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61. |  By: Richard Maun Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Publication Date: 01-JUL-2011 Insert Date: 03-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How To Keep Your Job
If you have a job, would you like to keep it? In these difficult and unstable times, the answer is most likely to be a resounding "YES!". This book reveals the secrets of keeping your job. It cuts to the heart of modern working life and examines the big things that trip people up and what you need to know in order to survive.You might be great at the technical side of your job, but it's no longer enough to keep you employed these days. This book is based on first-hand experience of coaching people to keep their job.
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62. |  Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics, Second Edition By: Gregory Dudek; Michael Jenkin Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 30-JUL-2010 Insert Date: 03-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics, Second Edition
This textbook for advanced undergraduates and graduate students emphasizes algorithms for a range of strategies for locomotion, sensing, and reasoning. It concentrates on wheeled and legged mobile robots but discusses a variety of other propulsion systems. The new edition includes advances in robotics and intelligent machines over the last ten years, including significant coverage of SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) and multi-robot systems. It includes additional mathematical background and an extensive list of sample problems. Various mathematical techniques that were...
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63. |  Verification and Validation in Scientific Computing By: William L. Oberkampf; Christopher J. Roy Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 14-OCT-2010 Insert Date: 03-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Verification and Validation in Scientific Computing
Advances in scientific computing have made modelling and simulation an important part of the decision-making process in engineering, science, and public policy. This book provides a comprehensive and systematic development of the basic concepts, principles, and procedures for verification and validation of models and simulations. The emphasis is placed on models that are described by partial differential and integral equations and the simulations that result from their numerical solution. The methods described can be applied to a wide range of technical fields, from the physical sciences,...
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64. |  By: Lukas Novotny; Bert Hecht Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 01-JUN-2006 Insert Date: 03-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Principles of Nano-Optics
Nano-optics is the study of optical phenomena and techniques on the nanometer scale, that is, near or beyond the diffraction limit of light. It is an emerging field of study, motivated by the rapid advance of nanoscience and nanotechnology which require adequate tools and strategies for fabrication, manipulation and characterization at this scale. In this 2006 text the authors provide a comprehensive overview of the theoretical and experimental concepts necessary to understand and work in nano-optics. With a very broad perspective, they cover optical phenomena relevant to the nanoscale...
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65. |  By: William T. Silfvast Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 12-JAN-2004 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Laser Fundamentals
Laser Fundamentals provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the physical and engineering principles of laser operation and design. Simple explanations, based throughout on key underlying concepts, lead the reader logically from the basics of laser action to advanced topics in laser physics and engineering. Much new material has been added to this second edition, especially in the areas of solid-state lasers, semiconductor lasers, and laser cavities. This 2004 edition contains a new chapter on laser operation above threshold, including extensive discussion of laser amplifiers. The...
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66. |  A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations By: Daniel Fleisch Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 10-JAN-2008 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations
Gauss's law for electric fields, Gauss's law for magnetic fields, Faraday's law, and the Ampere-Maxwell law are four of the most influential equations in science. In this guide for students, each equation is the subject of an entire chapter, with detailed, plain-language explanations of the physical meaning of each symbol in the equation, for both the integral and differential forms. The final chapter shows how Maxwell's equations may be combined to produce the wave equation, the basis for the electromagnetic theory of light. This book is a wonderful resource for undergraduate and graduate...
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67. |  By: Christopher Gerry; Peter Knight Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 28-OCT-2004 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Introductory Quantum Optics
This book provides an elementary introduction to the subject of quantum optics, the study of the quantum mechanical nature of light and its interaction with matter. The presentation is almost entirely concerned with the quantized electromagnetic field. Topics covered include single-mode field quantization in a cavity, quantization of multimode fields, quantum phase, coherent states, quasi-probability distribution in phase space, atom-field interactions, the Jaynes-Cummings model, quantum coherence theory, beam splitters and interferometers, dissipative interactions, nonclassical field...
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68. |  Quantum Computing since Democritus By: Scott Aaronson Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 28-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Quantum Computing since Democritus
Written by noted quantum computing theorist Scott Aaronson, this book takes readers on a tour through some of the deepest ideas of maths, computer science and physics. Full of insights, arguments and philosophical perspectives, the book covers an amazing array of topics. Beginning in antiquity with Democritus, it progresses through logic and set theory, computability and complexity theory, quantum computing, cryptography, the information content of quantum states and the interpretation of quantum mechanics. There are also extended discussions about time travel, Newcomb's Paradox, the...
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69. |  Electronic Devices and Circuits, Second Edition By: Dharma Raj Cheruku; Battula Tirumala Krishna Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 23-JUN-2008 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Electronic Devices and Circuits, Second Edition
This second edition of Electronic Devices and Circuits provides a firm grounding in the fundamental concepts governing the field of electronics. The narrative style of the book, its clear illustrations, ample number of worked-out examples and review questions will aid the student in quick recapitulation and better understanding. Designed as a text book for undergraduate students, it will serve as an ideal text for students of electronics and its allied fields, besides providing a good source of reference to those in the electronics industry.
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70. |  Heat Transfer: Theory and Problems By: R. Rudramoorthy; K. Mayilsamy Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 11-OCT-2005 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Heat Transfer: Theory and Problems
This book is intended for engineering students and design engineers working on thermal systems. The objective is to produce a book which will enable the students to apply principles to applications. Topics such as modelling and analysis and experimental heat transfer have been included and there is an emphasis on including data pertaining to system design. This will help students to develop their own experimental procedure to test thermal systems and also to simulate the heat transfer using computer codes and software. Simple computer programs have been developed using 'C' language for a...
