Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 9 - X-FEM Simulation of Two-Phase Flows9.1 GOVERNING EQUATIONS AND INTERFACIAL CONDITIONS; 9.2 INTERFACIAL DESCRIPTION OF TWO-PHASE FLOWS; 9.3 X-FEM AND UNKNOWN PARAMETERS DISCRETIZATION; 9.4 DISCRETIZATION OF GOVERNING EQUATIONS; 9.5 NUMERICAL INTEGRAL METHOD; 9.6 EXAMPLES AND ANALYSES; 9.7 SUMMARY; Chapter 10 - Research Progress and Challenges of X-FEM; 10.1 RESEARCH ON MICRO-SCALE CRYSTAL PLASTICITY; 10.2 APPLICATION OF MULTI-SCALE SIMULATION; 10.3 MODELING OF DEFORMATION LOCALIZATION; 10.4 SUMMARY; Appendix A - Westergaard Stress Function Method…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2-stage Astable VariationsGated 2-stage Astable Circuits; CMOS Ring-of-three Astable; CMOS 555 IC Circuits; 4046B VCO Circuits; A TTL Crystal Oscillator; Chapter 10. Clocked Flip-flops; Clocked Flip-flop Basics; The Master-slave Flip-flop; D and JK Flip-flops; Practical TTL Flip-flop ICs; Practical 74HC-series Flip-flop ICs; Practical '4000'-series Flip-flop ICs; Circuit Diagram Symbology; Ripple Counters; Practical Ripple Counter ICs; Output Decoding; Walking-ring Counters; The'Johnson' Counter; The 4018B Divide-by-N counter; Greater-than-10Division; Chapter 11. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Lisa Rodgers (2012), Vulnerable Workers, Precarious Work and Justifications for Labour Law : A Comparative Study -- 22. Shae McCrystal (2014), Collective Bargaining Beyond the Boundaries of Employment : A Comparative Analysis -- 23. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…10.3.5 Single‐Switch Phase Shifter -- 10.4 Supplementary Problems -- References -- Chapter 11 Oscillators -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Criteria for Oscillation in a Feedback Circuit -- 11.3 RF (Transistor) Oscillators -- 11.3.1 Colpitts Oscillator -- 11.3.2 Hartley Oscillator -- 11.3.3 Clapp-Gouriet Oscillator -- 11.4 Voltage‐Controlled Oscillator -- 11.5 Crystal‐Controlled Oscillators -- 11.5.1 Crystals -- 11.5.2 Crystal‐Controlled Oscillators -- 11.6 Frequency Synthesizers -- 11.6.1 The Phase‐Locked Loop -- 11.6.1.1 Principle of a Phase‐Locked Loop -- 11.6.1.2 Main Components of a Phase‐Locked Loop -- 11.6.1.3 Gain of Phase‐Locked Loop -- 11.6.1.4 Transient Analysis of a Phase‐Locked Loop -- 11.6.2 Indirect Frequency Synthesizer Circuits -- 11.7 Microwave Oscillators -- 11.7.1 Dielectric Resonator Oscillator -- 11.7.2 Delay‐Line Stabilized Microwave Oscillators -- 11.7.3 Diode Oscillators -- 11.7.3.1 Gunn Diode Oscillator -- 11.7.3.2 IMPATT Diode Oscillator -- 11.8 Oscillator Noise -- 11.9 Measurement of Oscillator Noise -- 11.10 Supplementary Problems -- References -- Chapter 12 RF and Microwave Antennas -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Antenna Parameters -- 12.3 Spherical Polar Coordinates -- 12.4 Radiation from a Hertzian Dipole -- 12.4.1 Basic Principles -- 12.4.2 Gain of a Hertzian Dipole -- 12.5 Radiation from a Half‐Wave Dipole -- 12.5.1 Basic Principles -- 12.5.2 Gain of a Half‐Wave Dipole -- 12.5.3 Summary of the Properties of a Half‐Wave Dipole -- 12.6 Antenna Arrays -- 12.7 Mutual Impedance -- 12.8 Arrays Containing Parasitic Elements -- 12.9 Yagi-Uda Antenna -- 12.10 Log‐Periodic Array -- 12.11 Loop Antenna -- 12.12 Planar Antennas -- 12.12.1 Linearly Polarized A linearly polarized antenna is one where the direction of the radiated electric field remains fixed as the wave propagates. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Chemical modification of phenol hydroxylase by p-nitrobenzenes ulphonyl fluoride / Studies of 2,5-diketocamphane monooxygenase from Pseudomonas putida ATCC 17453 / Recent progress in bioluminescence: cloning of the structural genes encoding bacterial luciferase, analysis of the encoded sequences, and crystallization of the enzyme / Probing the bacterial luciferase aldehyde site by affinity and photoaffinity labeling / The catalytic turnover of bacterial luciferase produces a quasi-stable species of altered conformation / Electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction studies on heavy riboflavin synthase from Bacillus subtilis / Heavy riboflavin synthase from Bacillus subtilis. