Program Documentation. 15.3.2 Documentation of Incident Investigation Results. 15.3.3 Resolution of Incident Report Recommendations. 15.4 Records Management. 15.4.1 Responsibilities and Accountability. 15.4.2 Records Control. 15.5 Auditing. 15.6 Examples. 15.6.1 Inadequate Follow-Up to Incident Investigation Cause Fire. 15.6.2 Proper Follow-Up Prevent Recurrent Equipment Damage. 15.7 References. 16. Standards, Codes, and Regulations. 16.1 Overview. 16.1.1 Introduction. 16.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 16.2 Description of Standards, Codes, and Regulations. 16.2.1 Objectives. 16.2.2 Differentiation among Standards, Codes, and Regulations. 16.2.3 Sources of Standards, Codes, and Regulations. 16.3 Documentation of Standards, Codes and Regulations. 16.3.1 Program Documentation for Standards, Codes, and Regulations. 16.3.2 Records from Implementing the Standards, Codes, and Regulations Elements. 16.4 Records Management. 16.4.1 Where Are Records Maintained? 16.4.2 Records Procurement. 16.4.3 Media and Methods. 16.4.4 Records Retention and Purge Procedures. 16.5 Auditing. 16.6 References. Appendix 16A. 17. Contractor Issues. 17.1 Overview. 17.1.1 Introduction. 17.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 17.2 Description of Contractor PSM Programs. 17.2.1 Objectives. 17.2.2 Owner Responsibilities. 17.2.3 Contractor Responsibilities. 17.3 Description of Documentation. 17.3.1 Owner’s Program Documentation. 17.3.2 Contractor’s Program Documentation. 17.3.3 Records from Addressing Contractor Issues. 17.4 Records Management. 17.4.1 Where Are Records Maintained? 17.4.2 Retention/Purge Schedule. 17.4.3 Access controls. 17.5 Auditing. 17.5.1 Auditing by the Contractor. 17.5.2 Auditing by the Owner. 17.6 Examples. 17.7 References. 18. Permit-to-Work Systems. 18.1 Overview. 18.1.1 Introduction. 18.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 18.2 Description of Permit-to-Work Systems. 18.2.1 Objectives. 18.2.2 Implementing Permit-to-Work Systems. 18.3 Permit-to-Work Systems Documentation. 18.3.1 Permit-to-Work Systems Program Documentation. 18.3.2 Records from Implementing a Permit-to-Work System. 18.4 Records Management. 18.4.1 Records Management Program. 18.4.2 Where Are Records Maintained? 18.4.3 What Media Should Be Used? 18.4.4 Retention/Purge Schedule for Records. 18.4.5 Revision Controls for Permit System. 18.5 Auditing. 18.6 Examples. 18.6.1 Inadequate Implementation of Permit-to-Work System. 18.6.2 Inadequate Documentation. 18.6.3 Application of Permit-to-Work System Not Comprehensive. 18.6.4 Ambiguous Information Entered on Work Permit. 18.7 References. Appendix 18A. Typical Rules and Responsibilities for Permit-to-Work Systems. Appendix 18B. Hot-Work Permit. Appendix 18C. General Permit-to-Work. Appendix 18D. Lockout/Tagout Permit. Appendix 18E. Pipeline Breaking Permit. Appendix 18F. Confined Space Entry Permit. Appendix 18G. Other Permit Systems. 19. Control Software Documentation. 19.1 Overview. 19.1.1 Introduction. 19.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 19.2 Control Software Documentation. 19.2.1 Objectives. 19.2.2 Control Software Applications. 19.2.3 Software Life Cycle. 19.2.4 Software Life Cycle Stages. 19.3 Documentation of Control Software. 19.3.1 Control Software Documentation Program. 19.3.2 Definition Stage Records. 19.3.3 Design Stage Records. 19.3.4 Implementation Stage Records. 19.3.5 Testing Stage Records. 19.3.6 Installation and Checkout Stage Records. 19.3.7 Operations and Maintenance Stage Records. 19.4 Records Management. 19.4.1 Record Storage Locations. 19.4.2 Media. 19.4.3 Management of Change. 19.4.4 Configuration Management. 19.4.5 Replication, Storage, and Access Control. 19.4.6 Records Retention and Purge Schedules. 19.5 Auditing. 19.6 Examples. 19.6.1 Improper Integration and Documentation of Software. 19.6.2 Inadequate Test and Documentation of Control Software. 19.7 References. Appendix 19A. Quality Control of Software Documentation. 20. Document Life Cycle. 20.1 Overview. 20.1.1 Introduction. 20.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 20.2 Description of Documentation. 20.2.1 What Is a Document? 20.2.2 Overall Document Flow. 20.2.3 Company Generated Documents. 20.2.4 External Documents. 20.2.5 Working Documents. 20.2.6 Reference Documents. 20.2.7 Archival Documents or Records. 20.2.8 Quantities of Documents. 20.3 Description of Document Life Cycle. 20.1 Detailed Example. 20.5 References. 21. Emerging Technologies, Research, and Development. 21.1 Overview. 21.1.1 Introduction. 21.1.2 Goals and Benefits. 21.1.3 Impact of Regulatory Technologies. 21.2 Description of Emerging Technologies. 21.2.1 Electronic Information Management. 21.2.2 New Information Management Tools. 21.2.3 Type of Emerging Technologies. 21.3 Emerging Technologies Applied to Documentation. 21.4 Implementation of Emerging Technologies. 21.4.1 Consideration on the Use of Emerging Technologies. 21.4.2 General Issues for Implementation. 21.4.3 Implementation for Specific Elements of PSM. 21.5 Vision for the Future. 21.6 References.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Guidelines for Integrating Process Safety
Book SynopsisIntegrating EHS management systems can yield economies and improve system effectiveness. This book explains how integration reduces cost of delivery through a reduction in the number of management program steps and avoidance of redundancy; how it results in effective programs; and how this integration brings a cost effective response to demands.Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Glossary and Acronyms. Chapter 1. Introduction. 1.1. The Need for Integration. 1.2. Purpose of Guidelines. 1.3. Scope of Guidelines. 1.4. Approach Used in Guidelines. 1.5. Use of ISO 9000 Standards. 1.6. Exclusions to Scope. 1.7. Intended Audience for Guidelines. References. Chapter 2. Securing Support and Preparing for Implementation. 2.1. The Need for Securing Support. 2.2. Identifying Who Will Benefit from Integration. 2.3. Prepare a Preliminary Simplified Plan. 2.4. Management Processes. 2.5. Make Sure to cover All Potential Benefits and Concerns. 2.6. Mission Statement and Goals. 2.7. Define Scope3 of Work and Approach,. 2.8. Selecting Your Integration Team. 2.9. Project Status. References. Chapter 3. Assessment of Existing Management Systems. 3.1. The Need for Assessing Existing Management Systems. 3.2. Assess Likely Support or Opposition to Integration. 3.3. Inventory and Asses All PSM. ESH, and Quality Management Programs and Elements. 3.4. Mapping the Management Processes. 3.5. Redesigning the Management Systems. 3.6. Update the Implementation Plan. References. Attachment 3.1 Selected Slides from Executive Summary of the Assessment of Existing Systems for Example, Inc. Chapter 4. Develop a Plan. 4.1. The Need for Developing a Plan. 4.2. Adjust the Preliminary Plan. 4.3. Implementation Strategy. 4.4. Update Benefits and Costs. 4.5. Recast the Plan. Reference. Attachment 4.1 Sample Plans/Project Descriptions. Chapter 5. Integration Framework. 5.1. The Need for Developing an Integration Framework. 5.2. Prioritization of Programs, elements, and Processes for Installation. 5.3. Developing Integrated Systems. 5.4. Continuous Improvement. 5.5. Quality Management Tools. 5.6. Converting Informal Systems. Reference. Chapter 6. Testing Implementation Approach. 6.1. The Need for Testing. 6.2. Selecting the Pilot Project. 6.3. Establish Success (and Failure) Criteria. 6.4. Communication. 6.5. Conducting the Pilot. 6.6. Identifying and Correcting Deficiencies in Integration Plan. Reference. Attachment 6.1. Sample Pilot Project Advance Communication. Chapter 7. Tracking Progress and Measuring Performance. 7.1. The Need for Tracking and Measurement. 7.2. Capture Early Successes. 7.3. Measures to Consider. 7.4. Selection and Timing of Measures. 7.5. Customer Feedback. 7.6. Improving Performance. Attachment 7.1. Sample Monthly Report. Chapter 8. Continuous Improvement. 8.1. The Need for Continuous Improvement. 8.2. Management Responsibility. 8.3. Auditing the Quality System. 8.4. Product Verification. 8.5. Nonconformity and Corrective Action. 8.6. Personnel (Training). 8.7. Use of Statistical Methods. Chapter 9. Other Quality Management Systems. 9.1. Introduction. 9.2. Total Quality Management. 9.3. Malcolm Baldridge national Quality Award. 9.4. European Quality Award. 9.5. Deming Quality System. 9.6. ISO 14001. References. Chapter 10. Summary. 10.1. Introduction. 10.2. Case Study. 10.3. Summary. Appendix A. Overview of Definitions from ISO 9004: Quality Management and Quality Systems Elements-Guidelines. Bibliography. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Advanced Image Processing in Magnetic Resonance
Book SynopsisThe popularity of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in medicine is no mystery: it is non-invasive, it produces high quality structural and functional image data, and it is very versatile and flexible. Research into MR technology is advancing at a blistering pace, and modern engineers must keep up with the latest developments. This is only possible with a firm grounding in the basic principles of MR, and Advanced Image Processing in Magnetic Resonance Imaging solidly integrates this foundational knowledge with the latest advances in the field.Beginning with the basics of signal and image generation and reconstruction, the book covers in detail the signal processing techniques and algorithms, filtering techniques for MR images, quantitative analysis including image registration and integration of EEG and MEG techniques with MR, and MR spectroscopy techniques. The final section of the book explores functional MRI (fMRI) in detail, discussing fundamentals and advanced exploratory Table of ContentsSignal and Image Generation and Reconstruction. SNR Improvement and Inhomogeneities Correction. Image Processing and Quantitative Analysis. Spectroscopy, Diffusion, and Elasticity: From Modeling to Parametric Image Generation. BOLD Contrast MR Imaging and fMRI Signal Analysis. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Multidimensional Discrete Unitary Transforms
Book SynopsisThis reference presents a more efficient, flexible, and manageable approach to unitary transform calculation and examines novel concepts in the design, classification, and management of fast algorithms for different transforms in one-, two-, and multidimensional cases. Illustrating methods to construct new unitary transforms for best algorithm selection and development in real-world applications, the book contains a wide range of examples to compare the efficacy of different algorithms in a variety of one-, two-, and three-dimensional cases. Multidimensional Discrete Unitary Transforms builds progressively from simple representative cases to higher levels of generalization.Table of ContentsSeries Introduction, Preface, 1: Basic Concepts and Notation, I: Tensor Representation of Multidimensional Signals, II: Analysis and effective computing procedures, III: Applications of Paired Transformations, Index
