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Download this eBook Transport and Logistics in a Globalizing World
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Transport and Logistics in a Globalizing World


Ilaria Mariotti


Globalization of the economy, fragmentation of the production process, increasing externalization of TNCs activities through their global value chains and the widespread adoption of Just-in-Time have increased the flows of raw materials, intermediate goods and finished...

Publication date: 2014-09-26
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Download this eBook Thermo-Magnetic Systems for Space Nuclear Reactors
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Thermo-Magnetic Systems for Space Nuclear Reactors


Carlos O. Maidana


Introduces the reader to engineering magnetohydrodynamics applications and presents a comprehensive guide of how to approach different problems found in this multidisciplinary field.An introduction to engineering magnetohydrodynamics, this brief focuses heavily on the...

Publication date: 2014-09-16
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Download this eBook Perfecting Engineering and Technical Drawing
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Perfecting Engineering and Technical Drawing


Ron Hanifan


This concise reference helps readers avoid the most commonplace errors in generating or interpreting engineering drawings. Applicable across multiple disciplines, Hanifan’s lucid treatment of such essential skills as understanding and conveying data in a drawing,...

Publication date: 2014-09-11
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Download this eBook Bioinformatics of Non Small Cell Lung Cancer and the Ras Proto-Oncogene
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Bioinformatics of Non Small Cell Lung Cancer and the Ras Proto-Oncogene


Naresh Babu M , D. Bujamma , Amita Kashyap


Cancer is initiated by activation of oncogenes or inactivation of tumor suppressor genes. Mutations in the K-ras proto-oncogene are responsible for 10–30% of adenocarcinomas. Clinical Findings point to a wide variety of other cancers contributing to lung cancer...

Publication date: 2014-09-08
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Download this eBook Ring Resonator Systems to Perform Optical Communication Enhancement Using Soliton
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Ring Resonator Systems to Perform Optical Communication Enhancement Using Soliton


Abdolkarim Afroozeh , Iraj Sadegh Amiri


The title explain new technique of secured and high capacity optical communication signals generation by using the micro and nano ring resonators.The pulses are known as soliton pulses which are more secured due to having the properties of chaotic and dark soliton...

Publication date: 2014-08-27
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Download this eBook Thermal Performance Modeling of Cross-Flow Heat Exchangers
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Thermal Performance Modeling of Cross-Flow Heat Exchangers


Luben Cabezas-Gómez , Hélio Aparecido Navarro , José Maria Saíz-Jabardo


This monograph introduces a numerical computational methodology for thermal performance modeling of cross-flow heat exchangers, with applications in chemical, refrigeration and automobile industries.This methodology allows obtaining effectiveness-number of transfer...

Publication date: 2014-08-18
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Download this eBook Sustainable Operations Strategies
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Sustainable Operations Strategies


Annachiara Longoni


This book provides detailed guidance on how sustainability, in terms of the triple bottom line, can be developed in operations strategies via human resource management (HRM) and organizational practices such as teamwork, training and employee involvement. The impacts of...

Publication date: 2014-08-13
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Download this eBook A Finite Element Primer for Beginners
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A Finite Element Primer for Beginners


Tarek I. Zohdi


The purpose of this primer is to provide the basics of the Finite Element Method, primarily illustrated through a classical model problem, linearized elasticity.The topics covered are:(1) Weighted residual methods and Galerkin approximations,(2) A model problem for...

Publication date: 2014-08-12
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Download this eBook Urban Mining Systems
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Urban Mining Systems


Kohmei Halada , Takashi Nakamura


This book focuses on the fundamental concept of and current endeavors in “urban mining” among those who are interested in both metal resources and ecology. Systems for recycling and reusing precious metals and rare-earth minerals contained in used and discarded...

Publication date: 2014-08-12
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Download this eBook Non-technological Innovations for Sustainable Transport
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Non-technological Innovations for Sustainable Transport


Alexandra Hyard


Examining non-technological innovations for environmentally and socially-friendly transport, this book provides the reader with a better understanding of this often overlooked topic. It features four illustrative case studies, and presents a concise review of the core...

Publication date: 2014-08-07
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Download this eBook Metal Matrix Composites
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Metal Matrix Composites


J. Paulo Davim , Vijayan Krishnaraj , Nanjappan Natarajan


This book is dedicated to composite materials, presenting different synthesis processes, composite properties and their machining behaviour. The book describes also the problems on manufacturing of metal matrix composite components. Among others, it provides procedures...

