Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Figure 8.2 Map showing the altitude of villa sites within the region -- Figure 8.3 Lyde Green in the context of other Roman villa sites and the principal Roman roads in the region -- Figure 8.4 Map of villa sites in the region related to modern land-use -- Appendices -- Figure 9.1 Rubbings of decorated and stamped Samian ware sherds described in the catalogue -- Figure 9.2 Thin sections of the selected Roman pottery sherds -- Figure 9.3 Images of ceramic building material fabrics and mortar -- List of Tables -- Research objectives, methodologies and summary of results -- Table 2.1 Concordance of phasing between excavation areas -- The development of the landscape before the 1st millennium AD…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.7.1 Composition of the Atmosphere: The Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere and Exosphere -- 2.7.2 Air Density -- 2.7.3 Temperature -- 2.7.4 Pressure -- 2.7.5 Effects of Pressure and Temperature -- 2.7.6 Viscosity -- 2.7.7 Bulk Modulus of Elasticity -- 2.7.8 Temperature Variations with Altitude: The Lapse Rate -- 2.8 International Standard Atmosphere (from ESDU 77021, 1986) -- 2.9 Generation of Lift and Drag -- 2.10 Aerodynamic Forces and Moments -- 2.10.1 Aerodynamic Coefficients -- 2.10.2 Aerofoil Drag -- 2.10.3 Aircraft Lift Equation and Lift Curve Slope -- 2.10.4 Centre of Pressure -- 2.10.5 Aerodynamic Centre -- 2.10.6 Pitching Moment Equation -- 2.10.7 Elevator Hinge Moment Coefficient -- Chapter Highlights -- Exercises -- Answers to Selected Exercises -- References -- Chapter 3 Mechanics of Equilibrium Flight -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Speeds of Equilibrium Flight -- 3.3 Basic Aircraft Performance -- 3.3.1 Optimum Flight Speeds -- 3.4 Conditions for Minimum Drag -- 3.5 Stability in the Vicinity of the Minimum Drag Speed -- 3.6 Range and Endurance Estimation -- 3.7 Trim -- 3.8 Stability of Equilibrium Flight -- 3.9 Longitudinal Static Stability -- 3.9.1 Neutral Point (Stick-Fixed) -- 3.9.2 Neutral Point (Stick-Free) -- 3.10 Manoeuvrability -- 3.10.1 Pull-Out Manoeuvre -- 3.10.2 Manoeuvre Margin: Stick-Fixed -- 3.10.3 Manoeuvre Margin: Stick-Free -- 3.11 Lateral Stability and Stability Criteria -- 3.12 Experimental Determination of Aircraft Stability Margins -- 3.13 Summary of Equilibrium- and Stability-Related Equations -- Chapter Highlights -- Exercises -- Answers to Selected Exercises -- References -- Chapter 4 Aircraft Non-Linear Dynamics: Equations of Motion -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Aircraft Dynamics -- 4.3 Aircraft Motion in a 2D Plane -- 4.4 Moments of Inertia -- 4.5 Euler's Equations and the Dynamics of Rigid Bodies…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Technologies for Solar Thermal Energy -- Technologies for Solar Thermal Energy: Theory, Design, and Optimization -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- 1 - Fundamentals of thermal energy and solar system integration -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Foundation of thermodynamics -- 1.2.1 Basics of thermodynamics -- System and control volume -- Properties of a system -- Temperature -- Pressure -- 1.2.2 Basic energy conversion -- Fossil fuel energy conversion -- Renewable energy conversion -- 1.3 Thermal energy demand and supply -- 1.3.1 Sector wise thermal energy demand -- 1.4 Conventional thermal energy supply technologies -- 1.4.1 Boiler -- Classification of steam boiler -- Fire-tube boiler -- Water-tube boiler -- Modern boiler -- Heat recovery steam generators -- Recovery boilers -- Boiler mountings and accessories -- Superheaters and reheaters -- Economizers -- Air preheater -- 1.4.2 Combined heat and power -- Gas turbine CHP plants -- Solar energy conversion and integrated CHP plants -- CHP plants for district heating -- Selection factor for cogeneration systems -- The potential of CHP in industrial sectors -- 1.5 Solar thermal integration -- 1.5.1 Integration of supply level -- 1.5.2 Integration on process level -- References -- 2 - Solar thermal energy conversion -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The geometry of solar radiation -- 2.2.1 Latitude -- 2.2.2 Declination angle -- 2.2.3 Solar noon -- 2.2.4 Hour angle -- 2.2.5 Elevation/altitude angle -- 2.2.6 Zenith angle (θz) -- 2.2.7 Sunset hour angle (ωs) and daylight hours -- 2.2.8 Solar azimuth angle (γS) -- 2.2.9 Tilt angle or inclination angle (β) -- 2.2.10 Surface azimuth angle (γ) -- 2.2.11 Angle of incidence (θ) -- 2.2.12 Geometric factor (Rb) -- 2.3 Components and types of solar radiation -- 2.3.1 Irradiance -- 2.3.2 Irradiation or insolation…”