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Taylor & Francis Inc Tissue Engineering And Novel Delivery Systems
Book SynopsisEssential to anyone working in the field, this reference focuses on latest advancements in tissue construction, repair and regenerationfocusing on developments in gene and drug therapy, the evolution of tissue-engineered products, and new technologies for the design of functional tissues and organ systems.Table of ContentsBiocompatibility and the Biomaterial-Tissue Interface. Tissue Engineering Equivalents. Delivery Systems. Emerging Concepts in Biomaterials. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Watermarking Systems Engineering
Book SynopsisThe rapid growth of the Internet has fueled the demand for enhanced watermarking and data hiding technologies and has stimulated research into new ways to implement watermarking systems in the real world. This book presents the fundamental principles of watermarking system design and discusses state-of-the-art technologies in information concealment and recovery. It highlights the requirements and challenges of applications in security, image/video indexing, hidden communications, image captioning, and transmission error recovery and concealment. It explains the foundations of digital watermarking technologies, and offers an understanding of new approaches and applications, and lays the groundwork for future developments in the field.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Applications. Information Coding. Data Embedding. Data Concealment. Data Recovery. Watermark Impairments and Benchmarking. Security Issues. An Information Theoretic Perspective. Bibliography. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Soft Materials
Book SynopsisRepresenting the wide breadth academic disciplines involved in this ever-expanding area of research, this reference provides a comprehensive overview of current scientific and technological advancements in soft materials analysis and application. Documenting new and emerging challenges in this burgeoning field, Soft Materials is a unique and outstanding reference for the industrial scientist or materials engineer.Supplies more than 1000 references, tables, and equations for an excellent introduction to the study of soft material physics and utilization.Trade Review"…this book provides an interdisciplinary approach to the control and understanding of soft materials and is a unique and outstanding reference for the industrial scientist or materials engineer."-Carbohydrate Polymers, 2006 "Overall, the book was successful in meeting its goal of cross-fertilization."JOM, Sept. 2005Table of ContentsMobility on Different Length Scales in Thin Polymer Films. Crystallization of Thin Polymer Films: Crystallinity, Kinetics, and Morphology. Deformation, Stretching, and Relaxation of Single-Polymer Chains: Fundamentals and Examples. Science and Engineering of Nanoparticle-Polymer Composites: Insights from Computer Simulation. Polymeric Additives as Modifiers of Hydrocarbon Crystallization Behavior. Confinement and Shear Effects on the Structure of a Smectic Liquid-Crystal Complex Fluid. Macroscopic Rheological Behavior of Dispersions of Soft Rubber-like Solid Particles. Computer Simulations of Mechanical Micromanipulation of Proteins. Structure-Function Relationships of Aspartic Proteinases. Computer Simulation of Soft Mesoscopic Systems Using Dissipative Particle Dynamics. Crystallization of Bulk Fats Under Shear. Foods at Subzero Temperatures. Biogenic Cellular Solids. Modeling of Formation and Rheology of Protein Particle Gels. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Principles of Soil Chemistry Third Edition Books
Book SynopsisMicroporous Media presents new developments from nearly a decade of advancement. Written by a leading researcher in the field, this reference provides examples of the most original scientific and technical research impacting studies in porosity and microporosity, and illustrates methods to forecast the properties of microporous structures for improved electronic, construction, electrical, chemical, and medical applications. The book outlines new results in fractal, self-organization, and polymer theories; pore aging, and percolation; and their various engineering applications, and considers the impact of preparation conditions on the structure and properties of microporous materials.Table of ContentsMicroporous Media
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Optimization in Medicine and Biology 03
Book SynopsisThanks to recent advancements, optimization is now recognized as a crucial component in research and decision-making across a number of fields. Through optimization, scientists have made tremendous advances in cancer treatment planning, disease control, and drug development, as well as in sequencing DNA, and identifying protein structures. Optimization in Medicine and Biology provides researchers with a comprehensive, single-source reference that will enable them to apply the very latest optimization techniques to their work. With contributions from pioneering international experts this volume integrates strong foundational theory, good modeling techniques, and efficient and robust algorithms with relevant applications Divided into two sections, the first begins with mathematical programming techniques for medical decision making processes and demonstrates their application to optimizing pediatric vaccine formularies, kidney paired donation, and the cost-effectiveness Table of ContentsMedicine. Classification and Disease Prediction via Mathematical Programming. Using Influence Diagrams in Cost Effectiveness Analysis for Medical Decisions. Non-Bayesian Classification to Obtain High Quality Clinical Decisions. Optimizing Pediatric Vaccine Formularies. . Optimization Over Graphs for Kidney Paired Donation. Introduction to Radiation Therapy Planning Optimization. Beam Orientation Optimization Methods in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning. Multileaf collimator shape matrix decomposition. Optimal Planning for Radiation Therapy. Biology. An Introduction to Systems Biology for Mathematical Programmers. Algorithms for Genomics Analysis. Computational Methods for Probe Design and Selection. An Implementation of Logical Analysis of Data for Oligo Probe Selection. A New Dihedral Angle Measure for Protein Secondary Prediction. Optimization of Tumor Virotherapy with Recombinant Measles Viruses. Combating Microbial Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents through Dosing Regimen Optimization. Appendix.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Mechanics of Structures
Book SynopsisResoundingly popular in its first edition, the second edition of Mechanics of Structures: Variational and Computational Methods promises to be even more so, with broader coverage, expanded discussions, and a streamlined presentation.The authors begin by describing the behavior of deformable solids through the differential equations for the strength of materials and the theory of elasticity. They next introduce variational principles, including mixed or generalized principles, and derive integral forms of the governing equations. Discussions then move to computational methods, including the finite element method, and these are developed to solve the differential and integral equations.New in the second edition:A one-dimensional introduction to the finite element method, complete with illustrations of numerical mesh refinement Expansion of the use of Galerkin''s method. Discussion of recent developments in the theory of bending and torTrade Review"[This book] represents clear progress in this recent custom of popularizing structural mechanics … . The book includes several important and deep topics that are often neglected in other works of the same kind. It shows a great effort towards completeness. It collects all classical variational principles of continuum mechanics … . … [T]he merit of the book resides in its colossal attempt to recombine three branches of the theory of elasticity (foundations, structures, numerical methods), which tend to diverge." - Meccanica, Vol. 39, 2004 Table of ContentsFormulations for Linear Problems of Elasticity. Formulations for Dynamic and Stability Problems. Bars and Plates. Appendices.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Inverse Engineering Handbook
Book SynopsisInverse problems have been the focus of a growing number of research efforts over the last 40 years-and rightly so. The ability to determine a cause from an observed effect is a powerful one. Researchers now have at their disposal a variety of techniques for solving inverse problems, techniques that go well beyond those useful for relatively simple parameter estimation problems. The question is, where can one find a single, comprehensive resource that details these methods?The answer is the Inverse Engineering Handbook. Leading experts in inverse problems have joined forces to produce the definitive reference that allows readers to understand, implement, and benefit from a variety of problem-solving techniques. Each chapter details a method developed or refined by its contributor, who provides clear explanations, examples, and in many cases, software algorithms. The presentation begins with methods for parameter estimation, which build a bridge to boundary function estimatioTrade Review"…serves as a good introduction and tutorial for this important area of applied mathematics. Several of the articles provide extensive MATLAB codes for specific problems."--James E. Epperson, Mathematical Reviews, 2004Table of ContentsSequential Methods in Parameter Estimation. Function Estimation Using the Sequential Function Specification Method. Numerical Solutions of Inverse Problems. Mollification and Space Marching. Inverse Heat Conduction Using Monte Carlo Method. Boundary Element Techniques for Inverse Problems. The Effect of Correlations and Uncertain Parameters on the Efficiency of Estimating and the Precision of Estimated Parameters. Optimal Experiment Design to Solve Inverse Heat Transfer Problems. Iterative Regularization
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Taylor & Francis Inc The Communications Facility Design Handbook
