Basics of Plasma Physics -- Nuclear Fusion -- Magnetic Confinement -- Plasma Diagnostics -- The Universe - A World of Plasma -- Waves in Plasmas -- Collisional and Turbulent Transport -- Fluctuations in Plasma -- Physics of Ion Traps -- Non-Neutral Plasmas -- High-Accuracy Experiments with Ion Traps -- Laboratory Class -- Energy for the 21st Century -- Research on Modern Gas Discharge Light Sou…
Handling: The Underrated Process -- Evolution or Revolution? -- Getting To Grips With Handling Tasks -- Movement Adds Value -- Practical Applications.Automated gripping and handling tasks offer a great rationalization potential but they are still difficult to realize. This book shows you how to ensure process reliability on the basis of combining the right components with advanced application k…
FCG Overview -- Loss Mechanism Basics -- Mechanical Aspects -- Basic Physics -- Generator Modeling -- Power Conditioning -- Seed Sources -- Practical FCG Pulsed Power System.While the basic operating principles of Helical Magnetic Flux Compression Generators are easy to understand, the details of their construction and performance limits have been described only in government reports, many of t…
Constructing Meaningful Sustainability Indices -- A Framework for Indicators to Monitor the EU Sustainable Development Strategy -- Measuring Corporate Sustainability Performance and Its Impact on Corporate Financial Performance -- Impact Assessment and Sustainability -- Should Environmental Policy Discriminate Between Exposed and Sheltered Sectors? -- Ecological-Economic Models for Improving th…
Learning and Memory -- Animal Models of Anxiety -- Genetic Alterations of the Murine Serotonergic Gene Pathway: The Neurodevelopmental Basis of Anxiety -- Mutagenesis and Knockout Models: Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical System -- Mutagenesis and Knockout Models: NK1 and Substance P -- Genetic Epidemiology of Anxiety Disorders -- Interactions Between Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone and Ser…
Main Topics You Can Find in this “ICME-13 Topical Survey” -- Introduction -- Survey on the State-of-the-art -- Summary and Looking Ahead. .Open AccessThis ICME-13 Topical Survey provides a review of recent research into statistics education, with a focus on empirical research published in established educational journals and on the proceedings of important conferences on statistics educatio…
Management Summary -- At a Glance — Competing through Knowledge Networks -- About this Handbook -- Building Blocks -- Storyboard — Setting Up Knowledge Networks -- Summary and Action Plan.The concepts and theories of knowledge management and networks are meanwhile well documented. Yet there are few, if any, guidelines on how to implement knowledge management within an organization, especial…
Visual Data Formats -- Cryptography Primer -- Application Scenarios for the Encryption of Visual Data -- Image and Video Encryption -- Conclusions.Image and Video Encryption provides a unified overview of techniques for encryption of images and video data. This ranges from commercial applications like DVD or DVB to more research oriented topics and recently published material. This volume intro…
Synthetic Characters and Virtual Worlds -- Engaging in a Conversation with Synthetic Characters Along the Virtuality Continuum -- Visualizing Emotion in Musical Performance Using a Virtual Character -- Knowledge in the Loop: Semantics Representation for Multimodal Simulative Environments -- Virtual Camera Planning: A Survey -- Generating Visual Displays -- Graphical Data Displays and Database Q…
1: Networks -- An Exact Column Generation Approach to the Capacitated Facility Location Problem -- Modelling Warehouses in Logistical Networks -- Supply Chain Optimisation in Animal Husbandry -- Online-Shopping and Changes in Mobility -- 2: Vehicle Routing -- A Real-time Vehicle Routing Model for a Courier Service Problem -- Collection of Waste with Single Load Trucks: A Real Case -- Planning a…