“…Taking the dynamics of EU competition policy as a reference, the author provides a historical perspective of China's competition law, enforcement mechanisms and future challenges against the background of ongoing economic reforms and the concomitant modernisation of the judicial system. …”

“…Between 1815 and 1870, when European industrialisation was in its infancy and Britain enjoyed a technological lead, thousands of British workers emigrated to the continent, where they played a key role in several sectors, like textiles, iron, mechanics, and the railways throughout the Industrial Revolution…”

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“…The new texts complete the picture of the current situation and future prospects of Mechanics that emerged from the congress held in Florence…”

“…This book examines the origins of bulk, or untargeted, surveillance, explores its mechanics and key concepts, and defines what distinguishes it from other forms of surveillance. …”

“…The clinicopathological entities described in this issue have been analyzed through the molecular mechanisms involved in their pathogenesis…”

“…This book presents perspectives on how regulatory institutions can ensure reliable sources of energy, evaluate financial risk, and provide emergency response mechanisms to deal with interruptions in supply…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.1.2 Choosing the correct battery -- 4.1.3 Positioning the vehicle battery -- 4.2 Lead-acid batteries -- 4.2.1 Construction -- 4.2.2 Battery rating -- 4.3 Maintenance, charging and testing batteries -- 4.3.1 Maintenance -- 4.3.2 Charging the lead-acid battery -- 4.3.3 Servicing batteries -- 4.3.4 Battery faults -- 4.3.5 Testing batteries -- 4.3.6 Safety -- 4.4 Advanced battery technology -- 4.4.1 Electrochemistry -- 4.4.2 Electrolytic conduction -- 4.4.3 Ohm's law and electrolytic resistance -- 4.4.4 Electrochemical action of the lead-acid battery -- 4.4.5 Characteristics -- 4.4.6 Peukert's Law -- 4.5 Developments in electrical storage -- 4.5.1 Lead-acid -- 4.5.2 Alkaline -- 4.5.3 ZEBRA -- 4.5.4 Sodium sulphur -- 4.5.5 Swing -- 4.5.6 Fuel cells -- 4.5.7 Super-capacitors -- 4.5.8 Summary -- 4.6 Updates -- 4.6.1 Micro batteries research -- 4.6.2 Lead-acid batteries update -- 4.6.3 Battery diagnostics -- Chapter 5 Charging -- 5.1 Requirements of the charging system -- 5.1.1 Introduction -- 5.1.2 Basic operating principles -- 5.1.3 Vehicle electrical loads -- 5.2 Charging system principles -- 5.2.1 Basic principles -- 5.2.2 Charging voltages -- 5.2.3 Charging circuits -- 5.2.4 Generation of electricity -- 5.2.5 Rectification of AC to DC -- 5.2.6 Regulation of output voltage -- 5.3 Alternators -- 5.3.1 Bosch compact alternator -- 5.3.2 Efficient alternators -- 5.3.3 Water-cooled alternators -- 5.3.4 Denso high-output alternators -- 5.3.5 Charging system testing procedure -- 5.4 Smart charging -- 5.4.1 Introduction and closed loop regulation -- 5.4.2 Open loop regulation -- 5.4.3 Engine performance -- 5.4.4 Fault conditions -- 5.4.5 Summary -- 5.5 Advanced charging system technology -- 5.5.1 Charging system - problems and solutions -- 5.5.2 Charge balance calculation -- 5.5.3 Alternator characteristics -- 5.5.4 Mechanical