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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foreword xix -- Preface xxi -- Acknowledgements xxv -- List of Contributors xxvii -- 1 Energy, Global Warming and Impact of Power Electronics in the Present Century 1 -- 1.1 Introduction 1 -- 1.2 Energy 2 -- 1.3 Environmental Pollution: Global Warming Problem 3 -- 1.4 Impact of Power Electronics on Energy Systems 8 -- 1.5 Smart Grid 20 -- 1.6 Electric/Hybrid Electric Vehicles 21 -- 1.7 Conclusion and Future Prognosis 23 -- References 25 -- 2 Challenges of the Current Energy Scenario: The Power Electronics Contribution 27 -- 2.1 Introduction 27 -- 2.2 Energy Transmission and Distribution Systems 28 -- 2.3 Renewable Energy Systems 34 -- 2.4 Transportation Systems 41 -- 2.5 Energy Storage Systems 42 -- 2.6 Conclusions 47 -- References 47 -- 3 An Overview on Distributed Generation and Smart Grid Concepts and Technologies 50 -- 3.1 Introduction 50 -- 3.2 Requirements of Distributed Generation Systems and Smart Grids 51 -- 3.3 Photovoltaic Generators 52 -- 3.4 Wind and Mini-hydro Generators 55 -- 3.5 Energy Storage Systems 56 -- 3.6 Electric Vehicles 57 -- 3.7 Microgrids 57 -- 3.8 Smart Grid Issues 59 -- 3.9 Active Management of Distribution Networks 60 -- 3.10 Communication Systems in Smart Grids 61 -- 3.11 Advanced Metering Infrastructure and Real-Time Pricing 62 -- 3.12 Standards for Smart Grids 63 -- References 65 -- 4 Recent Advances in Power Semiconductor Technology 69 -- 4.1 Introduction 69 -- 4.2 Silicon Power Transistors 70 -- 4.3 Overview of SiC Transistor Designs 75 -- 4.4 Gate and Base Drivers for SiC Devices 80 -- 4.5 Parallel Connection of Transistors 89 -- 4.6 Overview of Applications 97 -- 4.7 Gallium Nitride Transistors 100 -- 4.8 Summary 102 -- References 102 -- 5 AC-Link Universal Power Converters: A New Class of Power Converters for Renewable Energy and Transportation 107 -- 5.1 Introduction 107 -- 5.2 Hard Switching ac-Link Universal Power Converter 108 -- 5.3 Soft Switching ac-Link Universal Power Converter 112 -- 5.4 Principle of Operation of the Soft Switching ac-Link Universal Power Converter 113.…”

“…Ages and Abilities explores social responses to childhood stages from the late Neolithic to Classical Antiquity in Central Europe and the Mediterranean and includes cross-cultural comparison to expand the theoretical and methodological framework. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Typology of linguistic systems: Universals, variability, and change -- Encoding the distinction between location, source and destination -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTION -- GENERALIZED PARETO DISTRIBUTION -- NORMAL INVERSE GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION -- Normal Distribution versus Normal Inverse Gaussian Distribution -- α-STABLE DISTRIBUTION -- KEY POINTS -- REFERENCES -- Stable and Tempered Stable Distributions -- α-STABLE DISTRIBUTION -- Definition of an α-Stable Random Variable -- Useful Properties of an α-Stable Random Variable -- Smoothly Truncated Stable Distribution -- TEMPERED STABLE DISTRIBUTIONS -- Classical Tempered Stable Distribution -- Generalized Classical Tempered Stable Distribution -- Modified Tempered Stable Distribution -- Normal Tempered Stable Distribution -- Kim-Rachev Tempered Stable Distribution -- Rapidly Decreasing Tempered Stable Distribution -- INFINITELY DIVISIBLE DISTRIBUTIONS -- Exponential Moments -- HYPERGEOMETRIC FUNCTION AND CONFLUENT HYPERGEOMETRIC FUNCTION -- The Hypergeometric Function -- The Confluent Hypergeometric Function -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Fat Tails, Scaling, and Stable Laws -- SCALING, STABLE LAWS, AND FAT TAILS -- Fat Tails -- The Class L of Fat-Tailed Distributions -- The Law of Large Numbers and the Central Limit Theorem -- Stable Distributions -- EXTREME VALUE THEORY FOR IID PROCESSES -- Maxima -- Max-Stable Distributions -- Generalized Extreme Value Distributions -- Order Statistics -- Point Process of Exceedances or Peaks over Threshold -- Estimation -- ELIMINATING THE ASSUMPTION OF IID SEQUENCES -- Heavy-Tailed ARMA Processes -- ARCH/GARCH Processes -- Subordinated Processes -- Markov Switching Models -- Estimation -- Scaling and Self-Similarity -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Copulas -- DRAWBACKS OF CORRELATION -- OVERCOMING THE DRAWBACKS OF CORRELATION: COPULAS -- MATHEMATICAL DEFINITION OF COPULAS -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Applications of Order Statistics to Risk Management Problems…”

“…Next, you will learn to use XAML tools to build classic WPF apps, and UWP tools to build apps targeting Windows 10. …”

“…--Oxford University Press…”

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“…Particularly beautiful hand copies of the most complicated texts were made by Farouk Al-Rawi, professor of Ancient Languages and Archaeology at Baghdad University. While the book is reader-friendly, it remains as detailed and exhaustive as possible. …”

“…Dutch scholarship has played an important role in philology since the early days of Leiden University. This volume illuminates how philology and its focus on the critical examination of classical texts-a tradition that had previously exerted considerable influence across fields as diverse as theology, astronomy, law, and politics-began an accelerated process of specialization in the 1800's. …”

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