Book SynopsisThe responsibilities of the system engineer are many and varied, especially as they relate to facility design and construction. Successful execution of these responsibilities requires an understanding of the underlying technologies, the applicable quality standards, and the proper methods for achieving them. The Communications Facility Design Handbook is dedicated to providing and supporting that understanding. It examines the tasks and functions of the system engineer and establishes a foundation for designing, installing, operating, and maintaining audio, video, computer, and radio frequency systems and facilities.Unique in its scope and its approach, The Communications Facility Design Handbook describes the important steps required to take a project from basic design to installation and completion. From the fundamental principles of electronics to details on wiring, from budget analysis to safety considerations, this is your one-stop reference for planning, building, renovatTable of ContentsElectronics Fundamentals. Modulation Systems. Analog and Digital Circuits. Systems Engineering. Facility Construction Issues. System Reliability. Safety Considerations. Dictionary, Reference Data and Tables.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Fabrication of Silicon Microprobes for Optical
Book SynopsisThe development of near-field optics marked a major advance in microscopy and our ability to develop nanoscale technologies. However, the tapered optical fiber widely in use as the optical near-field probe has serious limitations in its fabrication, its optical transmission efficiency, and its use in arrays.Fabrication of Silicon Microprobes for Optical Near-Field Applications reports on several technological approaches to using silicon micromachining techniques for fabricating microprobes without the drawbacks of conventional optical fiber probes. The authors have developed a simple, effective method for batch-process production of silicon cantilevered probes with apertures as small as 20 nanometers. They have investigated in detail the probes'' optical performance characteristics and show how the silicon probes overcome the limitations of the optical fiber probes in terms of production throughput, optical throughput, reproducibility, simplicity of instrumentation, and mechaniTrade Review"All in all, I found this book interesting, well organized, and easy to understand. Written crisply and to the point, it satisfyingly balances mathematical method with experimental results." – Pouria Valley, University of Arizona, in IEEE Circuits & Devices Magazine, July/August 2006, Vol. 22, No. 4Table of ContentsIntroduction. Introduction of Near-Field Optics. Introduction of Silicon Micromachining Technology. Fabrication of Silicon Microprobes for Optical Near-Field Applications. Evaluation of the Microfabricated Optical Near-Field Probes. Novel Probes for Locally Enhancing of Near-Field Light and Other Applications. Using Finite Difference Time Domain Method. Sub-Wavelength Optical Imaging with the Fabricated Probes. Optical Near-Field Lithography . Optical Near-Field Recording with the Fabricated Aperture Array. Future Aspect and Conclusions.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Synthesis of CarbonPhosphorus Bonds
Book SynopsisSynthesis of Carbon-Phosphorus Bonds, Second Edition is a working guide for the laboratory, incorporating classical approaches with the recent developments of carbon-phosphorus (C-P) bond formation. These advances include the preparation of phosphoranes - specifically in the use of transient oxophosphoranes as intermediates in organophosphorus compound synthesis ñ along with the new approaches towards the preparation of compounds with aromatic and vinylic C-P bonds.Synthesis of Carbon-Phosphorus Bonds, Second Edition serves as a useful tool in the laboratory. It offers detailed surveys of IUPAC nomenclature recommendations, common notation systems, and various experimental examples. These features help to make this text an effective source of critical and annotated references, as well as a a working guide for organic and phosphorus chemists specifically, or for any chemists working with C-P bonds.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Synthesis of Organophosphorus Compounds from Elemental Phosphorus. Nucleophilic Trivalent Phosphorus. Organometallics for C-P Bond Formation. Pentacoordinate Phosphorus. Aromatic and Vinylic C-P Bonds.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Electronic Portable Instruments
Book SynopsisWith the availability of advanced technologies, digital systems, and communications, portable instruments are rapidly evolving from simple, stand alone, low-accuracy measuring instruments to complex multifunctional, network integrated, high-performance digital devices with advanced interface capabilities. The relatively brief treatments these instruments receive in many books are no longer adequate. Designers, engineers and scientists need a comprehensive reference dedicated to electronic portable instruments that explains the state-of-art and future directions. Electronic Portable Instruments: Design and Applications introduces the basic measurement and instrumentation concepts, describes the operating principles, and discusses the typical specifications of three main groups of portable instruments:Portable and handheld instruments built for specific applications Intelligent sensor-based devices with few components and dedicated features, such as implanTable of ContentsIntroduction. Measurements, Instrumentation and Electronic Portable Instruments. Sensors, Transducers and Electronic Instruments. Digital Aspects: Hardware, Software, and Electronic Portable Instruments. Design and Construction of Electronic Portable Instruments. Examples and Applications of Portable Instruments. Conclusions and Future Trends. References. Index
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Taylor & Francis Inc Microelectronics
Book SynopsisWhen it comes to electronics, demand grows as technology shrinks. From consumer and industrial markets to military and aerospace applications, the call is for more functionality in smaller and smaller devices. Culled from the second edition of the best-selling Electronics Handbook, Microelectronics, Second Edition presents a summary of the current state of microelectronics and its innovative directions.This book focuses on the materials, devices, and applications of microelectronics technology. It details the IC design process and VLSI circuits, including gate arrays, programmable logic devices and arrays, parasitic capacitance, and transmission line delays. Coverage ranges from thermal properties and semiconductor materials to MOSFETs, digital logic families, memory devices, microprocessors, digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converters, digital filters, and multichip module technology. Expert contributors discuss applications in machine vision, ad hoc networks, printing Table of ContentsSemiconductor Materials. Thermal Properties. Semiconductors. Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor. Integrated Circuits. Integrated Circuit Design. Digital Logic Families. Memory Devices. Microprocessors. D/A and A/D Converters. Application-Specific Integrated Circuits. Digital Filters. Multichip Module Technology. Testing of Integrated Circuits. Semiconductor Failure Modes. Fundamental Computer Architecture. Software Design and Development. Neural Networks and Fuzzy Systems. Machine Vision. A Brief Survey of Speech Enhancement. Ad Hoc Networks. Network Communication. Printing Technologies and Systems. Data Storage Systems. Optical Storage Systems. Error Correction.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Fuzzy Controller Design Theory and Applications
Book SynopsisFuzzy control methods are critical for meeting the demands of complex nonlinear systems. They bestow robust, adaptive, and self-correcting character to complex systems that demand high stability and functionality beyond the capabilities of traditional methods. A thorough treatise on the theory of fuzzy logic control is out of place on the design bench. That is why Fuzzy Controller Design: Theory and Applications offers laboratory- and industry-tested algorithms, techniques, and formulations of real-world problems for immediate implementation. With surgical precision, the authors carefully select the fundamental elements of fuzzy logic control theory necessary to formulate effective and efficient designs. The book supplies a springboard of knowledge, punctuated with examples worked out in MATLAB /SIMULINK , from which newcomers to the field can dive directly into applications. It systematically covers the design of hybrid, adaptive, and self-learning fuzzy control structures Table of ContentsIntroduction. Fuzzy Controller Design. Initial Setting of Fuzzy Controllers. Complex Fuzzy Controller Structures. Self-Organizing Fuzzy Controller. Fuzzy Controllers as MATLAB Superblocks. Implementation of Fuzzy Controllers for Industrial Applications.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd ValueAdded Services for Next Generation Networks
Book SynopsisIn the NGN world, no truer words are spoken than the future is now. And the competition in the information networking arena will only intensify in the next 5-10 years. Choosing the correct NGN-VAS strategy now will set your company apart. Value Added Services for Next Generation Networks examines the quest for the real added value in modern communication systems. The author covers more than just the technology itself, but also examines how it is being used and how it could be used to gain a strategic advantage. The book starts with a SOTW analysis for PSTN/GSM operators and new entrants and the threats they will undoubtedly face. The author examines the fundamentals of genuine communication services and the service providers'' starting position, then takes you on a tour through the landscape of NGN standards, contrasting the 3GPP IMS architecture with that of IETF, UMA, and OMA. He discusses practical ways to build an NGN SDP and the essential business aspects involved in this Table of ContentsA SWOT Analysis for Fixed, Mobile Operators, and New Entrants in the Voice Market. Review of the Standardization Work for Next Generation Networks. Charging and Rating Requirements for NGN Services. Interconnecting the NGN to Existing PSTN/GSM/CDMA Networks & Systems. The Technical Requirements for Any Modern VAS Platform. A New Generation of Value Added Services. Future Digital Life.