and external considerations…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 STRUCTURED COMPUTER ORGANIZATION -- 1.1.1 Languages, Levels, and Virtual Machines -- 1.1.2 Contemporary Multilevel Machines -- 1.1.3 Evolution of Multilevel Machines -- 1.2 MILESTONES IN COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE -- 1.2.1 The Zeroth Generation-Mechanical Computers (1642-1945) -- 1.2.2 The First Generation-Vacuum Tubes (1945-1955) -- 1.2.3 The Second Generation-Transistors (1955-1965) -- 1.2.4 The Third Generation-Integrated Circuits (1965-1980) -- 1.2.5 The Fourth Generation-Very Large Scale Integration (1980-?) …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.2.2.2 Problem response and resolution time -- 4.2.2.3 Scalability -- 4.2.2.4 Utilization -- 4.2.2.5 Latency and throughput -- 4.2.3 Data Center Resource Celling -- 4.3 Data Center Space -- 4.3.1 Five Types of Space -- 4.3.1.1 Total space (building shell) -- 4.3.1.2 Total adjacent lot size (raw lot size) -- 4.3.1.3 Whitespace (raised floor) -- 4.3.1.4 Effective usable space (rack space) -- 4.3.1.5 General space -- 4.3.2 Data Center Functional Rooms -- 4.3.2.1 Utility support functions -- 4.3.2.1.1 Mechanical rooms -- 4.3.2.1.2 Electrical rooms -- 4.3.2.1.3 Staging area -- 4.3.2.2 Computing functions -- 4.3.2.2.1 Entrance rooms -- 4.3.2.2.2 Computer rooms -- 4.3.2.2.3 Telecommunication rooms -- 4.3.2.3 Operational functions -- 4.3.2.3.1 Network operation rooms -- 4.3.2.3.2 Common area -- 4.3.2.3.3 General office space -- 4.4 How to Estimate Cost of Space -- 4.5 Summary -- 4.6 Review Questions -- 5 Data Center Power -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Fundamentals of Power -- 5.2.1 Three Basic Power Metrics -- 5.2.2 Power Factor for AC Power -- 5.3 Power Panel (Circuit Breaker) -- 5.3.1 Type of Circuit Breaker and Selection -- 5.3.2 Circuit Breaker Coordination -- 5.4 Transfer Switches and Generators -- 5.4.1 Static Transfer Switch (STS) -- 5.4.2 Automatic transfer switch (ATS) -- 5.4.3 Generator -- 5.5 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) -- 5.5.1 Different Types of UPS Topologies -- 5.5.1.1 Standby or offline single UPS topology -- 5.5.1.2 Line interactive UPS topology -- 5.5.1.3 Online double conversion -- 5.5.1.4 Delta conversion topology -- 5.5.1.5 Rotary UPS topology -- 5.6 How to Select UPS Topologies -- 5.6.1 UPS Redundancy and Cost Efficiency -- 5.6.1.1 Configuration of UPS redundancy -- 5.6.1.2 Single module system (SMS) -- 5.6.1.3 1+1 redundancy or two module system -- 5.6.1.4 N+1 redundancy -- 5.6.1.5 2(N+1) redundancy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.1 General security concepts and terminology -- 3.1.1 Broad security categories -- 3.1.2 Information security components -- 3.1.3 RPC security flavors -- 3.1.4 RPCSEC_GSS protection levels -- 3.1.5 RPCSEC_GSS protection mechanisms -- 3.1.6 Looking ahead to the rest of the chapter -- 3.2 NFS V4 user/group identification -- 3.2.1 User identity management options -- 3.2.2 User/group identities and NFS V4 -- 3.3 NFS V4 user authentication -- 3.3.1 AUTH_SYS user authentication -- 3.3.2 RPCSEC_GSS user authentication using Kerberos -- 3.4 NFS V4 user authorization -- 3.4.1 Standard UNIX file permissions -- 