Publication date: 2014-07-28
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Download this eBook Physical and Statistical Models for Steam Generator Clogging Diagnosis
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Physical and Statistical Models for Steam Generator Clogging Diagnosis


Sylvain Girard


Clogging of steam generators in nuclear power plants is a highly sensitive issue in terms of performance and safety and this book proposes a completely novel methodology for diagnosing this phenomenon. It demonstrates real-life industrial applications of this approach...

Publication date: 2014-07-26
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Download this eBook Soliton Coding for Secured Optical Communication Link
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Soliton Coding for Secured Optical Communication Link


Sayed Ehsan Alavi , Iraj Sadegh Amiri , Sevia Mahdaliza Idrus


Nonlinear behavior of light such as chaos can be observed during propagation of a laser beam inside the microring resonator (MRR) systems. This Brief highlights the design of a system of MRRs to generate a series of logic codes. An optical soliton is used to generate an...

Publication date: 2014-07-24
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Download this eBook An Introduction to Harmony Search Optimization Method
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An Introduction to Harmony Search Optimization Method


Xiao-Zhi Gao , Xiaolei Wang , Kai Zenger


This brief provides a detailed introduction, discussion and bibliographic review of the nature1-inspired optimization algorithm called Harmony Search. It uses a large number of simulation results to demonstrate the advantages of Harmony Search and its variants and also...

Publication date: 2014-07-22
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Download this eBook Random Sets and Random Fuzzy Sets as Ill-Perceived Random Variables
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Random Sets and Random Fuzzy Sets as Ill-Perceived Random Variables


Inés Couso , Didier Dubois , Luciano Sánchez


This short book provides a unified view of the history and theory of random sets and fuzzy random variables, with special emphasis on its use for representing higher-order non-statistical uncertainty about statistical experiments. The authors lay bare the existence of...

Publication date: 2014-07-22
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Download this eBook Vacuum Drying for Extending Food Shelf-Life
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Vacuum Drying for Extending Food Shelf-Life


Felipe Richter Reis


In this book, suitable examples of how to increase the shelf life of food materials while preserving their desirable original features are provided.

Publication date: 2014-07-08
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Download this eBook Finite Element Analysis of the Collapse and Post-Collapse Behavior of Steel Pipes: Applications to the Oil Industry
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Finite Element Analysis of the Collapse and Post-Collapse Behavior of Steel Pipes: Applications to the Oil Industry


Eduardo N Dvorkin , Rita G. Toscano


This book presents a detailed discussion of the models that were developed to simulate the collapse and post-collapse behavior of steel pipes.The finite element method offers to engineers the possibility of developing models to simulate the collapse behavior of casings...

Publication date: 2014-07-08
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Download this eBook Flow and Heat and Mass Transfer in Laminar and Turbulent Mist Gas-Droplets Stream over a Flat Plate
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Flow and Heat and Mass Transfer in Laminar and Turbulent Mist Gas-Droplets Stream over a Flat Plate


Maksim A. Pakhomov , Victor I. Terekhov


In this book the author presents selected challenges of thermal-hydraulics modeling of two-phase flows in minichannels with change of phase. These encompass the common modeling of flow boiling and flow condensation using the same expression. Approaches to model these...

Publication date: 2014-07-08
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Download this eBook Biotechnology and Bioforensics
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Biotechnology and Bioforensics


Amit Kumar


This Brief covers broad areas of Applied Biology specifically into the domains of Biotechnology/Biomedicine and Forensic Science. Chapters included here would also explain the role of bioinformatics in protein and gene characterization, modeling of the protein...

Publication date: 2014-07-03
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Download this eBook Innovative Hand Exoskeleton Design for Extravehicular Activities in Space
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Innovative Hand Exoskeleton Design for Extravehicular Activities in Space


Paolo Ariano , Eleonora Marina Botta , Pierluigi Freni , Luca Randazzo


Environmental conditions and pressurized spacesuits expose astronauts to problems of fatigue during lengthy extravehicular activities, with adverse impacts especially on the dexterity, force and endurance of the hands and arms. A state-of-the-art exploration in the...

Publication date: 2014-06-23
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