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Taylor & Francis Inc Digital Microfluidic Biochips Synthesis Testing
Book SynopsisDigital Microfluidic Biochips focuses on the automated design and production of microfluidic-based biochips for large-scale bioassays and safety-critical applications. Bridging areas of electronic design automation with microfluidic biochip research, the authors present a system-level design automation framework that addresses key issues in the design, analysis, and testing of digital microfluidic biochips.The book describes a new generation of microfluidic biochips with more complex designs that offer dynamic reconfigurability, system scalability, system integration, and defect tolerance. Part I describes a unified design methodology that targets design optimization under resource constraints. Part II investigates cost-effective testing techniques for digital microfluidic biochips that include test resource optimization and fault detection while running normal bioassays. Part III focuses on different reconfiguration-based defect tolerance techniques designed to increaTable of ContentsSynthesis Techniques. Testing Techniques. Reconfiguration-Based Defect Tolerance.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Trust Theory
Book SynopsisThis book provides an introduction, discussion, and formal-based modelling of trust theory and its applications in agent-based systems This book gives an accessible explanation of the importance of trust in human interaction and, in general, in autonomous cognitive agents including autonomous technologies. The authors explain the concepts of trust, and describe a principled, general theory of trust grounded on cognitive, cultural, institutional, technical, and normative solutions. This provides a strong base for the author's discussion of role of trust in agent-based systems supporting human-computer interaction and distributed and virtual organizations or markets (multi-agent systems). Key Features: Provides an accessible introduction to trust, and its importance and applications in agent-based systems Proposes a principled, general theory of trust grounding on cognitive, cultural, institutional, technical, and normative solTrade Review"I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to delve deep into the concept of trust, in particular for use in computational applications and social simulations to strengthen awareness of complexity, complications and conundrums of trust." (JASSS, 2011) "Castelfranchi and Falcone's (both Italian National Research Council) is the first book providing an overview of the field of modeling trust and computational models of trust." (Book News, September 2010) Table of ContentsForeword xv Introduction 1 1 Definitions of Trust: From Conceptual Components to the General Core 7 1.1 A Content Analysis 8 1.2 Missed Components and Obscure Links 12 1.3 Intentional Action and Lack of Controllability: Relying on What is Beyond Our Power 15 1.4 Two Intertwined Notions of Trust: Trust as Attitude vs. Trust as Act 17 1.5 A Critique of Some Significant Definitions of Trust 19 1.5.1 Gambetta: Is Trust Only About Predictability? 19 1.5.2 Mayer, Davis, & Schoorman: Is Trust Only Willingness, for Any Kind of Vulnerability? 19 1.5.3 McKnight: The Black Boxes of Trust 21 1.5.4 Marsh: Is a Mere Expectation Enough for Modeling Trust? 21 1.5.5 Yamagishi: Mixing up the Act of Trusting and the Act of Cooperating 22 1.5.6 Trust as Based on Reciprocity 26 1.5.7 Hardin: Trust as Encapsulated Interest 26 1.5.8 Rousseau: What Kind of Intention is ‘Trust’? 30 References 31 2 Socio-Cognitive Model of Trust: Basic Ingredients 35 2.1 A Five-Part Relation and a Layered Model 36 2.1.1 A Layered Notion 36 2.1.2 Goal State and Side Effects 38 2.2 Trust as Mental Attitude: a Belief-Based and Goal-Based Model 38 2.2.1 Trust as Positive Evaluation 39 2.2.2 The ‘Motivational’ Side of Trust 44 2.2.3 The Crucial Notion of ‘Goal’ 45 2.2.4 Trust Versus Trustworthiness 47 2.2.5 Two Main Components: Competence Versus Predictability 47 2.2.6 Trustworthiness (and trust) as Multidimensional Evaluative Profiles 49 2.2.7 The Inherently Attributional Nature of Trust 50 2.2.8 Trust, Positive Evaluation and Positive Expectation 52 2.3 Expectations: Their Nature and Cognitive Anatomy 54 2.3.1 Epistemic Goals and Activity 54 2.3.2 Content Goals 55 2.3.3 The Quantitative Aspects of Mental Attitudes 56 2.3.4 The Implicit Counterpart of Expectations 58 2.3.5 Emotional Response to Expectation is Specific: the Strength of Disappointment 58 2.3.6 Trust is not Reducible to a Positive Expectation 60 2.4 ‘No Danger’: Negative or Passive or Defensive Trust 60 2.5 Weakening the Belief-Base: Implicit Beliefs, Acceptances, and Trust by-Default 62 2.6 From Disposition to Action 64 2.6.1 Trust That and Trust in 66 2.6.2 Trust Pre-disposition and Disposition: From Potential to Actual Trust 67 2.6.3 The Decision and Act of Trust Implies the Decision to Rely on 69 2.7 Can we Decide to Trust? 72 2.8 Risk, Investment and Bet 73 2.8.1 ‘Risk’ Definition and Ontology 74 2.8.2 What Kinds of Taken Risks Characterize Trust Decisions? 76 2.9 Trust and Delegation 77 2.9.1 Trust in Different Forms of Delegation 79 2.9.2 Trust in Open Delegation Versus Trust in Closed Delegation 80 2.10 The Other Parts of the Relation: the Delegated Task and the Context 82 2.10.1 Why Does X Trust Y? 82 2.10.2 The Role of the Context/Environment in Trust 83 2.11 Genuine Social Trust: Trust and Adoption 84 2.11.1 Concern 88 2.11.2 How Expectations Generate (Entitled) Prescriptions: Towards ‘Betrayal’ 88 2.11.3 Super-Trust or Tutorial Trust 89 2.12 Resuming the Model 91 References 92 3 Socio-Cognitive Model of Trust: Quantitative Aspects 95 3.1 Degrees of Trust: a Principled Quantification of Trust 95 3.2 Relationships between Trust in Beliefs and Trust in Action and Delegation 97 3.3 A Belief-Based Degree of Trust 98 3.4 To Trust or Not to Trust: Degrees of Trust and Decision to Trust 101 3.5 Positive Trust is not Enough: a Variable Threshold for Risk Acceptance/Avoidance 107 3.6 Generalizing the Trust Decision to a Set of Agents 111 3.7 When Trust is Too Few or Too Much 112 3.7.1 Rational Trust 112 3.7.2 Over-Confidence and Over-Diffidence 112 3.8 Conclusions 114 References 115 4 The Negative Side: Lack of Trust, Implicit Trust, Mistrust, Doubts and Diffidence 117 4.1 From Lack of Trust to Diffidence: Not Simply a Matter of Degree 117 4.1.1 Mistrust as a Negative Evaluation 118 4.2 Lack of Trust 119 4.3 The Complete Picture 120 4.4 In Sum 121 4.5 Trust and Fear 122 4.6 Implicit and by Default Forms of Trust 122 4.6.1 Social by-Default Trust 124 4.7 Insufficient Trust 125 4.8 Trust on Credit: The Game of Ignorance 126 4.8.1 Control and Uncertainty 126 4.8.2 Conditional Trust 127 4.8.3 To Give or Not to Give Credit 127 4.8.4 Distrust as Not Giving Credit 129 References 131 5 The Affective and Intuitive Forms of Trust: The Confidence We Inspire 133 5.1 Two Forms of ‘Evaluation’ 134 5.2 The Dual Nature of Valence: Cognitive Evaluations Versus Intuitive Appraisal 134 5.3 Evaluations 135 5.3.1 Evaluations and Emotions 136 5.4 Appraisal 137 5.5 Relationships Between Appraisal and Evaluation 138 5.6 Trust as Feeling 140 5.7 Trust Disposition as an Emotion and Trust Action as an Impulse 141 5.8 Basing Trust on the Emotions of the Other 142 5.9 The Possible Affective Base of ‘Generalized Trust’ and ‘Trust Atmosphere’ 143 5.10 Layers and Paths 143 5.11 Conclusions About Trust and Emotions 144 References 145 6 Dynamics of Trust 147 6.1 Mental Ingredients in Trust Dynamics 148 6.2 Experience as an Interpretation Process: Causal Attribution for Trust 150 6.3 Changing the Trustee’s Trustworthiness 154 6.3.1 The Case of Weak Delegation 154 6.3.2 The Case of Strong Delegation 158 6.3.3 Anticipated Effects: A Planned Dynamics 161 6.4 The Dynamics of Reciprocal Trust and Distrust 164 6.5 The Diffusion of Trust: Authority, Example, Contagion, Web of Trust 168 6.5.1 Since Z Trusts Y, Also X Trusts Y 168 6.5.2 Since X Trusts Y, (by Analogy) Z Trusts W 173 6.5.3 Calculated Influence 173 6.6 Trust Through Transfer and Generalization 174 6.6.1 Classes of Tasks and Classes of Agents 175 6.6.2 Matching Agents’ Features and Tasks’ Properties 175 6.6.3 Formal Analysis 177 6.6.4 Generalizing to Different Tasks and Agents 178 6.6.5 Classes of Agents and Tasks 182 6.7 The Relativity of Trust: Reasons for Trust Crisis 184 6.8 Concluding Remarks 188 References 189 7 Trust, Control and Autonomy: A Dialectic Relationship 191 7.1 Trust and Control: A Complex Relationship 191 7.1.1 To Trust or to Control? Two Opposite Notions 192 7.1.2 What Control is 192 7.1.3 Control Replaces Trust and Trust Makes Control Superflous? 