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71. |  By: P. Purushothama Raj; V. Ramasamy Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 22-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Strength of Materials
Strength of Materials is designed for the undergraduate students of civil and mechanical engineering for their core paper on Strength of Materials. The book offers detailed explanations with clear illustrations and a wide variety of solved problems. The step-by-step derivations help students relate to the concepts easily.
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72. |  By: Venkata Rao K.; Rama Sudha K.; Manmadha Rao G. Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 23-JUN-2010 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Pulse and Digital Circuits
Pulse and Digital Circuits is designed to cater to the needs of undergraduate students of electronics and communication engineering. Written in a lucid, student-friendly style, it covers key topics in the area of pulse and digital circuits. This is an introductory text that discusses the basic concepts involved in the design, operation and analysis of waveshaping circuits. The book includes a preliminary chapter that reviews the concepts needed to understand the subject matter. Each concept in the book is accompanied by self-explanatory circuit diagrams. Interspersed with numerous solved...
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73. |  Efficiency and Scalability Methods for Computational Intellect By: Boris Igelnik; Jacek Zurada Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 30-APR-2013 Insert Date: 26-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Efficiency and Scalability Methods for Computational Intellect Computational modeling and simulation has developed and expanded into a diverse range of fields such as digital signal processing, image processing, robotics, systems biology, and many more; enhancing the need for a diversifying problem solving applications in this area. Efficiency and Scalability Methods for Computational Intellect presents various theories and methods for approaching the problem of modeling and simulating intellect in order to target computation efficiency and scalability of proposed methods. Researchers, instructors, and graduate students will benefit from this current...
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74. |  By: Edward Iglesias Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 30-APR-2013 Insert Date: 26-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Robots in Academic Libraries In recent years, automation has played a vital role in library systems that handle tasks of acquisition, cataloging, serials, and circulation. The automation of these operations has, in turn, minimized the demand for human interaction. Robots in Academic Libraries: Advancements in Library Automation provides an overview on the current state of library automation, addresses the need for changing personnel to accommodate these changes, and assesses the future for academic libraries as a whole. This book is essential for library leaders, technology experts, and library vendors interested in the...
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75. |  Advanced Engineering and Computational Methodologies for Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics By: Shahin Sirouspour Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 26-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Advanced Engineering and Computational Methodologies for Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics The emergence of mechatronics has advanced the engineering disciplines, producing a plethora of useful technical systems. Advanced Engineering and Computational Methodologies for Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics presents the latest innovations and technologies in the fields of mechatronics and robotics. These innovations are applied to a wide range of applications for robotic-assisted manufacturing, complex systems, and many more. This publication is essential to bridge the gap between theory and practice for researchers, engineers, and practitioners from academia to government....
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76. |  By: Richard Collier Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 31-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 25-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Transmission Lines
This rigorous treatment of transmission lines presents all the essential concepts in a clear and straightforward manner. Key principles are demonstrated by numerous practical worked examples and illustrations, and complex mathematics is avoided throughout. Early chapters cover pulse propagation, sinusoidal waves and coupled lines, all set within the context of a simple lossless equivalent circuit. Later chapters then develop this basic model by demonstrating the derivation of circuit parameters, and the use of Maxwell's equations to extend this theory to major transmission lines. Finally,...
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77. |  Réussir un grand projet de transformation By: David Autissier; Thierry Meslin Publisher: Eyrolles Publication Date: 02-FEB-2012 Insert Date: 25-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Réussir un grand projet de transformation
La division de la production nucléaire d'EDF a lancé un grand projet de transformation de la maintenance des installations nucléaires concernant 19 sites de production et tout leur personnel : le projet OEEI (Obtenir un état exemplaire des installations).
Cet ouvrage fait la synthèse de cette expérience qui, en 5 ans, a oeuvré à la rénovation et à la maintenance des installations en impliquant tout le personnel technique et encadrant.
Retrouvez-y en détail les 20 bonnes pratiques qui ont permis de mener ce projet à bien et, pourquoi pas, le vôtre !
Préface de Dominique Minière...
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78. |  OFDMA Mobile Broadband Communications By: Junyi Li; Xinzhou Wu; Rajiv Laroia Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 31-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 24-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: OFDMA Mobile Broadband Communications
Written by the pioneers of Flash-OFDM, arguably the first commercially developed OFDMA-based mobile broadband system in the world, this book teaches OFDMA from first principles, enabling readers to understand mobile broadband as a whole. The book examines the key requirements for data-centric mobile; how OFDMA fits well with data networks; why mobile broadband needs to be IP-based; and how to bridge communications theory to real-world air interface design and make a good system choice between performance and complexity. It also explores the future of wireless technologies beyond...
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79. |  By: M. Pollak; M. Ortuño; A. Frydman Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 31-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 24-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Electron Glass
Presenting an up-to-date report on electronic glasses, this book examines experiments and theories for a variety of disordered materials where electrons exhibit glassy properties. Some interesting mathematical models of idealized systems are also discussed. The authors examine problems in this field, highlighting which issues are currently understood and which require further research. Where appropriate, the authors focus on physical arguments over elaborate derivations. The book provides introductory background material on glassy systems, properties of disordered systems and transport...
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80. |  Integration of Passive RF Front-End Components in SoCs By: Hooman Darabi; Ahmad Mirzaei Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 31-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 24-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Integration of Passive RF Front-End Components in SoCs
Examining the most important developments in highly integrated wireless RF front-ends, this book describes and evaluates both active and passive solutions for on-chip high-Q filtering, and explores M-phase filters in depth. An accessible step-by-step approach is used to introduce everything an RF designer needs to know about these filters, including their various forms, principles of operation, and their performance against implementation-related imperfections. Real-world examples are described in depth, and detailed mathematical analyses demonstrate the practical quantification of...
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