The 2003 International Conference "Hydrogen Materials Science and Chemistry of Carbon Nanomaterials" was held in September 2003. In the tradition of the earlier ICHMS conferences, this meeting served as an interdisciplinary forum for the presentation and discussion of the most recent research on transition to hydrogen-based energy systems, technologies for hydrogen production, storage, utilizat…
Preface -- Modeling Nature: The System. States of the System. Models in Chemistry -- Cellular Automata: What are Cellular Automata. The Grid and the Cells. The Rules. Running a Simulation. The Output. Putting it all Together. Applications -- Water as a System: Experimental Design. The Movement Rules. The Attributes Recorded. Other Liquids. Applications -- Solution Systems: The Rules. Applicatio…
Performance Analysis Techniques -- Convexity and Supermodularity -- Worst-Case Analysis -- Average-Case Analysis -- Mathematical Programming Based Bounds -- Inventory Models -- Economic Lot Size Models with Constant Demands -- Economic Lot Size Models with Varying Demands -- Stochastic Inventory Models -- Integration of Inventory and Pricing -- Design and Coordination Models -- Procurement Cont…
The Multiwavelength Approach to Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources -- Regular Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Jets -- The Converter Mechanism of Particle Acceleration and its Applications to the Unidentified EGRET Sources -- An Examination of Candidate AGN Counterparts to Unidentified EGRET Sources -- A Search for TeV Emission from X-Ray Selected AGN with Milagro -- Beaming Effects in GRBs an…
From the contents Observers as Internal Models for Remote Tracking via Encoded Information -- Extended Luenberger Observer for Nonuniformly Observable Nonlinear Systems -- Approximate Observer Error Linearization by Dissipativity Methods -- On Invariant Observers -- Remarks on Moving Horizon State Estimation with Guaranteed Convergence -- Least Squares Smoothing of Nonlinear Systems -- State Es…
Elementary Finite Elements -- Nonconforming Finite Elements -- Mixed Finite Elements -- Discontinuous Finite Elements -- Characteristic Finite Elements -- Adaptive Finite Elements -- Solid Mechanics -- Fluid Mechanics -- Fluid Flow in Porous Media -- Semiconductor Modeling.This book serves as a text for one- or two-semester courses for upper-level undergraduates and beginning graduate students …
New Paradigm for Education Reform -- New Paradigm for Education Reforms: Globalization, Localization, and Individualization -- Three Waves of Education Reform: Internal, Interface, and Future -- Fostering Local Knowledge and Human Development in Globalization of Education -- A Theory of Self-learning in a Networked Human and IT Environment -- Economic Considerations in Education Reforms and Pol…
Advanced neural network theory and algorithms -- Advanced evolutionary computing theory and algorithms, such as particle swarm optimization, differential evolution, ant colonies, artificial life, artificial immune systems and genetic algorithm -- Fuzzy, neural, and fuzzy-neuro hybrids -- Intelligent modeling, monitoring, and control of complex nonlinear systems -- Intelligent modeling and simul…
Cerebral Oxygenation During Repetitive Apnea in Newborn Piglets -- Optimal Determination of Detector Placement in Cerebral NIR Spectroscopy of Neonates Using Chemometric Techniques -- Simulation Study of Breast Tissue Hemodynamics During Pressure Perturbation -- Microvascular Oxygenation and Oxidative Stress During Postischemic Reperfusion -- Hypoxia, Tumor Endothelium, and Targets for Therapy …
Self-Study and Diversity: Looking Back, Looking Forward -- Inside Out: My Identity as a Queer Teacher Educator -- Learning to Dance: Pow Wow, Maori Haka, Indiagogy and Being an Indigenous Teacher Educator -- Vivencias (Lived Experiences) of a Feminist Chicana as Praxis: A Testimonio of Straddling between Multiple Worlds.-Researching Our Way: Latin@ Teachers’ Testimonios of Oppression and Libe…