195 7.1.4 Trust Notions: Strict (Antagonist of Control) and Broad (Including Control) 196 7.1.5 Relying on Control and Bonds Requires Additional Trust: Three Party Trust 198 7.1.6 How Control Increases and Complements Trust 200 7.1.7 Two Kinds of Control 201 7.1.8 Filling the Gap between Doing/Action and Achieving/Results 203 7.1.9 The Dynamics 204 7.1.10 Control Kills Trust 205 7.1.11 Resuming the Relationships between Trust and Control 206 7.2 Adjusting Autonomy and Delegation on the Basis of Trust in Y 206 7.2.1 The Notion of Autonomy in Collaboration 209 7.2.2 Delegation/Adoption Theory 209 7.2.3 The Adjustment of Delegation/Adoption 213 7.2.4 Channels for the Bilateral Adjustments 222 7.2.5 Protocols for Control Adjustments 223 7.2.6 From Delegation Adjustment to Autonomy Adjustment 225 7.2.7 Adjusting Meta-Autonomy and Realization-Autonomy of the Trustee 225 7.2.8 Adjusting Autonomy by Modyfing Control 226 7.2.9 When to Adjust the Autonomy of the Agents 227 7.3 Conclusions 230 References 232 8 The Economic Reductionism and Trust (Ir)rationality 235 8.1 Irrational Basis for Trust? 236 8.1.1 Is Trust a Belief in the Other’s Irrationality? 236 8.2 Is Trust an ‘Optimistic’ and Irrational Attitude and Decision? 239 8.2.1 The Rose-Tinted Glasses of Trust 239 8.2.2 Risk Perception 246 8.3 Is Trust Just the Subjective Probability of the Favorable Event? 247 8.3.1 Is Trust Only about Predictability? A Very Bad Service but a Sure One 247 8.3.2 Probability Collapses Trust ‘that’ and ‘in’ 248 8.3.3 Probability Collapses Internal and External (Attributions of) Trust 248 8.3.4 Probability Misses the Active View of Trust 250 8.3.5 Probability or Plausibility? 250 8.3.6 Probability Reduction Exposes to Eliminative Behavior: Against Williamson 250 8.3.7 Probability Mixes up Various Kinds of Beliefs, Evaluations, Expectations about the Trustee and Their Mind 252 8.4 Trust in Game Theory: from Opportunism to Reciprocity 254 8.4.1 Limiting Trust to the Danger of Opportunistic Behavior 255 8.4.2 ‘To Trust’ is not ‘to Cooperate’ 255 8.5 Trust Game: A Procuste’s Bed for Trust Theory 256 8.6 Does Trust Presuppose Reciprocity? 258 8.7 The Varieties of Trust Responsiveness 260 8.8 Trusting as Signaling 260 8.9 Concluding Remarks 261 References 261 9 The Glue of Society 265 9.1 Why Trust is the ‘Glue of Society’ 265 9.2 Trust and Social Order 266 9.2.1 Trust Routinization 268 9.3 How the Action of Trust Acquires the Social Function of Creating Trust 268 9.4 From Micro to Macro: a Web of Trust 270 9.4.1 Local Repercussions 270 9.4.2 Trans-Local Repercussions 271 9.5 Trust and Contracts 272 9.5.1 Do Contracts Replace Trust? 272 9.5.2 Increasing Trust: from Intentions to Contracts 272 9.5.3 Negotiation and Pacts: Trust as Premise and Consequence 275 9.6 Is Trust Based on Norms? 275 9.6.1 Does Trust Create Trust and does There Exist a Norm of Reciprocating Trust? 277 9.7 Trust: The Catalyst of Institutions 278 9.7.1 The Radical Trust Crisis: Institutional Deconstruction 279 References 279 10 On the Trustee’s Side: Trust As Relational Capital 281 10.1 Trust and Relational Capital 282 10.2 Cognitive Model of Being Trusted 284 10.2.1 Objective and Subjective Dependence 285 10.2.2 Dependence and Negotiation Power 289 10.2.3 Trust Role in Dependence Networks 292 10.3 Dynamics of Relational Capital 297 10.3.1 Increasing, Decreasing and Transferring 297 10.3.2 Strategic Behavior of the Trustee 300 10.4 From Trust Relational Capital to Reputational Capital 301 10.5 Conclusions 302 References 302 11 A Fuzzy Implementation for the Socio-Cognitive Approach to Trust 305 11.1 Using a Fuzzy Approach 306 11.2 Scenarios 306 11.3 Belief Sources 307 11.4 Building Belief Sources 307 11.4.1 A Note on Self-Trust 309 11.5 Implementation with Nested FCMs 310 11.6 Converging and Diverging Belief Sources 311 11.7 Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Sources 312 11.8 Modeling Beliefs and Sources 312 11.9 Overview of the Implementation 313 11.9.1 A Note on Fuzzy Values 315 11.10 Description of the Model 316 11.11 Running the Model 316 11.12 Experimental Setting 317 11.12.1 Routine Visit Scenario 317 11.12.2 Emergency Visit Scenario 319 11.12.3 Trustfulness and Decision 320 11.12.4 Experimental Discussion 321 11.12.5 Evaluating the Behavior of the FCMs 322 11.12.6 Personality Factors 322 11.13 Learning Mechanisms 323 11.13.1 Implicit Revision 324 11.13.2 Explicit Revision 324 11.13.3 A Taxonomy of Possible Revisions 325 11.14 Contract Nets for Evaluating Agent Trustworthiness 326 11.14.1 Experimental Setting 326 11.14.2 Delegation Strategies 327 11.14.3 The Contract Net Structure 328 11.14.4 Performing a Task 329 11.14.5 FCMs for Trust 329 11.14.6 Experiments Description 330 11.14.7 Using Partial Knowledge: the Strength of a Cognitive Analysis 333 11.14.8 Results Discussion 339 11.14.9 Comparison with Other Existing Models and Conclusions 341 References 342 12 Trust and Technology 343 12.1 Main Difference Between Security and Trust 344 12.2 Trust Models and Technology 345 12.2.1 Logical Approaches 346 12.2.2 Computational Approach 347 12.2.3 Different Kinds of Sources 347 12.2.4 Centralized Reputation Mechanisms 348 12.2.5 Decentralized Reputation Mechanisms 349 12.2.6 Different Kinds of Metrics 350 12.2.7 Other Models and Approaches to Trust in the Computational Framework 351 12.3 Concluding Remarks 354 References 354 13 Concluding Remarks and Pointers 359 13.1 Against Reductionism 359 13.2 Neuro-Trust and the Need for a Theoretical Model 360 13.3 Trust, Institutions, Politics (Some Pills of Reflection) 361 13.3.1 For Italy (All’Italia) 362 References 363 Index 365
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John Wiley & Sons Inc High Performance Heterogeneous Computing
Book SynopsisAn analytical overview of the state of the art, open problems, and future trends in heterogeneous parallel and distributed computing This book provides an overview of the ongoing academic research, development, and uses of heterogeneous parallel and distributed computing in the context of scientific computing. Presenting the state of the art in this challenging and rapidly evolving area, the book is organized in five distinct parts: Heterogeneous Platforms: Taxonomy, Typical Uses, and Programming Issues Performance Models of Heterogeneous Platforms and Design of Heterogeneous Algorithms Performance: Implementation and Software Applications Future Tre High Performance Heterogeneous Computing is a valuablereference for researchers and practitioners in the area of high performance heterogeneous computing. It also serves as an excellent supplemental text for graduate and postgraduate courses in related aTrade Review"A graduate and postgraduate text or ... a reference for researchers and practitioners in the high performance heterogeneous computing field." (Book News, December 2009)Table of ContentsPREFACE. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. PART I HETEROGENEOUS PLATFORMS: TAXONOMY, TYPICAL USES, AND PROGRAMMING ISSUES. 1. Heterogeneous Platforms and Their Uses. 1.1 Taxonomy of Heterogeneous Platforms. 1.2 Vendor-Designed Heterogeneous Systems. 1.3 Heterogeneous Clusters. 1.4 Local Network of Computers (LNC). 1.5 Global Network of Computers (GNC). 1.6 Grid-Based Systems. 1.7 Other Heterogeneous Platforms. 1.8 Typical Uses of Heterogeneous Platforms. 1.8.1 Traditional Use. 1.8.2 Parallel Computing. 1.8.3 Distributed Computing. 2. Programming Issues. 2.1 Performance. 2.2 Fault Tolerance. 2.3 Arithmetic Heterogeneity. PART II PERFORMANCE MODELS OF HETEROGENEOUS PLATFORMS AND DESIGN OF HETEROGENEOUS ALGORITHMS. 3. Distribution of Computations with Constant Performance Models of Heterogeneous Processors. 3.1 Simplest Constant Performance Model of Heterogeneous Processors and Optimal Distribution of Independent Units of Computation with This Model. 3.2 Data Distribution Problems with Constant Performance Models of Heterogeneous Processors. 3.3 Partitioning Well-Ordered Sets with Constant Performance Models of Heterogeneous Processors. 3.4 Partitioning Matrices with Constant Performance Models of Heterogeneous Processors. 4. Distribution of Computations with Nonconstant Performance Models of Heterogeneous Processors. 4.1 Functional Performance Model of Heterogeneous Processors. 4.2 Data Partitioning with the Functional Performance Model of Heterogeneous Processors. 4.3 Other Nonconstant Performance Models of Heterogeneous Processors. 4.3.1 Stepwise Functional Model. 4.3.2 Functional Model with Limits on Task Size. 4.3.3 Band Model. 5. Communication Performance Models for High-Performance Heterogeneous Platforms. 5.1 Modeling the Communication Performance for Scientific Computing: The Scope of Interest. 5.2 Communication Models for Parallel Computing on Heterogeneous Clusters. 5.3 Communication Performance Models for Local and Global Networks of Computers. 6. Performance Analysis of Heterogeneous Algorithms. 6.1 Efficiency Analysis of Heterogeneous Algorithms. 6.2 Scalability Analysis of Heterogeneous Algorithms. PART III PERFORMANCE: IMPLEMENTATION AND SOFTWARE. 7. Implementation Issues. 7.1 Portable Implementation of Heterogeneous Algorithms and Self-Adaptable Applications. 7.2 Performance Models of Heterogeneous Platforms: Estimation of Parameters. 7.2.1 Estimation of Constant Performance Models of Heterogeneous Processors. 7.2.2 Estimation of Functional and Band Performance Models of Heterogeneous Processors. 7.2.3 Benchmarking of Communication Operations. 7.3 Performance Models of Heterogeneous Algorithms and Their Use in Applications and Programming Systems. 