to Network Communication -- Real-Time Systems -- Smart Peripheral Elements -- Reconfigurable Control -- Case Study.Distributed control systems offer the advantages of control local to the process being controlled while retaining the ease of control at a single centralised location. Typically such a system has involved a great deal of hard-wiring and has been of most use only in situations where…
and Historical Background -- The PVTOL Aircraft -- The Quad-rotor Rotorcraft -- Robust Prediction-based Control for Unstable Delay Systems -- Modelling and Control of Mini-helicopters -- Helicopter in a Vertical Flying Stand -- Modelling and Control of a Tandem-Wing Tail-Sitter UAV -- Modelling and Control of Small Autonomous Airships -- Sensors, Modems and Microcontrollers for UAVs.Problems in…
Stiffness Basics -- Microcantilevers, Microhinges, Microbridges -- Microsuspensions -- Microtransduction: Actuation and Sensing -- Static Response of Mems -- Microfabrication, Materials, Precision and Scaling.This book offers a comprehensive coverage to the mechanics of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), which are analyzed from a mechanical engineer’s viewpoint as devices that transform a…
Environment and Architecture -- Web Development in .NET -- User Interfaces and Server Controls -- ADO.NET -- Data Binding -- ASP.NET State Management -- Markup Languages and XML -- XML and Web Development -- Web Services in Web Applications -- ASP.NET Authentication, Authorization, and Security -- Debugging and Exception Handling -- Caching and Performance Tuning -- Publishing Web Applications …
Control Development -- Spinner Control -- Bindable Bullet List -- Data Navigator -- File Uploader -- Globalizable Page -- Validation Control -- Image Magnifier -- Chart -- Image Map Generator -- Reviewing Controls -- Straw Poll -- RSS Reader -- Search Engine.This collection of reusable ASP.NET components serves two purposes. First, the components are ready to use, so you may add exciting featur…
An Introduction to Mitochondria and the Heart -- Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in the Heart -- Heart Mitochondrial Biogenesis -- ROS Generation, Antioxidants, and Cell Death -- Myocardial Ischemia and Cardioprotection -- Mitochondria Dysfunction in Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure -- Fatty Acid and Glucose Metabolism in Cardiac Disease -- Mitochondria in Pediatric Cardiology -- Mitochondria and t…
"Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Minding the Senses in Global South Ethnographies: Expanding Worldviews -- Section 1: Emerging Methods -- Ethnography across Storytelling and the Senses -- Humor Takes the Stage: A Performance of Couples’ Humor -- ‘Since Feeling Is First’: Poetry and Research Supervision -- Environmental Art: A Creative Response to Economic Catastrophe -- Section 2: …
Agent Methodologies and Processes -- From Object-Oriented to Agent-Oriented Software Engineering Methodologies -- MASUP: An Agent-Oriented Modeling Process for Information Systems -- Composition of a New Process to Meet Agile Needs Using Method Engineering -- A Generative Approach for Multi-agent System Development -- Requirements Engineering and Software Architectures -- A Social-Driven Design…
Introduction: Hunter-Gatherers in a Fast Changing World -- Part I: The Historical Legacy -- 1. The Fortunes of Foragers in Colonial and Post-Colonial New Guinea -- 2. When is a Foraging Society? The Loplik in the Tarim Basin -- Part II: Environmental Change -- 3. Trailing Forest Uses Among the Punan Tubu of North Kalimantan, Indonesia -- 4. Bushmeat Crisis, Forestry Reforms and Contemporary Hun…
This textbook helps students in the health sciences prepare for the social foundations portion of the medical college entrance exam. It provides a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts, theories, and methodologies in sociology that the exam requires. This book offers a condensed overview of the sociological concepts covered during a 15 week semester. It helps students gain an understa…