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This book presents various dynamic processes in non-uniform
piezoceramic cylindrical and spherical bodies based on numerical
methods. It discusses different variants of nonhomogeneous
structural polarized piezoceramic materials in the shape of
cylinders and spheres, and highlights the validation of the
reliability of the results obtained by numerical calculations. The
content is based on an outlined theory and methods of
three-dimensional electroelasticity problems.
This book commemorates the 75th birthday of Prof. George Jaiani -
Georgia's leading expert on shell theory. He is also well known
outside Georgia for his individual approach to shell theory
research and as an organizer of meetings, conferences and schools
in the field. The collection of papers presented includes articles
by scientists from various countries discussing the state of the
art and new trends in the theory of shells, plates, and beams.
Chapter 20 is available open access under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
This definitive dual portrait offers a fresh perspective on Abraham
Lincoln and William Cullen Bryant's crucial role in elevating him
to the presidency. The book also sheds new light on the influence
that "Bryant and his class" (as Lincoln called the Radical
Republican faction whose views Bryant articulated) wielded on the
chief executive. How the cautious president and the preeminent
editor of the Fourth Estate interacted-and how their ideological
battle tilted gradually in Bryant's favor-is the centerpiece of
this study. A work of meticulous scholarship and a model of
compression, Lincoln and Bryant is a watershed account of two
Republicans fighting common enemies (and each other) during the
Civil War era.
This book presents a collection of contributions on the advanced
mechanics of materials and mechanics of structures approaches,
written in honor of Professor Kienzler. It covers various topics
related to constitutive models for advanced materials, recent
developments in mechanics of configuration forces, as well as new
approaches to the efficient modeling and analysis of engineering
structures.
"This book offers the ideal way for foreign lawyers, business
executives, accountants, and professional advisors, to get a solid
understanding of Dutch corporate law. This book represents a unique
publication in the English language, and an indispensable tool for
anybody who is involved in corporate matters in the Netherlands.
Many international companies are or use Dutch holding companies.
Therefore, the book addresses a wide audience. The book
incorporates recent substantial changes in corporate law in the
Netherlands."
This book introduces field theory as required in solid and fluid
mechanics as well as in electromagnetism. It includes the necessary
applied mathematical framework of tensor algebra and tensor
calculus, using an inductive approach particularly suited to
beginners. It is geared toward undergraduate classes in continuum
theory for engineers in general, and more specifically to courses
in continuum mechanics. Students will gain a sound basic
understanding of the subject as well as the ability to solve
engineering problems by applying the general laws of nature in
terms of the balances for mass, momentum, and energy in combination
with material-specific relations in terms of constitutive
equations, thus learning how to use the theory in practice for
themselves. This is facilitated by numerous examples and problems
provided throughout the text.
During the 1930s, no event was more absorbing or galvanizing to
Ernest Hemingway than the Spanish Civil War. Hemingway was
passionately devoted to the cause of the democratically elected
Spanish Republic and he spent much of the war reporting from its
front lines, producing a deeply political body of work that
illuminated the conflict and presaged the world war to come. In the
end, his immersive journey into the turbulent world of the Spanish
Civil War resulted in For Whom the Bell Tolls, a landmark in
American political fiction. This book offers a fresh account of
Hemingway's adventures in Spain during the Civil War, stressing his
embrace of radical political action and discourse in defense of the
Republic against the forces of Fascism. On the eightieth
anniversary of For Whom the Bell Tolls, Gilbert H. Muller
reconsiders Hemingway as an engaged artist, political actor, and
visionary.
In almost 60 articles this book reviews the current state of
second-order cybernetics and investigates which new research
methods second-order cybernetics can offer to tackle wicked
problems in science and in society. The contributions explore its
application to both scientific fields (such as mathematics,
psychology and consciousness research) and non-scientific ones
(such as design theory and theater science). The book uses a
pluralistic, multifaceted approach to discuss these applications:
Each main article is accompanied by several commentaries and author
responses, which together allow the reader to discover further
perspectives than in the original article alone. This procedure
shows that second-order cybernetics is already on its way to
becoming an idea shared by many researchers in a variety of
disciplines.
In the wake of declining federal involvement in state affairs,
state governments have taken the initiative in creating science and
technology policies and programs for economic development. The
contributors to this study look at the attempts of eight
states-California, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York,
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and T
In this landmark volume, J. Rodgers Hollingsworth, Karl H. Muller,
and Ellen Jane Hollingsworth take a first step towards imposing
order on the increasingly diverse field of socio-economics by
embedding the various disciplines and sub-disciplines in a common
core. The distinguished contributors in this volume show how
institutions, governance arrangements, societal sectors,
organizations, individual actors, and innovativeness are
intertwined and, ultimately, how individuals and firms have a high
degree of autonomy. By offering original suggestions and guidelines
for developing a socio-economics research agenda focused on
institutional analysis, Advancing Socio-Economics: An
Institutionalist Perspective, will enlighten all interested in the
social sciences.
