Books published by Elsevier Science & Technology

Covers factors affecting the dielectric properties, measurement of dielectric properties, important low loss dielectric material systems such as perovskites, tungsten bronze type materials, materials in BaO-TiO2 system, (Zr,Sn)TiO4, alumina, rutile, AnBn-1O3n type materials, LTCC, and ceramic-polymer composites.

Describes the revolution in condensed matter physics that occurred in our understanding of crystalline solids. This book chronicles the work done worldwide that led to these discoveries and provides the reader with an overview of the field.

Provides an overview of the analytical methods for trace determination of pharmaceuticals in environmental samples. This book reviews the fate and occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the water cycle for their elimination in wastewater and drinking water treatment, focusing on the developments in treatment technologies.

The phenomenon of consciousness has always been a central question for philosophers and scientists. This book presents a series of essays by leading thinkers giving an account of the ideas prevalent in the scientific study of consciousness. It is suitable for both students and researchers in designing research projects on consciousness.

Presents a critical multidisciplinary overview on the contribution of fluorinated compounds to resolve the important global issue of medicinal monitoring and health care. This book details the various origins of human exposure to fluoride species to promote a better understanding of the effect of fluoride species on living organisms.

Why is there such a booming interest in morality and why does it focus on context? The starting point is the change in the sociostructural and sociocultural conditions of modern societies. This involves change in the empirical conditions of moral action and in the social demand on morality.

Features a chapter that deals with the subject of chemotherapy. Part of the advances in oncobiology series, this title is suitable for clinical and non-clinical oncologists, as well as for graduate students and medical students.

In 1999, the IFAC/IFIP Workshop on Real Time Programming (WRTP) joined forces with the Workshop on Active and Real-Time Database Systems (ARTDB). Both series of workshops provide a forum for exchanging information on recent scientific and technological advances and practices in real time computing.

Discusses topics on optimal control problems, extremal problems of finite measures and applications. This book presents papers on differential gains, synthesis evaluation and system control under conditions of uncertain information. It describes problems of finite measures under extreme conditions and contains applications.

The 5th IFAC Workshop on Algorithms and Architectures for Real-Time Control (AARTC '98) was organized under the auspices of the IFAC Technical Committee. This Committee is concerned with the use of emerging software and hardware developments in real-time control. This title contains selected papers from the AARTC '98.

The goal of Supplemental Ways for Improving International Stability 1998 was the beneficial application of systems engineering methods onto description of conditions, in which nations or groups interact with one another. In the technical program of this conference, 2 survey papers and 19 regular papers - grouped into 8 sessions - were presented.

Includes chapter headings and selected papers such as Controller Design for Nonlinear Systems; Global regulation problem for nonlinear systems; Sliding Mode Control of Nonlinear Systems; Nonlinear sliding surface design in the presence of uncertainty; and H-Infinity and Nonlinear Control.

The IFAC International Workshop on Automation in the Steel Industry: Current Practice and Future Development (ASI'97) was held in Kyongju, Korea from 16th to 18th July 1997. This title presents papers covering various processes in the steel industry. It also covers technologies such as fuzzy control, neural networks, and robust control.

Contains papers presented at the IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design (ROCOND'97) held in Budapest, Hungary in June 1997. The topics covered included design of low complexity robust controllers for uncertain systems, software tools for robust control design, robust stability, nonlinear control, and performance and control applications.

Contains papers presented at the 3rd IFAC Conference on System Structure and Control held in Nantes, France,5-7 July,1995. This conference aims to report research on aspects of system analysis and applications, to identify trends in this area and to promote applications of the structural approach of control theory.

Covers computational fluid dynamics modeling techniques, liquid/solid flows and applications to areas such as food processing. This book covers basic rheology and the fluid mechanics of NN fluids.

Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (QIP) deals with the identification and use of quantum resources for information processing. This text describes the fundamentals of NMR QIP, and the main developments which can lead to a large-scale quantum processor.

A dictionary that contains 13,000 terms with more than 4,000 cross-references used in the following fields: automation, technology of management and regulation, computing machine and data processing, computer control, automation of industry, laser technology, theory of information and theory of signals, and theory of algorithms and programming.

Describes and discusses criminology and criminal justice as social foci and as academic disciplines. This book offers an approach to understanding how the disciplines of criminology and criminal justice are related. It includes discussion questions that facilitate critical thinking.

Provides coverage of routing, security, multicasting, and advanced design topics such as performance optimization and fault tolerance. This book provides strategies for overcoming some of the challenging problems in network design and management. It covers topics such as Risk Assessment, Availability Analysis, Fault Tolerance, and others.

Suitable for engineers involved in marine engineering and naval architecture, this reference covers from the basics to more advanced topics in ship design, construction and operation. It also covers various key areas, including ship flotation and stability, ship structures, propulsion, seakeeping and maneuvering.

Cytokines, the theme of this volume, describes a group of proteins identified primarily within the immune and hematopoietic systems. As many cytokines as possible are included along with their receptors providing the reader with a guide to an ever-changing field of scientific research.

Helps you gain the skills required for connecting your Java application to a SQL database. This work provides tutorial-based instruction in key JDBC techniques, complemented by example code. It is centered around an incrementally developed example of a three-tiered application for a video rental e-commerce site.

Written for practicing IT professionals, this book is an introduction to relational database technology. It supports its conceptual information with example code and other practical illustrations; and explains fundamental issues such as the nature of data and data modeling, and moves to specific technical questions such as scales and measurements.