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"Women, War, and Violence: Personal Perspectives and Global
Activism" draws upon a wide global community of activists,
scholars, NGOs, and clinicians to expand the definition of how war
and its violent underpinnings affects everyday women and families
around the world. Benefiting from first-hand research and
definitive assessments of gender-based violence interventions, it
invites diverse perspectives of interdisciplinary documentation and
storytelling beyond traditional academic writing. Reflecting on
anti-militarist activism, structural violence, post-war atrocities,
government commissions and policy solutions, WWV sheds new light on
war-related gender oppression at the intersections of race,
national identity, religion, and social class and the need to
promote a new paradigm of the equality of men and women.
Heat exchangers are important, and used frequently in the
processing, heat and power, air-conditioning and refrigeration,
heat recovery, transportation and manufacturing industries. Such
equipment is also important in electronics cooling and for
environmental issues like thermal pollution, waste disposal and
sustainable development. The present book concerns plate heat
exchangers (PHEs), which are one of the most common types in
practice. The overall objectives are to present comprehensive
descriptions of such heat exchangers and their advantages and
limitations, to provide in-depth thermal and hydraulic design
theory for PHEs, and to present state-of-the-art knowledge.The book
starts with a general introduction and historical background to
PHEs, then discusses construction and operation (PHE types, plate
pattern, etc.) and gives examples of PHEs in different application
areas. Material issues (plates, gaskets, brazing materials) and
manufacturing methods are also treated.The major part of the book
concerns the basic design methods for both single-phase and
two-phase flow cases, various flow arrangements, thermal-hydraulic
performance in single-phase flow and for PHEs operating as
condensers and evaporators. Fouling problems are also discussed and
in a section on extended design and operation issues, modern
Research and Development (R & D) tools like computational fluid
dynamics (CFD) methods are discussed. Unique features for PHEs are
discussed throughout.
STATE FEEDBACK CONTROL AND KALMAN FILTERING WITH MATLAB/SIMULINK
TUTORIALS Discover the control engineering skills for state space
control system design, simulation, and implementation State space
control system design is one of the core courses covered in
engineering programs around the world. Applications of control
engineering include things like autonomous vehicles, renewable
energy, unmanned aerial vehicles, electrical machine control, and
robotics, and as a result the field may be considered cutting-edge.
The majority of textbooks on the subject, however, lack the key
link between the theory and the applications of design methodology.
State Feedback Control and Kalman Filtering with MATLAB/Simulink
Tutorials provides a unique perspective by linking state space
control systems to engineering applications. The book
comprehensively delivers introductory topics in state space control
systems through to advanced topics like sensor fusion and
repetitive control systems. More, it explores beyond traditional
approaches in state space control by having a heavy focus on
important issues associated with control systems like disturbance
rejection, reference tracking, control signal constraint, sensor
fusion and more. The text sequentially presents continuous-time and
discrete-time state space control systems, Kalman filter and its
applications in sensor fusion. State Feedback Control and Kalman
Filtering with MATLAB/Simulink Tutorials readers will also find:
MATLAB and Simulink tutorials in a step-by-step manner that enable
the reader to master the control engineering skills for state space
control system design and Kalman filter, simulation, and
implementation An accompanying website that includes MATLAB code
High-end illustrations and tables throughout the text to illustrate
important points Written by experts in the field of process control
and state space control systems State Feedback Control and Kalman
Filtering with MATLAB/Simulink Tutorials is an ideal resource for
students from advanced undergraduate students to postgraduates, as
well as industrial researchers and engineers in electrical,
mechanical, chemical, and aerospace engineering.
