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Neutron stimulated emission computed tomography (NSECT) is being developed as an experimental technique for diagnosis of element related disorders in humans. Preliminary experiments have demonstrated...

This monograph discusses a study conducted with a sample of graduate education students enrolled in online and in-class courses. The study examines the differences in achievement among students...

Acoustic Emission (AE) is a well established Non- Destructive Testing and Evaluation technique for damage monitoring and flaw location and has been used in a wide variety of fields, such as the...

Elastic anisotropy is one of the most interesting forms of matter organization that has not received sufficient study yet. The elaboration of a simple method for the study of elastic anisotropy of...

The overall aim of this study is to identify the developmental stages of Arabic Nominal and Verbal structures. The study presents a systematic analysis of specific Arabic structures and tests...

The complexity in human movement has provided a theoretical challenge for movement scientists to comprehend the underlying processes controlling joint movements in a functional and goal-directed...

As is widely known, Japanese and Chinese not only share the common logographic orthography called "kanji" or "hanzi" respectively, but also share a number of kanji compounds as cognates, many of...

This book analyses the critical factors in the mergers of Jaguar-Ford, Rover-BMW and Land Rover-Ford. Based on extensive interviews with many of the key individuals involved in these mergers,...

Subacromial Impingement Syndrome (SIS) and how it develops differs greatly between clinicians and paleopathologists. Clinical studies note that a particular type of scapular morphology (form) as...

It has been said that the way people behave and participate in programmes is largely dependent on the local culture of the community they live in, which includes people's beliefs, practices, and...

This book investigates a solution for the six-degree-of-freedom vibration isolation and suppression. Both ground and space applications have been taken into account. Vibrations propagating into the...

This book has two foci: how Cambodians with a refugee background manage their new life in Aotearoa/New Zealand and how an identity as a Khmer-Kiwi transnational community has developed. Religious...

Human movement control is complex and involves over 600 muscles controlled by an advanced regulatory system guided by three interacting sensory systems. Still, we can with ease make accurate and...

Highways in Jordan are typically designed and constructed to last at least twenty years. However, it is not uncommon to see flushing; rutting and cracking in asphalt pavements well before that...

This book surveys and discusses some of the main theoretical issues raised by adaptation to climate changes and describes in detail an empirical case study on the metrics and the estimates of related...

This book considers the problem of Adaptive Modulation scheme selection through an OFDM based system over parallel frequency-selective fading channels. Here, an adaptive coding scheme is also...

Adaptive Downlink Multi-user MIMO Wireless SystemsAuthor: Elva Cheng WangPublisher: VDM VerlagPublication Date: Nov 18, 2008Number of Pages: 168 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

In this book, we propose a function estimation procedure using adaptive free-knot splines (AFKS) and associated algorithm for implementation in nonparametric regression. Knot selection is extremely...

Intrusion Tolerant Database System (ITDB) is a new paradigm for secure database systems that can detect intrusions, isolate attacks, contain damage, and assess and repair damage caused by intrusions...

Due to climate change extreme environmental events such as floods, cyclones, tornados and droughts will occur frequently in Bangladesh. This will result in huge population displacement, including...

The mobile agent system is widely considered a rising and promising distributed computing paradigm; however, it also faces many challenges, which lie in the lack of applications, security,...

The content of this book was written through the combination of my own life experience and specialized studies in the field. As a child diagnosed with ADHD, throughout my life I had to learn how to...

Schools are institutions that produce and reproduce the meanings society has given to the construction of the body. Adolescent girls try to navigate the physical changes that occur within their...

Primary Socialization Theory (PST) (Oetting & Donnermeyer, 1998) posits that the peer, family, and school environments interact to influence adolescent drug and alcohol use. The present work is an...

The current accounting system of the government is not complete as it is limited to include all assets and liabilities and hence weak internal control, difficult to manage resources and generate...

This book is a phenomenographic study on adult learners' learning in a university setting. Having been involved for many years in adult education at a university level I became concerned about the...

Analytical solutions for aquifer response to pumping are commonly used to infer the hydraulic properties of aquifers. This book develops advanced analytical solutions for the analysis of pumping test...

The boundary element method was applied to polymer analysis. The comparison of two existing BEM approaches was carried out solving a benchmark viscoelastic problem numerically and comparing with the...

The development of low-temperature premixed compression ignition (PCI) combustion strategies and the performance of diesel oxidation catalysts (DOC) are presented in this work. At moderate loads,...

In this book the use of simulation is recommended for decision making from the very start. To achieve the description of time dependent behavior is also defined at an interdisciplinary level. Natural...