In the wake of declining federal involvement in state affairs,
state governments have taken the initiative in creating science and
technology policies and programs for economic development. The
contributors to this study look at the attempts of eight
states-California, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York,
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and T
This book discusses recent findings and advanced theories presented
at two workshops at TU Berlin in 2017 and 2018. It underlines
several advantages of generalized continuum models compared to the
classical Cauchy continuum, which although widely used in
engineering practice, has a number of limitations, such as: * The
structural size is very small. * The microstructure is complex. *
The effects are localized. As such, the development of generalized
continuum models is helpful and results in a better description of
the behavior of structures or materials. At the same time, there
are more and more experimental studies supporting the new models
because the number of material parameters is higher.
Learn the unique leadership strategies of the effective, essential
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guidance toward principled leadership. Simple, straightforward
language explains the basics of each area, and is expanded upon by
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provide the leadership required to stay ahead of the competition in
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is your practical handbook for becoming the leader that you need to
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Recruit and retain the top talent in your field * Leverage new
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Beyond the Cloud is the foundational executive guide for
transformational leaders in the new business era.
This book presents various dynamic processes in non-uniform
piezoceramic cylindrical and spherical bodies based on numerical
methods. It discusses different variants of nonhomogeneous
structural polarized piezoceramic materials in the shape of
cylinders and spheres, and highlights the validation of the
reliability of the results obtained by numerical calculations. The
content is based on an outlined theory and methods of
three-dimensional electroelasticity problems.
This book commemorates the 75th birthday of Prof. George Jaiani -
Georgia's leading expert on shell theory. He is also well known
outside Georgia for his individual approach to shell theory
research and as an organizer of meetings, conferences and schools
in the field. The collection of papers presented includes articles
by scientists from various countries discussing the state of the
art and new trends in the theory of shells, plates, and beams.
Chapter 20 is available open access under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Thermodynamics is the much abused slave of many masters *
physicists who love the totally impractical Carnot process, *
mechanical engineers who design power stations and refrigerators, *
chemists who are successfully synthesizing ammonia and are puzzled
by photosynthesis, * meteorologists who calculate cloud bases and
predict foehn, boraccia and scirocco, * physico-chemists who
vulcanize rubber and build fuel cells, * chemical engineers who
rectify natural gas and distil f- mented potato juice, *
metallurgists who improve steels and harden surfaces, * - trition
counselors who recommend a proper intake of calories, * mechanics
who adjust heat exchangers, * architects who construe - and often
misconstrue - ch- neys, * biologists who marvel at the height of
trees, * air conditioning engineers who design saunas and the
ventilation of air plane cabins, * rocket engineers who create
supersonic flows, et cetera. Not all of these professional groups
need the full depth and breadth of ther- dynamics. For some it is
enough to consider a well-stirred tank, for others a s- tionary
nozzle flow is essential, and yet others are well-served with the
partial d- ferential equation of heat conduction. It is therefore
natural that thermodynamics is prone to mutilation; different
group-specific meta-thermodynamics' have emerged which serve the
interest of the groups under most circumstances and leave out
aspects that are not often needed in their fields.
This book presents a collection of contributions on the advanced
mechanics of materials and mechanics of structures approaches,
written in honor of Professor Kienzler. It covers various topics
related to constitutive models for advanced materials, recent
developments in mechanics of configuration forces, as well as new
approaches to the efficient modeling and analysis of engineering
structures.
This definitive dual portrait offers a fresh perspective on Abraham
Lincoln and William Cullen Bryant's crucial role in elevating him
to the presidency. The book also sheds new light on the influence
that "Bryant and his class" (as Lincoln called the Radical
Republican faction whose views Bryant articulated) wielded on the
chief executive. How the cautious president and the preeminent
editor of the Fourth Estate interacted-and how their ideological
battle tilted gradually in Bryant's favor-is the centerpiece of
this study. A work of meticulous scholarship and a model of
compression, Lincoln and Bryant is a watershed account of two
Republicans fighting common enemies (and each other) during the
Civil War era.
Covering the entire spectrum of medical gases, this ready reference
offers a comprehensive overview of production, medical gas
equipment, medical gas verification, and medical gas safety
standards. With a clear focus throughout on safety, the text
recommends environmentally responsible manufacturing practices
during each step of the process: manufacture, storage, transport,
distribution, and in applications. It also discusses standards and
regulations, in particular those of the European Union. An
essential guide for researchers and professionals whose work
includes the manufacture, handling, or use of medical gases.
This volume contains pioneering contributions to both the theory
and practice of optimal experimental design. Topics include the
optimality of designs in linear and nonlinear models, as well as
designs for correlated observations and for sequential
experimentation. There is an emphasis on applications to medicine,
in particular, to the design of clinical trials. Scientists from
Europe, the US, Asia, Australia and Africa contributed to this
volume of papers from the 11th Workshop on Model Oriented Design
and Analysis.
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