Covers PID control systems from the very basics to the advanced
topics This book covers the design, implementation and automatic
tuning of PID control systems with operational constraints. It
provides students, researchers, and industrial practitioners with
everything they need to know about PID control systems--from
classical tuning rules and model-based design to constraints,
automatic tuning, cascade control, and gain scheduled control. PID
Control System Design and Automatic Tuning using MATLAB/Simulink
introduces PID control system structures, sensitivity analysis, PID
control design, implementation with constraints, disturbance
observer-based PID control, gain scheduled PID control systems,
cascade PID control systems, PID control design for complex
systems, automatic tuning and applications of PID control to
unmanned aerial vehicles. It also presents resonant control systems
relevant to many engineering applications. The implementation of
PID control and resonant control highlights how to deal with
operational constraints. Provides unique coverage of PID Control of
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including mathematical models of
multi-rotor UAVs, control strategies of UAVs, and automatic tuning
of PID controllers for UAVs Provides detailed descriptions of
automatic tuning of PID control systems, including relay feedback
control systems, frequency response estimation, Monte-Carlo
simulation studies, PID controller design using frequency domain
information, and MATLAB/Simulink simulation and implementation
programs for automatic tuning Includes 15 MATLAB/Simulink
tutorials, in a step-by-step manner, to illustrate the design,
simulation, implementation and automatic tuning of PID control
systems Assists lecturers, teaching assistants, students, and other
readers to learn PID control with constraints and apply the control
theory to various areas. Accompanying website includes lecture
slides and MATLAB/ Simulink programs PID Control System Design and
Automatic Tuning using MATLAB/Simulink is intended for
undergraduate electrical, chemical, mechanical, and aerospace
engineering students, and will greatly benefit postgraduate
students, researchers, and industrial personnel who work with
control systems and their applications.
This book series' mission is to provide a forum for critique,
commentary and discussion about key methodology issues in the
strategic management field. Strategic management relies on an array
of complex methods drawn from various allied disciplines to examine
how managers attempt to lead their firms toward success. The
seventh volume of the series is built around the theme of "West
Meets East: Toward Methodological Exchange". Within this
overarching theme, this volume consists of two parts. The first is
"Developing Quantitative Techniques" and the second is ""Exploring
Mixed Research Methods". With authors from an array of country
backgrounds, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Russia,
Singapore, the UK and the US, this volume will help promote
methodological exchange between the West and the East.
A timely introduction to current research on PID and predictive
control by one of the leading authors on the subject PID and
Predictive Control of Electric Drives and Power Supplies using
MATLAB/Simulink examines the classical control system strategies,
such as PID control, feed-forward control and cascade control,
which are widely used in current practice. The authors share their
experiences in actual design and implementation of the control
systems on laboratory test-beds, taking the reader from the
fundamentals through to more sophisticated design and analysis. The
book contains sections on closed-loop performance analysis in both
frequency domain and time domain, presented to help the designer in
selection of controller parameters and validation of the control
system. Continuous-time model predictive control systems are
designed for the drives and power supplies, and operational
constraints are imposed in the design. Discrete-time model
predictive control systems are designed based on the discretization
of the physical models, which will appeal to readers who are more
familiar with sampled-data control system. Soft sensors and
observers will be discussed for low cost implementation. Resonant
control of the electric drives and power supply will be discussed
to deal with the problems of bias in sensors and unbalanced three
phase AC currents. * Brings together both classical control systems
and predictive control systems in a logical style from introductory
through to advanced levels * Demonstrates how simulation and
experimental results are used to support theoretical analysis and
the proposed design algorithms * MATLAB and Simulink tutorials are
given in each chapter to show the readers how to take the theory to
applications. * Includes MATLAB and Simulink software using xPC
Target for teaching purposes * A companion website is available
Researchers and industrial engineers; and graduate students on
electrical engineering courses will find this a valuable resource.
Inspired by a conference held at Northeastern University on the
topic of Women, War, and Violence, editors Robin M. Chandler, Lihua
Wang, and Linda K. Fuller bring together research and real-life
stories from twenty-one international contributors who document
gender involvement from victims to valiant in wartime and activism.
Sensors are used for civil infrastructure performance assessment
and health monitoring, and have evolved significantly through
developments in materials and methodologies. "Sensor Technologies
for Civil Infrastructure Volume II" provides an overview of sensor
data analysis and case studies in assessing and monitoring civil
infrastructures.
Partone focuses on sensor data interrogation and decision
making, with chapters on data management technologies, data
analysis, techniques for damage detection and structural damage
detection. Parttwo is made up of case studies in assessing and
monitoring specific structures such as bridges, towers, buildings,
dams, tunnels, pipelines, and roads.
"Sensor Technologies for Civil Infrastructure" provides a
standard reference for structural and civil engineers, electronics
engineers, and academics with an interest in the field.