“…In this paper on the distribution of carabids at high altitudes, the effect of Nature 2000 habitat and landform types in driving ground beetle (Carabidae) distribution at high altitudes in the Western Dolomites (Brenta group, Italy) was studied. …”

“…To perform a statistically reliable model verification, contoured frequency by altitude diagrams (CFADs) were used and refined…”

“…Mandates drive changes in technical and operational standards, but they can also deny access to premium altitudes, routing, and even airports for noncompliant aircraft. …”

“…At this particular ICAP meeting, specific consideration has been given to emerging techniques and technologies in the fields of inter-tidal and marine archaeological prospection, and low altitude archaeological prospection. The papers within this volume represent the conference themes of: Techniques and new technological developments; Applications and reconstructing landscapes and urban environments; Integration of techniques and inter-disciplinary studies, with focus on visualisation and interpretation; Marine, inter-tidal and wetland prospection techniques and applications; Low altitude prospection techniques and applications; Commercial archaeological prospection in the contemporary world…”

“…It explores pure and applied mathematics, particularly examining the concurrency of lines such as medians, bisectors, and altitudes, as well as notable points like the centroid, incenter, orthocenter, and circumcenter. …”

“…Additional chapters also explain the methods for the restoration of disturbed sites at high altitude and snow cover in a changing climate. The e-book is therefore a compilation on the latest knowledge on environmental impacts of skiing and is intended to be a standard reference for ecologists, students and universities, business professionals (ski-resort managers), regional governmental organizations, conservation agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)…”

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“…This book presents a range of exciting developments in software communication technologies including some novel applications, such as in high altitude systems, ground heat exchangers and body sensor networks. …”

“…This collection of articles provides a clear update in the area of hypoxia research for biomedical researchers, medical students, nurse practitioners, and practicing clinicians in the fields of high altitude biology, cardiovascular biology and medicine, tumor oncology, obstetrics, pediatrics, and orthodontics and for others who may be interested in hypoxia…”

“…The book provides application examples, including flight control, robotic system, altitude control, and initial alignment to show how to use the theoretical methods in engineering--…”

“…An end to the increase in altitude is hardly in sight. Wooden constructions are also on the uptrend in residential and office construction, sports halls, industrial buildings and bridges. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 7.9.2 Data -- CHAPTER 8: PROCEDURAL CONTENT GENERATION -- 8.1 Pseudorandom Numbers -- 8.1.1 Numeric Mixing and Game Seeds -- 8.1.2 Halton Sequence -- 8.1.3 Phyllotaxic Angles -- 8.1.4 Poisson Disk -- 8.2 Lindenmayer Systems -- 8.2.1 Simple L-systems -- 8.2.2 Adding Randomness to L-systems -- 8.2.3 Stage-Specific Rules -- 8.3 Landscape Generation -- 8.3.1 Modifiers and Height-Maps -- 8.3.2 Noise -- 8.3.3 Perlin Noise -- 8.3.4 Faults -- 8.3.5 Thermal Erosion -- 8.3.6 Hydraulic Erosion -- 8.3.7 Altitude Filtering -- 8.4 Dungeons and Maze Generation -- 8.4.1 Mazes by Depth First Backtracking…”

“…In addition, the book explores the relationship between exercise, health and performance by providing new information in areas such as exercise and immunity, the use of iron supplementation for performance, how exercise affects reactive oxygen species, and the proposed benefits of real and simulated altitude training. This book is well referenced and illustrated and will be a valuable resource for sports medicine specialists, physiologists, coaches, physical conditioners, physiotherapists and graduate and medical school students…”

“…The galactic cosmic–ray spectrum extends over 14 orders of magnitudes in energy and about 12 orders of magnitude in intensity, and it can be studied using two different methods: via the “direct detection” of the primary cosmic rays in space or at high altitude and via the “indirect detection” of secondary particles, namely the extensive air showers produced by a primary cosmic–ray particle impinging the atmosphere. …”

“…Water resources assessment is an urgent need for implementation of the perfect water resources management, but it is difficult to accurately evaluate the quantity and quality of water resources, especially in arid regions and high-altitude regions with sparse gauged data. This book hosts 24 papers devoted to remote sensing in hydrology and water resources management, which summarizes the recent advancement in remote sensing technology for hydrology analysis such as satellite remote sensing for water resources management, water quality monitoring and evaluation using remote sensing data, remote sensing for detecting the global impact of climate extremes, the use of remote sensing data for improved calibration of hydrological models, and so on. …”

“…Through the study of permanent (was) and temporary (buron) agricultural exploitation sites, located between 1100 and 1300 m altitude, it contributes to our knowledge of a rural mountain society during the Middle Ages…”

“…How to eat during a trip abroad or during a training course in altitude? What to do to preserve your bone health? …”