7.4 Implementation of Homogeneous Algorithms for Heterogeneous Platforms. 8. Programming Systems for High-Performance Heterogeneous Computing. 8.1 Parallel Programming Systems for Heterogeneous Platforms. 8.2 Traditional Parallel Programming Systems. 8.2.1 Message-Passing Programming Systems. 8.2.2 Linda. 8.2.3 HPF. 8.3 Heterogeneous Parallel Programming Systems. 8.4 Distributed Programming Systems. 8.4.1 NetSolve. 8.4.2 Nimrod. 8.4.3 Java. 8.4.4 GridRPC. PART IV APPLICATIONS. 9. Numerical Linear Algebra Software for Heterogeneous Clusters. 9.1 HeteroPBLAS: Introduction and User Interface. 9.2 HeteroPBLAS: Software Design. 9.3 Experiments with HeteroPBLAS. 10. Parallel Processing of Remotely Sensed Hyperspectral Images on Heterogeneous Clusters. 10.1 Hyperspectral Imaging: Introduction and Parallel Techniques. 10.2 A Parallel Algorithm for Analysis of Hyperspectral Images and Its Implementation for Heterogeneous Clusters. 10.3 Experiments with the Heterogeneous Hyperspectral Imaging Application. 10.4 Conclusion. 11. Simulation of the Evolution of Clusters of Galaxies on Heterogeneous Computational Grids. 11.1 Hydropad: A Simulator of Galaxies’ Evolution. 11.2 Enabling Hydropad for Grid Computing. 11.2.1 GridRPC Implementation of the Hydropad. 11.2.2 Experiments with the GridSolve-Enabled Hydropad. 11.3 SmartGridSolve and Hydropad. 11.3.1 SmartGridSolve Implementation of the Hydropad. 11.3.2 Experiments with the SmartGridSolve-Enabled Hydropad. 11.4 Acknowledgment. PART V FUTURE TRENDS. 12. Future Trends in Computing. 12.1 Introduction. 12.2 Computational Resources. 12.2.1 Complex and Heterogeneous Parallel Systems. 12.2.2 Intel-ization of the Processor Landscape. 12.2.3 New Architectures on the Horizon. 12.3 Applications. 12.4 Software. 12.5 Some Important Concepts for the Future. 12.5.1 Heterogeneous Hardware Environments. 12.5.2 Software Architecture. 12.5.3 Open Source. 12.5.4 New Applications. 12.5.5 Verification and Validation. 12.5.6 Data. 12.6 2009 and Beyond. REFERENCES. APPENDICES. Appendix A Appendix to Chapter 3. A.1 Proof of Proposition 3.1. A.2 Proof of Proposition 3.5. Appendix B Appendix to Chapter 4. B.1 Proof of Proposition 4.1. B.2 Proof of Proposition 4.2. B.3 Proof of Proposition 4.3. B.4 Functional Optimization Problem with Optimal Solution, Locally Nonoptimal. INDEX.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Wideband Beamforming
Book SynopsisThis book provides an excellent reference for all professionals working in the area of array signal processing and its applications in wireless communications. Wideband beamforming has advanced with the increasing bandwidth in wireless communications and the development of ultra wideband (UWB) technology.Table of ContentsAbout the Series Editors vii Preface xiii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Array Signal Processing 1 1.2 Narrowband Beamforming 4 1.3 Wideband Beamforming 7 1.4 Wideband Beam Steering 11 1.4.1 Beam Steering for Narrowband Arrays 12 1.4.2 Beam Steering for Wideband Arrays 13 1.4.3 A Unified Interpretation 17 1.5 Summary 18 2 Adaptive Wideband Beamforming 19 2.1 Reference Signal-Based Beamformer 19 2.1.1 Least Mean Square Algorithm 20 2.1.2 Normalized Least Mean Square Algorithm 22 2.1.3 Recursive Least Squares Algorithm 23 2.1.4 Comparison of Computational Complexities 24 2.1.5 Frequency-Domain and Subband Adaptive Algorithms 26 2.1.6 Simulations 26 2.2 Linearly Constrained Minimum Variance Beamforming 28 2.2.1 A Simple Formulation of Constraints 29 2.2.2 Optimum Solution to the LCMV Problem 30 2.2.3 Frost’s Algorithm for LCMV Beamforming 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Reconstruction of the Fullband Beamformer 79 3.3.4 Simulations 79 3.4 Subband Adaptive GSC 82 3.4.1 Structure 82 3.4.2 Analysis of the Computational Complexity 82 3.4.3 Reconstruction of the Fullband Beamformer 83 3.4.4 Simulations 83 3.5 Temporally/Spatially Subband-Selective Beamforming 84 3.5.1 Partially Adaptive GSC 85 3.5.2 Temporally/Spatially Subband-Selective Blocking Matrix 87 3.5.3 Temporally/Spatially Subband-Selective Transformation Matrix 95 3.5.4 Application to Subband Adaptive GSC 98 3.5.5 Extension to the General Subband Adaptive Beamforming Structure 100 3.5.6 Simulations 103 3.6 Frequency-Domain Adaptive Beamforming 105 3.6.1 Frequency-Domain Formulation 106 3.6.2 Constrained Frequency-Domain Adaptive Algorithm 108 3.6.3 Frequency-Domain GSC 109 3.6.4 Simulations 111 3.7 Transform-Domain Adaptive Beamforming 112 3.7.1 Transform-Domain GSC 113 3.7.2 Subband-Selective Transform-Domain GSC 115 3.7.3 Simulations 115 3.8 Summary 118 4 Design of Fixed Wideband Beamformers 119 4.1 Iterative Optimization 119 4.1.1 Traditional Methods 119 4.1.2 Convex Optimization 120 4.2 The Least Squares Approach 126 4.2.1 Standard Formulation 126 4.2.2 Constrained Least Squares 128 4.3 The Eigenfilter Approach 131 4.3.1 Standard Approach 132 4.3.2 Maximum Energy 137 4.3.3 Total Least Squares 139 4.4 Summary 142 5 Frequency Invariant Beamforming 143 5.1 Introduction 143 5.2 Design Based on Multi-Dimensional Inverse Fourier Transform 144 5.2.1 Continuous Sensor and Signals 144 5.2.2 Discrete Sensors and Signals 151 5.2.3 Design Examples 155 5.2.4 Further Generalization to the FIB Design 163 5.3 Subband Design of Frequency Invariant Beamformers 167 5.3.1 First Implementation 169 5.3.2 Second Implementation–Scaled Aperture 173 5.3.3 Design Examples 175 5.4 Frequency Invariant Beamforming for Circular Arrays 176 5.4.1 Phase Mode Processing 177 5.4.2 FIB Design 181 5.4.3 Design Example 181 5.5 Direct Optimization for Frequency Invariant Beamforming 182 5.5.1 Convex Optimization 182 5.5.2 Least Squares 185 5.5.3 Eigenfilter 186 5.6 Beamspace Adaptive Wideband Beamforming 188 5.6.1 Structure 188 5.6.2 Analysis of the Beamspace Adaptive Method 190 5.6.3 Design of Independent FIBs 192 5.6.4 Simulations 193 5.7 Summary 197 6 Blind Wideband Beamforming 199 6.1 Blind Source Separation 199 6.1.1 Introduction 199 6.1.2 A Blind Source Extraction Example 201 6.2 Blind Wideband Beamforming 204 6.3 Blind Beamforming Based on Frequency Invariant Transformation 206 6.3.1 Structure 207 6.3.2 The Algorithm 208 6.3.3 Simulations 208 6.4 Summary 211 7 Wideband Beamforming with Sensor Delay-Lines 213 7.1 Sensor Delay-Line Based Structures 213 7.1.1 Introduction 213 7.1.2 Wideband Response of the SDL-Based Structure 217 7.2 Frequency Invariant Beamforming 218 7.2.1 2-D Arrays 220 7.2.2 3-D Arrays 224 7.3 Adaptive Beamforming 228 7.3.1 Reference Signal Based Beamformer 229 7.3.2 Linearly Constrained Minimum Variance Beamformer 230 7.3.3 Discussions 232 7.3.4 Simulations 233 7.4 Beamspace Adaptive Beamforming 235 7.4.1 Structure 235 7.4.2 Simulations 236 7.5 Summary 238 8 Wideband Beamforming for Multipath Signals 239 8.1 The Wideband Multipath Problem 240 8.2 Approach Based on a Narrowband Beamformer 241 8.2.1 Structure 241 8.2.2 Simulations 243 8.3 Approach Based on Blind Source Separation 246 8.3.1 Structure 246 8.3.2 Simulations 247 8.4 MIMO System 249 8.4.1 Evolution to a MIMO System 250 8.4.2 MIMO Beamforming and Equalization 252 8.5 Summary 254 Appendix A: Matrix Approximation 255 Appendix B: Differentiation with Respect to a Vector 259 Appendix C: Genetic Algorithm 261 C. 1 The Principle 261 C.1. 1 Chromosome Representation 261 C.1. 2 Parent Selection 262 C.1. 3 Genetic Operation 262 C.1. 4 Fitness Evaluation 263 C.1. 5 Initialization 263 C.1. 6 Termination 263 C. 2 Design Example in Section 3.5.2 264 Bibliography 267 Index 283
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Book SynopsisNonclinical Safety Assessment Nonclinical Safety Assessment A Guide to International Pharmaceutical Regulations Bringing a new drug to market is a costly time-consuming process. Increased regional and international regulation over the last twenty years, while necessary, has only served to amplify these costs. In response to this escalation, developmental strategies have shifted towards a more global approach. In order to create the most cost-effective and safe processes, it is critical for those bringing drugs to market to understand both the globally accepted regulations and the local variations. Nonclinical Safety Assessment: A Guide to International Pharmaceutical Regulations provides a practical description of nonclinical drug development regulations and requirements in the major market regions. It includes: ICH the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Trade Review“As a toxicologist with a quarter-century of experience in pharmaceutical drug development, I found the reading of this book thoroughly enjoyable and useful.” (British Toxicology Society Newsletter, 1 October 2013) Table of ContentsList of Contributors xvii Preface xix Part I International Regulations and Nonclinical Studies for Pharmaceuticals 1 1 Introduction 3 Kathy M. McGown and William J. Brock 1.1 The Global Pharmaceutical Market 6 1.2 Looking to the Future 9 1.3 Legal and Regulatory Considerations in Drug Development 10 1.4 The Drug Development Process – General Considerations 12 2 ICH: History and Nonclinical Guidances 17 Jan-Willem van der Laan and Kenneth L. Hastings 