George Koutitas and Stan McClellan take the reader through the evolution of the power grid, from its classical role as a utility or service provider to its new role as an application development platform. The book explores how new technologies are currently creating a cleaner and more sustainable ecosystem for new business models to prosper, and how the grid intelligence and energy production migrate to the edge of the network.The new smart grid is becoming a distributed system that supports decentralized services through modern trends and system architectures. The authors demonstrate the orchestration of these technologies as they transform the utility sector toward a more human-centric grid, and the active role consumers play in providing critical data for the
There are several billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy. One of them is the middle-aged G2V yellow dwarf that rules our lives. The Sun Today discusses the Sun's appearance and composition, its internal workings, and the various kinds of radiation it emits, and it puts forward a novel explanation for coronal heating. The book draws on the findings of telescopic observation, space missions, and technical and theoretical advances in many fields, and shows why we need to know more if we are to understand and manage our foothold in the Universe.From the reviews of other books by Claudio Vita-Finzi:The Sun - A User's Manual (2008)....this, jargon-free, concise, beautifully illustrated and eminently readable book... D.W. Hughes, Times Literary SupplementSolar History
James M Landis - scholar, administrator, advocate and political adviser - is known for his seminal contribution to the creation of the modern system of market regulation in the USA. As a highly influential participant in the politics of the New Deal he drafted the statute which was to become the foundation for securities regulation in the US, and by extension the founding principle of financial market regulation across the world. He was also a complex and in some ways tragic figure, whose glittering career collapsed following the revelation that he had failed to pay tax for a five year period in the 1950s. The oversight was to cost possible elevation to the Supreme Court, forced prosecution and sentencing in 1963 to one month's imprisonment, commuted to forced
Author:Committee for Social Science Information and Documentation International
International Committee for Social Science Information and Documentation
Publishing date:1989
A companion volume to the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, the Thematic List of Descriptors will be a valuable tool for all those contributing to the development of information systems in the social sciences.
Presents informative summaries of the progress in a variety of subject areas within inorganic chemistry, ranging from bio-inorganic to solid state studies. This title features comprehensive reviews on the developments in the field. Suitable for advanced researchers, it includes contributions from some of the leading experts in the field.
This is the latest and most authoritative documentation of current scientific knowledge regarding the health effects of thermal food processing. Authors from all over Europe and the USA provide an international perspective, weighing up the risks and benefits. In addition, the contributors outline those areas where further research is necessary.
Thermoplastics composites are widely used nowadays. Their matrices are characterised by their aptitude to be repeatedly melted by heating and solidified by cooling, and this in a reversible way. The reinforcement add rigidity and strength to the matrix, thus making a material combining the properties of both constituents. Thermoplastic composites have become an area of increased interest due to their relatively low cost, wide range of mechanical properties, toughness, problem free storage, resistance to chemical attack, ease of processability, and above all their better recyclability. This book reviews emerging technologies, uses and prospects of thermoplastic composites. Chapter One summarises the preparation, structure-property relationships and potential
Delves into one of the greatest riddles perplexing modern science: Why are humans so smart? This title investigates the origins of human intelligence, starting with classical Darwinian concepts. It concludes with a speculative epigenetic theory of intelligence that does not require DNA mutations as a source of evolution.
Lung cancer is estimated to be the fifth most common cause of death in the world and the most commonly diagnosed cancer. This book covers the huge advances that have been made in understanding the biology of lung cancer, the improvements in diagnostic staging and the introduction of new molecularly targeted therapies. It is an essential reference guide for respiratory physicians dealing with all aspects of thoracic malignancies.
Explores 14 different topics related to thymoma and thymic carcinoma, such as the prediction of Thymoma histology and stage by radiographic criteria, the management of stage I and II Thymoma, minimally invasive and robotic-assisted Thymus resection, chemotherapy for Thymic tumors, published guidelines for the management of Thymoma, and more.
The field of genetics is rapidly evolving, and new medical breakthroughs are occurring as a result of advances in knowledge gained from genetics research. This title includes important reviews of the interest to geneticists and their colleagues in affiliated disciplines, providing researchers an overview and synthesis of the findings in the area.
Few tales of artistic triumph can rival the story of Zeuxis. As first reported by Cicero and Pliny, the painter Zeuxis set out to portray Helen of Troy, but when he realized that a single model could not match Helen's beauty, he combined the best features of five different models. A primer on mimesis in art making, the Zeuxis myth also illustrates ambivalence about the ability to rely on nature as a model for ideal form.In Too Beautiful to Picture, Elizabeth C. Mansfield engages the visual arts, literature, and performance to examine the desire to make the ideal visible. She finds in the Zeuxis myth evidence of a cultural primal scene that manifests itself in gendered terms. Mansfield considers the many depictions of the legend during the Renaissance and questions its
Tools for Computational Finance offers a clear explanation of computational issues arising in financial mathematics. The new third edition is thoroughly revised and significantly extended, including an extensive new section on analytic methods, focused mainly on interpolation approach and quadratic approximation. Other new material is devoted to risk-neutrality, early-exercise curves, multidimensional Black-Scholes models, the integral representation of options and the derivation of the Black-Scholes equation. New figures, more exercises, and expanded background material make this guide a real must-to-have for everyone working in the world of financial engineering. "In an increasingly crowded field of financial engineering titles, Seydel's Tools for Computational
The study of ego-documents figures as a prominent theme in cutting-edge research in the Humanities. Focusing on private letters, diaries and autobiography, this volume covers a wide range of different languages and historical periods, from the sixteenth century to World War I. The volume stands out by its consistent application of the most recent developments in historical-sociolinguistic methodology in research on first-person writings.
Some of the articles concentrate on social differences in relation to linguistic variation in the historical context. Others hone in on self-representation, writer-addressee interaction and identity work. The key issue of the relationship between speech and writing is addressed when investigating the hybridity of ego-documents, which
Takes the reader on a journey through the development of a treatment regimen for multiple myeloma called 'dtZ'. This book presents an account of how more than 50 patients with myeloma were given a non-toxic, precisely-targeted, anti-cancer treatment that was specifically adapted to their individual cancers.
Author:Carolina Revenco
Evgeny Polyakov
Lev Freinkman
Publishing date:2004
Trade Performance and Regional Integration of the CIS Countries is part of the World Bank Working Paper series. These papers are published to communicate the results of the Bank's ongoing research and to stimulate public discussion. The CIS free trade area is, on balance, a beneficial, trade facilitating bloc. However, the potential benefits of CIS trade integration remain badly underutilized. Based on standard econometric models, the study provides a detailed quantitative analysis of the trends and the configuration of trade of the CIS countries.
Author:Neil Hambly
Orin Thomas
Peter Ward
boB Taylor
Publishing date:2012
This 2-in-1 Training Kit delivers preparation plus practice for Microsoft Exam 70-462. Ace your exam prep - and enhance your job skills - with hands-on lessons, practice tests, and other resources.
Providing extensive real life examples, Transititions Between Faculty and Administrative Careers delves into the main challenges of transitioning between faculty and administrative careers.
Contains over 30 papers presented at ISTTT symposia, exploring solutions to the analysis of traffic and transportation problems through use of the models, methods and analyses. Divided into ten sections, this book addresses issues of safety, mobility, efficiency, productivity, planning and the environment.