Provides an in-depth examination of sensor data management and
analytical techniques for fault detection and localization, looking
at prognosis and life-cycle assessmentIncludes case studies in
assessing structures such as bridges, buildings, super-tall towers,
dams, tunnels, wind turbines, railroad tracks, nuclear power
plants, offshore structures, levees, and pipelines"
Sensors are used for civil infrastructure performance assessment
and health monitoring, and have evolved significantly through
developments in materials and methodologies. "Sensor Technologies
for Civil Infrastructure Volume I" provides an overview of sensor
hardware and its use in data collection.
The first chapters provide an introduction to sensing for
structural performance assessment and health monitoring, and an
overview of commonly used sensors and their data acquisition
systems. Further chapters address different types of sensor
including piezoelectric transducers, fiber optic sensors, acoustic
emission sensors, and electromagnetic sensors, and the use of these
sensors for assessing and monitoring civil infrastructures.
Developments in technologies applied to civil infrastructure
performance assessment are also discussed, including radar
technology, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and
nanotechnology.
"Sensor Technologies for Civil Infrastructure" provides a
standard reference for structural and civil engineers, electronics
engineers, and academics with an interest in the field.
Describes sensing hardware and data collection, covering a variety
of sensorsExamines fiber optic systems, acoustic emission,
piezoelectric sensors, electromagnetic sensors, ultrasonic methods,
and radar and millimeter wave technologyCovers strain gauges,
micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), multifunctional materials
and nanotechnology for sensing, and vision-based sensing and
lasers
Sensor Technologies for Civil Infrastructure, Volume 2:
Applications in Structural Health Monitoring, Second Edition,
provides an overview of sensor applications and a new section on
future and emerging technologies. Part one is made up of case
studies in assessing and monitoring specific structures such as
bridges, towers, buildings, dams, tunnels, pipelines, and roads.
The new edition also includes sensing solutions for assessing and
monitoring of naval systems. Part two reviews emerging technologies
for sensing and data analysis including diagnostic solutions for
assessing and monitoring sensors, unmanned aerial systems, and UAV
application in post-hazard event reconnaissance and site
assessment.
Sensor Technologies for Civil Infrastructure, Volume 1: Sensing
Hardware and Data Collection Methods for Performance Assessment,
Second Edition, provides an overview of sensor hardware and its use
in data collection. The first chapters provide an introduction to
sensing for structural performance assessment and health
monitoring, and an overview of commonly used sensors and their data
acquisition systems. Further chapters address different types of
sensor including piezoelectric transducers, fiber optic sensors,
acoustic emission sensors, and electromagnetic sensors, and the use
of these sensors for assessing and monitoring civil
infrastructures. The new edition now includes chapters on machine
learning methods and reliability analysis for structural health
monitoring. All chapters have been revised to include the latest
advances in materials (such as piezoelectric and mechanoluminescent
materials), technologies (such as LIDAR), and applications.
This book addresses practical issues that reflect the current
landscape of GI pathology practice and is organized in such a way
that fits the fast-pacing daily life of practicing pathologists. It
contains more than 540 questions that address difficult, prevailing
and controversial issues in GI pathology that are frequently
encountered in daily practice and consult service. For most
questions, answers are straightforward with ample literature
support. However, true diagnostic controversies and clinical
dilemma cannot be easily resolved with current knowledge and
available information. To such challenges, an expert approach
regarding how to synthesize complicated topics and clearly
communicate the thinking process is valuable to readers and can
help guide clinicians making optimal treatment plans for their
patients. The latter types of answers are highly enriched
throughout the book. Distinct from other existing GI pathology
textbooks, this book is primarily organized according to disease
entities and pathological processes instead of specific organs and
anatomic locations. Guided by chapter titles and listed questions,
readers should be able to look up a disease or a pathological
feature and find the most important and relevant diagnostic
criteria and pertinent differential diagnoses. Written by experts
in the field, Practical Gastrointestinal Pathology provides easy
and quick access to concise, evidence-based and up-to-date
information to aid accurate diagnosis and serves as a useful
resource for practicing pathologists, pathology trainees and GI
clinicians as well as allied health professionals who frequently
deal with GI pathology.