2.1 Introduction 17 2.2 Organization of the ICH 19 2.3 The ICH Process 20 2.4 Animal Welfare and Alternative Methods 22 2.5 ICH M3 23 2.6 New Initiatives and Topics 24 3 Food and Drug Administration: Nonclinical Program and Pharmaceutical Approval 27 William J. Brock and Kenneth L. Hastings 3.1 Legislative Authority of the FDA 27 3.2 Nonclinical Drug Development and the FDA 31 3.3 Nonclinical Testing: General Conditions and Considerations 34 3.4 Toxicity Testing: Small Molecules and Traditional Pharmaceuticals 34 3.5 Toxicity Testing of Pharmaceuticals – The General Approach 35 3.6 First-in-Human Dosing: Results from Nonclinical Studies 37 4 Nonclinical Pharmaceutical Development in MERCOSUR and Brazil 41 Cristiana Leslie Corr^ea, Giuliana Selmi, and Flavio Ailton Duque Zambrone 4.1 Introduction 41 4.2 MERCOSUR 41 4.3 Brazil 44 5 Nonclinical Safety Assessment: Canada 57 Jamie L. Doran and Mark T. Goldberg 5.1 Introduction 57 5.2 Organization of Health Canada 58 5.3 The Regulatory Framework for Drug Approval in Canada 60 5.4 Nonclinical Assessment in Canada 64 5.5 Clinical Trial Applications 70 5.6 Special Regulatory Considerations 74 6 European Pharmaceutical Regulation – Nonclinical Testing Requirements 79 Adam Woolley and Jan Willem van der Laan 6.1 Introduction 79 6.2.1 Overview 82 6.3 Nonclinical Testing in the Support of Clinical Trials 86 6.4 Overview 96 7 South Africa 99 Fariza Feraoun and Malik Feraoun 7.1 Introduction 99 7.2 Country Information 100 7.3 The Regulatory Aspects 101 7.4 The Nonclinical Safety Assessment 109 7.5 Conclusion 114 8 Asia Pacific: China 117 Lijie Fu and Qingli Wang 8.1 Introduction 117 8.2 History of Drug Administration 118 8.3 The Provisions for Drug Registration 122 8.4 The SFDA 123 8.5 The SFDA Affiliated Organizations 123 8.6 General Registration Procedures 125 8.7 Pharmaceutical Application 125 8.8 Import Drug Application 127 8.9 Testing Guidelines and Safety Evaluation 129 8.10 GLP Compliance in China 131 8.11 Animal Welfare Requirements 133 9 Pharmaceutical Regulations for Nonclinical Safety Assessment in Japan 135 Kazuichi Nakamura and Osamu Fueki 9.1 History of Regulation for Nonclinical Safety Assessment in Japan 135 9.2 Approval Application of New Drugs in Japan 136 9.3 Current Nonclinical Safety Guidelines Available in Japan 139 9.4 Current Trends of Conduct of Nonclinical Safety Evaluation in Japan 139 9.5 Safety Assessment of Unapproved Drugs 142 9.6 Necessity of 3Rs (Reduction/Refinement/Replacement) of Animal Studies 142 9.7 Attitude of Japanese Pharmaceutical Companies and the Regulatory Agency toward Nonclinical Safety Assessment 142 10 Indian Regulatory Process for Nonclinical Drug Development 145 K.S. Rao and S. Natesan 10.1 Introduction 145 10.2 Drug Development 146 10.3 Quality Systems 147 10.4 Nonclinical Drug Development – Key Regulatory Requirements 148 10.5 Nonclinical Safety Assessment – Key Approval Requirements 149 10.6 Data Required for Clinical Study Approval 151 10.7 Animal Toxicology 154 10.8 Animal Pharmacology 166 10.9 Safety Assessment Requirements: Indian Schedule Yand International Guidelines 168 10.10 Good Laboratory Practice Quality System in India 168 10.11 Safety Assessment Test Facilities in India 171 10.12 Investigational New Drug Application for Undertaking Clinical Trials 173 11 Asia Pacific: Australia 175 Douglas Francis 11.1 Introduction 175 11.2 Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) 176 11.3 Clinical Trials in Australia 183 11.4 Nonclinical Data to Support the Conduct of Clinical Trials in Australia and Marketing Application to the TGA 188 Part II Toxicology Studies Supporting Clinical Development 197 12 Repeated-Dose Toxicity Studies in Nonclinical Drug Development 199 Shana Azri-Meehan and Louise Latriano 12.1 Introduction 199 12.2 General Considerations 200 12.3 Study Design Considerations 205 12.4 Study Observations and Assessments 211 13 Evaluation of Potential Carcinogenicity 219 James A. Popp and Matthew S. Bogdanffy 13.1 Introduction 219 13.2 Preparation for the Carcinogenicity Study 223 13.3 Elements of the Protocol/Study Plan 228 13.4 Study Performance 241 13.5 Alternative Models to Evaluate Potential Carcinogenicity in Lieu of a 2-Year Mouse Study 244 13.6 Special Consideration for Carcinogenicity Evaluation of Biotherapeutics 247 13.7 Regulatory Implications of a Study Identifying an Animal Carcinogenic Response 248 13.8 Interpreting the Relevance of Positive Results for Human Safety 249 13.9 Communicating the Results in the Product Label 251 14 Genetic Toxicology 255 Mark W. Powley 14.1 Background 255 14.2 Regulations Guiding Drug Development 256 14.3 Genotoxic Impurities 261 14.4 Regulatory Decision Making 263 15 Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology 265 Robert M. Parker and Raymond G. York 15.1 Introduction 265 15.2 Standard Reproduction and Developmental Toxicity Study Designs 266 15.3 Timing of Preclinical Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity Studies 273 15.4 Based on Disease Indication 275 15.5 Based on Pharmaceutical Characteristic 279 15.6 Other Reasons to Conduct Preclinical Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity Studies 291 15.7 Excipients 293 15.8 Conclusion 293 16 Juvenile Animal Toxicity Studies: Regulatory Expectations, Decision Strategies and Role in Paediatric Drug Development 297 Melissa S. Tassinari, Luc M. De Schaepdrijver, and Mark E. Hurtt 16.1 Introduction 297 16.2 Regulatory Environment 298 16.3 Relevance and Place in Drug Development 302 16.4 Strategies for Decision Making: When are Studies Needed and Appropriate? 304 16.5 Case Studies: Application of Data Review and Decision Making 307 16.6 Summary 309 17 Immunotoxicology 313 Leigh Ann Burns-Naas and Marc J. Pallardy 17.1 Introduction 313 17.2 Regulatory Expectations for the Immunotoxicology Evaluation of Pharmaceuticals 314 17.3 Special Considerations 335 17.4 Summary 342 References 342 18 Nonclinical Safety Assessment: Biotechnology-Derived Pharmaceuticals 347 Christopher E. Ellis, Melanie T. Hartsough, Martin D. Green, and Hanan Ghantous 18.1 Introduction 347 18.2 Unique Characteristics of Biopharmaceuticals 348 18.3 Species Selection 349 18.4 Immunogenicity 356 18.5 Biological Activity/Pharmacodynamics 358 18.6 Pharmacokinetics/Toxicokinetics 359 18.7 Nonclinical Safety Assessment 362 18.8 Tissue Cross-Reactivity (TCR) 371 18.9 Clinical Starting Dose Selection for Biopharmaceuticals 373 18.10 Comparability 375 19 International Safety Regulations for Vaccine Development 381 Robert V. House 19.1 Introduction 381 19.2 What "Toxicities" have been Attributed to Vaccination? 381 19.3 How Vaccines are (Slightly) Different from Other Biopharmaceuticals 383 19.4 Regulatory Framework for Assessing Safety of Vaccines 383 19.5 Parameters Monitored 387 19.6 Clinical Safety Assessment of Vaccines 389 19.7 Summary 390 20 Phototoxicity and Photocarcinogenicity 393 Robert E. Osterberg, Christopher P. Sambuco, and Paul Donald Forbes 20.1 History of Phototoxicity, Photocarcinogenicity and Photogenotoxicity Testing at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 393 20.2 FDA Photosafety Testing Guidance 397 20.3 Status of In Vivo Testing for Photocarcinogenesis 417 20.4 Photocarcinogenesis Study Designs 418 20.5 Photo Co-Carcinogenesis 418 20.6 Future Testing Concepts, with Emphasis on Biomarkers 423 21 Degradants, Impurities, Excipients and Metabolites 431 Robert E. Osterberg and Mark W. Powley 21.1 Degradants, Impurities, and Excipients 431 21.2 Metabolites 442 References 446 Index 449
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Book SynopsisWith continued discoveries and innovations, the field of materials synthesis and processing remains as it has been for many decades, a vibrant and fertile area for research and development.Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction xi SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING BY THE SPARK PLASMA METHOD Simulation of Contact Resistances Influence on Temperature Distribution during SPS Experiments 3 A. Cincotti, A. M. Locci, R. Orrù, and G. Cao Spark-Plasma-Sintering (SPS) Processsing of High Strength Transparent MgAI204 Spinel Polycrystals 19 Koji Morita, Byung-Nam Kim, Hidehiro Yoshida, and Keijiro Hiraga Consolidation of Carbon with Amorphous-Graphite Transformation by SPS 31 Naoki Toyofuku, Megumi Nishimoto, Kazuki Arayama, Yasuhiro Kodera, Manshi Ohyanagi, and Zuhair A. Munir Spark Plasma Sintering of Nanostructured Ceramic Materials with Potential Magnetoelectricity 41 C. Correas, R. Jiménez, T. Hungría, H. Amorin, J. Ricote, E. Vila, M. Algueró, A. Castro, and J. Galy Sintering and Properties of Nanometric Functional Oxides 55 Dat V. Quach, Sangtae Kim, Manfred Martin, and Zuhair A. Munir Spark Plasma Sintering Mechanisms in Si3N4-Based Materials 63 M. Belmonte, J. Gonzalez-Julian, P. Miranzo, and M.I. Osendi Consolidation of SiC with BN through MA-SPS Method 71 Yasuhiro Kodera, Naoki Toyofuku, Ryousuke Shirai, Manshi Ohyanagi, and Zuhair A. Munir Fabrication of Dense Zr-, Hf- and Ta-Based Ultra High Temperature Ceramics by Combining Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis and Spark Plasma Sintering 81 Roberta Licheri, Roberto Orrù, Clara Musa, Antonio Mario Locci, and Giacomo Cao NOVEL, GREEN, AND STRATEGIC PROCESSING Microwave Sintering of Mullite and Mullite-Zirconia Composites 95 Subhadip Bodhak, Susmita Bose, and Amit Bandyopadhyay Idle Time and Gelation Behavior in Gelcasting Process of PSZ in Acrylamide System 105 Nasim Sahraei Khanghah and Mohammad-Ali Faghihi-Sani Characterization of the Mesoporous Amorphous Silica in the Fresh Water Sponge Cauxi 115 Ralf Keding, Martin Jensen, and Yuanzheng Yue Novel Chemistry-Modification Approach for Synthesis of SiAION from Fly Ash 131 J. P. Kelly, J. R. Varner, W. M. Carty, and V. R. Amarakoon Patterning of Closed Pores Utilizing the Superplastically Foaming Method 143 A. Kishimoto, Y. Nishino, and H. Hayashi The Research of Materials Life Cycle Assessment 153 ZuoRen Nie, Feng Gao, XianZheng Gong, ZhiHong Wang, and TieYong Zuo Modeling Dual and MgO Saturated EAF Slag Chemistry 167 Kyei-Sing Kwong, James Bennett, Rick Krabbe, Art Petty, and Hugh Thomas ADVANCED POWDER PROCESSING Aqueous Processing of TiC Preforms for Advanced Cermet Preparation 181 R. Bradley Collier and Kevin P. Plucknet The Effect of Precipitator Types on the Synthesis of La2Zr207 Powders by Chemical Coprecipitation Method 189 Jing Wang, Shuxin Bai, Hong Zhang, and Changrui Zhang The Study of Prepration of Blue V-Zircon Pigment by Using Zircon and Sulphuric Acid 197 M. Riahi and M.A. Faghihi Sani Preparation of Blue-Ceramic Pigments by Reaction Bonding 207 Enrique Rocha-Rangel, Imelda Villanueva-Baltazar, Lucia Téllez-Jurado, and Elizabeth Refugio-García Colloidal Characterization and Aqueous Gel Casting of Barium Titanate Ceramics 215 Cameron D. Munro and Kevin P. Plucknett Dispersion and Fluidity of Aqueous Aluminium Titanate Slurry by Addition of Titanate Aqueous Solution 227 Seizo Obata, Yoshiyuki Iwata, Hisanori Yokoyama, Osamu Sakurada, Minoru Hashiba, and Yasutaka Takahashi Author Index 235
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Book SynopsisComplete guidelines to developing and maintaining the most effective, environment-friendly irrigation systems for golf coursesGolf Course Irrigation offers valuable insight on the design, installation, management, and maintenance of irrigation systems-the most important management tool used on today''s golf courses. Without manufacturers'' bias, this useful resource provides hands-on guidance to the highest quality irrigation systems, including specifications and applications of the best pump stations, controllers, sprinkler heads, nozzles, valves, sensors, and other components that make the difference in top-quality irrigation systems.Typically regarded as significant users of water, golf courses are under increasing scrutiny by governmental and environmental groups, making it essential that the up-to-date information found here-on such topics as water supply, plant irrigation requirements, application uniformity, and construction management-be atTable of ContentsPreface vii 1 Plant Irrigation Requirements 1 2 Water Supply: Quantity and Quality 15 3 Pump Stations 29 4 Materials 61 5 Design 129 6 Construction Management 253 7 Installation 305 8 Conservation 413 Glossary 419 Appendix: Tables and Charts 423 Standards 439 Index 441
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Communication and Control in Electric Power
Book SynopsisThe first extensive reference on these important techniques The restructuring of the electric utility industry has created the need for a mechanism that can effectively coordinate the various entities in a power market, enabling them to communicate efficiently and perform at an optimal level. Communication and Control in Electric Power Systems, the first resource to address its subject in an extended format, introduces parallel and distributed processing techniques as a compelling solution to this critical problem. Drawing on their years of experience in the industry, Mohammad Shahidehpour and Yaoyu Wang deliver comprehensive coverage of parallel and distributed processing techniques with a focus on power system optimization, control, and communication. The authors begin with theoretical background and an overview of the increasingly deregulated power market, then move quickly into the practical applications and implementations of these pivotal techniques. ChapTable of ContentsPreface. 1. Introduction. 2. Parallel and Distributed Processing of Power Systems. 3. Information System for Control Centers. 4. Common Information Model and Middleware for Integration. 5. Parallel and Distributed Load Flow Computation. 6. Parallel and Distributed Load Flow of Distribution Systems. 7. Parallel and Distributed State Estimation. 8. Distributed Power System Security Analysis. 9. Hierarchical and Distributed Control of Voltage/VAR. 10. Transmission Congestion Management Based on Multi-Agent Theory. 11. Integration, Control, and Operation of Distributed Generation. 12. Special Topics in Power System Information System. Appendix A. Example System Data. Appendix B. Measurement Data for Distributed State Estimation. Appendix C. IEEE-30 Bus System Data. Appendix D. Acronyms. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Queueing Networks and Markov Chains
Book SynopsisCritically acclaimed text for computer performance analysis--now in its second edition The Second Edition of this now-classic text provides a current and thorough treatment of queueing systems, queueing networks, continuous and discrete-time Markov chains, and simulation. Thoroughly updated with new content, as well as new problems and worked examples, the text offers readers both the theory and practical guidance needed to conduct performance and reliability evaluations of computer, communication, and manufacturing systems. Starting with basic probability theory, the text sets the foundation for the more complicated topics of queueing networks and Markov chains, using applications and examples to illustrate key points. Designed to engage the reader and build practical performance analysis skills, the text features a wealth of problems that mirror actual industry challenges. New features of the Second Edition include: * Chapter examinTrade Review"I can recommend this book as text for a course in queuing theory or performance analysis...also an excellent research book to have on the shelf or in the library." (Technometrics, February 2007) "A valuable addition to the libraries of experienced practitioners, and an excellent course resource for students." (CHOICE, November 2006) “Thoroughly updated with new content, as well as new problems and worked examples…” (Zentralblatt MATH, April 2007) Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. 1. Introduction. 1.1 Motivation. 1.2 Methodological Background. 1.3 Basics of Probability and Statistics. 2. Markov Chains. 2.1 Markov Processes. 2.2 Performance Measures. 2.3 Generation Methods. 3. Steady-State Solutions of Markov Chains. 3.1 Solution for a Birth Death Process. 3.2 Matrix-Geometric Method: Quasi-Birth-Death Process. 3.3 Hessenberg Matrix: Non-Markovian Queues. 3.4 Numerical Solution: Direct Methods. 3.5 Numerical Solution: Iterative Methods. 3.6 Comparison of Numerical Solution Methods. 4. Steady-State Aggregation/Disaggregation Methods. 4.1 Courtois' Approximate Method. 4.2 Takahashi's Iterative Method. 5. Transient Solution of Markov Chains. 5.1 Transient Analysis Using Exact Methods. 5.2 Aggregation of Stiff Markov Chains. 6. Single Station Queueing Systems. 6.1 Notation. 6.2 Markovian Queues. 6.3 Non-Markovian Queues. 6.4 Priority Queues. 6.5 Asymmetric Queues. 6.6 Queues with Batch Service and Batch Arrivals. 6.7 Retrial Queues. 6.8 Special Classes of Point Arrival Processes. 7. Queueing Networks. 7.1 Definitions and Notation. 7.2 Performance Measures. 7.3 Product-Form Queueing Networks. 8. Algorithms for Product-Form Networks. 8.1 The Convolution Algorithm. 8.2 The Mean Value Analysis. 8.3 Flow Equivalent Server Method. 8.4 Summary. 9. Approximation Algorithms for Product-Form Networks. 9.1 Approximations Based on the MVA. 9.2 Summation Method. 9.3 Bottapprox Method. 9.4 Bounds Analysis. 9.5 Summary. 10. Algorithms for Non-Product-Form Networks. 10.1 Nonexponential Distributions. 10.2 Different Service Times at FCFS Nodes. 10.3 Priority Networks. 10.4 Simultaneous Resource Possession. 10.5 Prograrns with Internal Concurrency. 10.6 Parallel Processing. 10.7 Networks with Asymmetric Nodes. 10.8 Networks with Blocking. 10.9 Networks with Batch Service. 11. Discrete-Event Simulation. 11.1 Introduction to Simulation. 11.2 Simulative or Analytic Solution? 11.3 Classification of Simulation Models. 11.4 Classification of Tools in DES. 11.5 The Role of Probability and Statistics in Simulation. 11.6 Applications. 12. Performance Analysis Tools. 12.1 PEPSY. 12.2 SPNP. 12. 3 MOSEL-2. 12.4 SHARPE. 12.5 Characteristics of Some Tools. 13. Applications. 13.1 Case Studies of Queueing Networks. 13.2 Case Studies of Markov Chains. 13.3 Case Studies of Hierarchical Models. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.
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