3.4.2 AIXC ACLs -- 3.4.3 NFS V4 ACLs: description -- 3.4.4 NFS V4 ACLs: ACL evaluation -- 3.4.5 NFS V4 ACLs: administration -- 3.4.6 NFS V4 ACLs: permissions scenarios -- 3.4.7 NFS V4 ACLs: NFS V3 clients -- 3.5 NFS V4 host identification -- 3.5.1 Basic host identification -- 3.5.2 Kerberos host identification -- 3.6 NFS V4 host authentication -- 3.7 NFS V4 host authorization -- Part 2 Implementing NFS V4 -- Chapter 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.1.7 Churn Reduction / The Sticky Bundle 42 -- 3.1.8 Positive Impact on Subsidisation Trends 43 -- 3.1.9 Value-Added Services 43 -- 3.1.10 Changing User Behaviour 43 -- 3.1.11 Reducing Energy Consumption 44 -- 3.2 Key Primers 44 -- 3.2.1 Broadband Penetration 44 -- 3.2.2 Saturation 45 -- 3.2.3 Evolution in Carrier Business Model 46 -- 3.2.4 Competition 47 -- 3.2.5 Technical Feasibility 48 -- 3.2.6 Economics 48 -- 3.2.7 Limitations in Other Services 49 -- 3.2.8 Carrier and Manufacturer Support 49 -- 3.2.9 Consumer Demand 50 -- 3.2.10 Supporting the Data Boom 50 -- 3.2.11 Growing Standardisation 50 -- 3.2.12 Air Interface Technology Evolution 52 -- 3.3 Key Market Challenges 52 -- 3.3.1 Cost Pressure 52 -- 3.3.2 Intellectual Property Rights 53 -- 3.3.3 Technology Issues 53 -- 3.3.4 Establishing a 'Sellable' Proposition 54 -- 3.3.5 Disconnect Between OEMs and Carriers 54 -- 3.3.6 Too Much Reliance on Standards 54 -- 3.3.7 Window of Opportunity 55 -- 3.3.8 Developing the Ecosystem 55 -- 3.4 Business Cases for Femtocells 55 -- 3.4.1 Business Case Foundations 55 -- 3.4.2 Exploring the Economics 57 -- 3.5 Air Interface Choices 60 -- 3.5.1 GSM Advantages 60 -- 3.5.2 GSM Disadvantages 61 -- 3.5.3 WCDMA Advantages 61 -- 3.5.4 WCDMA Disadvantages 61 -- 3.5.5 Conclusions 61 -- 3.5.6 HSDPA, HSUPA and HSPA+ 62 -- 3.6 Product Feature Sets 62 -- 3.6.1 Stand-Alone 62 -- 3.6.2 Broadband Gateway 63 -- 3.6.3 Wi-Fi Access Point 63 -- 3.6.4 TV Set-Top Box 63 -- 3.6.5 Video Distribution Mechanisms 64 -- 3.6.6 Segmentation 64 -- 3.7 Additional Considerations 64 -- 3.7.1 Enterprise Femtocells 64 -- 3.7.2 Super-Femtocells and Outdoor Femtocells 65 -- 3.8 Adoption Forecasts and Volumes 65 -- 3.8.1 Methodology 65 -- 3.8.2 Forecasts 68 -- 3.9 Conclusions 70 -- 4 Radio Issues for Femtocells 71 / Simon Saunders -- 4.1 Introduction 71 -- 4.2 Spectrum Scenarios 71 -- 4.3 Propagation in Femtocell Environments 73 -- 4.4 Coverage 74 -- 4.5 Downlink Interference 75 -- 4.6 Interference Challenges and Mitigations 79.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…4.3.9 Normalisation Summary -- 4.3.10 Denormalisation -- 4.4 Entity/Relationship (E/R) Modelling -- 4.4.1 Aspects of E/R Modelling -- 4.4.2 Types of Relationships -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Chapter Summary -- Practice Set -- Chapter 5: Transaction Processing and Management -- 5.1 Transaction -- 5.1.1 Transactions - Need and Mechanisms -- 5.1.2 Transaction Processing (TP) Monitor -- 5.1.3 Transaction Properties -- 5.2 Recovery -- 5.2.1 Classification of Recovery -- 5.2.2 System Recovery -- 5.2.2.1 Failure recovery -- 5.2.2.2 Media recovery -- 5.3 Transaction Models -- 5.3.1 Flat Transactions -- 5.3.2 Chained Transactions -- 5.3.3 Nested Transactions -- 5.4 Two-Phase Commit -- 5.5 Concurrency Problems -- 5.5.1 Lost Update Problem -- 5.5.2 Dirty (Uncommitted) Read Problem -- 5.5.3 Non-Repeatable Read Problem -- 5.5.4 Phantom Read Problem -- 5.6 Locking -- 5.7 Concurrency Problems Revisited -- 5.7.1 Lost Update Problem Revisited -- 5.7.2 Dirty (Uncommitted) Read Problem Revisited -- 5.7.3 Non-repeatable Read Problem Revisited -- 5.7.4 Phantom Read Problem Revisited -- 5.8 Deadlocks -- 5.9 Transaction Serialisability -- 5.10 Two-Phase Locking -- 5.11 Isolation Levels -- Key Terms and Concepts -- Chapter Summary -- Practice Set -- Chapter 6: Database Security -- 6.1 Data Classification -- 6.1.1 Importance of Data -- 6.1.2 Private Organisations versus Military Classifications -- 6.2 Threats and Risks -- 6.2.1 Confidentiality -- 6.2.2 Authentication -- 6.2.3 Integrity -- 6.2.4 Non-repudiation -- 6.3 Cryptography -- 6.3.1 Types of Cryptography -- 6.3.1.1 Symmetric key cryptography -- 6.3.1.2 Asymmetric key cryptography -- 6.4 Digital Signature -- 6.5 Database Control -- 6.5.1 Discretionary Control -- 6.5.2 Mandatory Control -- 6.6 Users and Database Privileges -- 6.7 Types of Privileges -- 6.8 Object Privileges -- 6.8.1 Operations and Privileges…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…9.3 Rainfall Abstractions -- 9.3.1 Interception -- 9.3.2 Depression Storage -- 9.3.3 Infiltration -- 9.3.3.1 The infiltration process -- 9.3.3.2 Horton model -- 9.3.3.3 Green-Ampt model -- 9.3.3.4 NRCS curve-number model -- 9.3.3.5 Comparison of infiltration models -- 9.3.4 Rainfall Excess on Composite Areas -- 9.4 Baseflow -- Problems -- 10 Fundamentals of Surface-Water Hydrology II: Runoff -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Mechanisms of Surface Runoff -- 10.3 Time of Concentration -- 10.3.1 Overland Flow -- 10.3.1.1 Kinematic-wave equation -- 10.3.1.2 NRCS method -- 10.3.1.3 Kirpich equation -- 10.3.1.4 Izzard equation -- 10.3.1.5 Kerby equation -- 10.3.2 Channel Flow -- 10.3.3 Accuracy of Estimates -- 10.4 Peak-Runoff Models -- 10.4.1 The Rational Method -- 10.4.2 NRCS-TR55 Method -- 10.5 Continuous-Runoff Models -- 10.5.1 Unit-Hydrograph Theory -- 10.5.2 Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph -- 10.5.3 Unit-Hydrograph Models -- 10.5.3.1 Snyder unit-hydrograph model -- 10.5.3.2 NRCS dimensionless unit hydrograph -- 10.5.3.3 Accuracy of unit-hydrograph models -- 10.5.4 Time-Area Models -- 10.5.5 Kinematic-Wave Model -- 10.5.6 Nonlinear-Reservoir Model -- 10.5.7 Santa Barbara Urban Hydrograph Model -- 10.5.8 Extreme Runoff Events -- 10.6 Routing Models -- 10.6.1 Hydrologic Routing -- 10.6.1.1 Modified Puls method -- 10.6.1.2 Muskingum method -- 10.6.2 Hydraulic Routing -- 10.7 Water-Quality Models -- 10.7.1 Event-Mean Concentrations -- 10.7.2 Regression Equations -- 10.7.2.1 USGS model -- 10.7.2.2 EPA model -- Problems -- 11 Design of Stormwater-Collection Systems -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Street Gutters -- 11.3 Inlets -- 11.3.1 CurbInlets -- 11.3.2 Grate Inlets -- 11.3.3 Combination Inlets -- 11.3.4 Slotted Inlets -- 11.4 Roadside and Median Channels -- 11.5 Storm Sewers -- 11.5.1 Calculation of Design Flow Rates -- 11.5.2 Pipe Sizing and Selection…”

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