* The main subjects in this book relate to software development
using cutting-edge technologies for real-world industrial
automation applications* A hands-on approach to applying a wide
variety of emerging technologies to modern industrial practice
problems* Explains key concepts through clear examples, ranging
from simple to more complex problem domains, and all based on
real-world industrial problems* A useful reference book for
practicing engineers as well as an updated resource book for
researchers
This book series' mission is to provide a forum for critique,
commentary and discussion about key methodology issues in the
strategic management field. Strategic management relies on an array
of complex methods drawn from various allied disciplines to examine
how managers attempt to lead their firms toward success. The eighth
volume of the series is built around the theme of "West Meets East:
Building Theoretical Bridges". Within this overarching theme, this
volume consists of two parts. The first is "Methods for Discovery
and Theory Building" and the second is "Western Theories and
Concepts in the Eastern Context". While the contributors of this
volume are from an array of country backgrounds including
Australia, China, Denmark, Germany, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore,
Spain, Taiwan, the UK and the USA, the majority of the chapters
refer to Asia, especially China, as the powerhouse of the global
economic growth. We hope that the methodological insights offered
in this volume will help build the theoretical bridges between the
West and the East.
In summary, we may declare that Lao-tzu is an authentic philosopher
and he uses a clear logic to describe his principle in the Tao Te
Ching. Tao philosophy deals with the nature of reality. We come to
such a conclusion despite the overwhelming belief to the contrary.
We no longer need to accept Tao philosophy as a mysterious
philosophy. Instead, we have shown that there is a definite
principle and a clear logic in the Tao Te Ching. The principle and
logic can be shown with a systematic model based on the words of
Lao-tzu. The results are well beyond what we could have expected
when we started this project more than a decade ago. This work
represents a major step in our understanding of Tao philosophy.
This book shows the complete logical structure of Tao philosophy,
which can serve as the ultimate base for a consistent
interpretation of the Tao Te Ching. The logic of Tao philosophy is
precise and can be presented analytically.
This book describes the author's trials and tribulations mixed with
the surprise and joy he experienced as he struggled to learn
English. Although he had English lessons in Taiwan, he was aware
that his rudimentary knowledge of English was far from adequate. He
recalls wasting time arguing and guessing with his college friends
about the meanings and the origins of English words such as
cocktail and hot dog. Drinks have something to do with cocks' tails
and food with dogs? He would soon find out that more curious words
were waiting for him when he headed for the U.S. As he became
assimilated with the passing of time, he made friends named
Burnside, Williams, Little and Old. Little and Old? He has chuckled
at the free-wheeling ways of people naming themselves. He also
wondered what Lincoln, Ford and Reagan meant. He has gone Dutch
with friends and had hamburgers for lunch. With his friends he has
watched a south paw pitcher throw a foul ball to flatten a batter,
prompting all the players to rush out from the bull pen to start a
fight. He was puzzled hearing "son of a gun" uttered by his excited
friends. He thanked a person and was totally lost when he was told
"you bet." During a morning walk in the park, the gentle breeze
prompted him to wonder why the word wind could be pronounced two
ways and had two completely different meanings. He learned many
American idioms and expressions such as "lock, stock and barrel" or
"as happy as a clam." What? Please run those by me again. Many
wonderful idioms and expressons such as "green-eyed jealousy," "a
tower of strength" and "in a pickle" came from England. When you
hear "if you act more in sorrow than in anger" or "if you have
played fast and loose" you know that they came from England. The
English language, with its many centuries of constant growth and
change, has become the premier language of the world. It is simple,
direct, flexible, expressive and creative. It has become the lingua
franca, a second official language of some countries, the language
of many mutil-national corporations and of the scientific and
business world. The author explores many aspects of the English
language from the view points of an immigrant, hoping that his
expereinces will help those who may encounter puzzling words and
idioms of their new country. He hopes that this book will stimulate
and bring joy to any one who wants to widen and deepen his
knowledge of English.
This report presents study results on hybrid DC/DC converter
stability testing methods. An input impedance measurement method
and a gain/phase margin measurement method were evaluated to be
effective to determine front-end oscillation and feedback loop
oscillation. In particular, certain channel power levels of
converter input noises have been found to have high degree
correlation with the gain/phase margins. It becomes a potential new
method to evaluate stability levels of all type of DC/DC converters
by utilizing the spectral analysis on converter input noises.
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