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.1.1 Changing Climate in the Energy Industry2.1.2 PV Markets; 2.2 Policy Review of Selected Countries; 2.2.1 Review of US Policies; 2.2.2 Europe; 2.2.3 Asia; 2.3 Policy Impact on PV Market Development; 2.4 Future PV Market Growth Scenarios; 2.4.1 Diffusion Curves; 2.4.2 Experience Curves; 2.4.3 PV Diffusion in the US under Different Policy Scenarios; 2.5 Toward a Sustainable Future; References; 3 The Physics of the Solar Cell; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Fundamental Properties of Semiconductors; 3.2.1 Crystal Structure; 3.2.2 Energy Band Structure…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Material Science Studies Using Positron, Stable, and Radioactive Ion Beams -- Combined Ion Beam and Hyperfine Interaction Studies of LiNbO, Single Crystals by J. G. Marques, A.King, L. Rebouta, M. F. da Silva, and J. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…part, I Electromagnetics of Bounded Simple Media -- chapter 1 Electromagnetics of Simple Media* / chapter 2 Electromagnetics of Simple Media: -- One-Dimensional Solution* / chapter 3 Two-Dimensional Problems and Waveguides / chapter 4 Three-Dimensional Solutions* / chapter 5 Spherical Waves and Applications / chapter 6 Laplace Equation: -- Static and Low-Frequency Approximations* / chapter 7 Miscellaneous Topics on Waves* / part, II Electromagnetic Equations of Complex Media -- chapter 8 Electromagnetic Modeling of Complex Materials* / chapter 9 Waves in Isotropic Cold Plasma: -- Dispersive Medium* / chapter 10 Spatial Dispersion and Warm Plasma* / chapter 11 Wave in Anisotropic Media and Magnetoplasma* / chapter 12 Optical Waves in Anisotropic Crystals / chapter 13 Time-Domain Solutions / chapter 14 Electromagnetics of Moving Media -- Uniform Motion / part, III Appendices -- chapter Appendix 1A Vector Formulas and Coordinate Systems / chapter Appendix 1B Retarded Potentials and Review of Potentials for the Static Cases / chapter Appendix 1C Poynting Theorem / chapter Appendix 1D Low-Frequency Approximation of Maxwell’s Equations R, L, C, and Memristor M / chapter Appendix 2A AC Resistance of a Round Wire When the Skin Depth δ Is Comparable to the Radius a of the Wire / chapter Appendix 2B Transmission Lines: -- Power Calculation / chapter Appendix 2C Introduction to the Smith Chart / chapter Appendix 2D Nonuniform Transmission Lines / chapter Appendix 4A Calculation of Losses in a Good Conductor at High Frequencies: -- Surface Resistance R S / chapter Appendix 6A On Restricted Fourier Series Expansion / chapter Appendix 7A Two- and Three-Dimensional Green’s Functions / chapter Appendix 8A Wave Propagation in Chiral Media / chapter Appendix 8B Left-Handed Materials and Transmission Line Analogies / chapter Appendix 9A Backscatter from a Plasma Plume due to Excitation of Surface Waves* / chapter Appendix 10A Thin Film Reflection Properties of a Warm Isotropic Plasma Slab between Two Half-Space Dielectric Media* / chapter Appendix 10B First-Order Coupled Differential Equations for Waves in Inhomogeneous Warm Magnetoplasmas* / chapter Appendix 10C Waveguide Modes of a Warm Drifting Uniaxial Electron Plasma* / chapter Appendix 11A Faraday Rotation versus Natural Rotation / chapter Appendix 11B Ferrites and Permeability Tensor / chapter Appendix 11C Thin Film Reflection Properties of a Warm Magnetoplasma Slab: -- Coupling of Electromagnetic Wave with Electron Plasma Wave / chapter Appendix 13A Maxwell Stress Tensor and Electromagnetic Momentum Density / chapter Appendix 13B Electric and Magnetic Forces and Newton’s Third Law / chapter Appendix 13C Frequency and Polarization Transformer (10–1000 GHz): -- Interaction of a Whistler Wave with a Collapsing Plasma in a Cavity* / chapter Appendix 14A Electromagnetic Wave Interaction with Moving Bounded Plasmas* / chapter Appendix 14B Radiation Pressure Due to Plane Electromagnetic Waves Obliquely Incident on Moving Media* / chapter Appendix 14C Reflection and Transmission of Electromagnetic Waves Obliquely Incident on a Relativistically Moving Uniaxial Plasma Slab* / chapter Appendix 14D Brewster Angle for a Plasma Medium Moving at a Relativistic Speed* / chapter Appendix 14E On Total Reflection of Electromagnetic Waves from Moving Plasmas* / chapter Appendix 14F Interaction of Electromagnetic Waves with Bounded Plasmas Moving Perpendicular to the Plane of Incidence* / chapter Appendix 14G Moving Point Charge and Lienard–Wiechert Potentials / part, IV Chapter Problems -- chapter Problems…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.2.4 Polarizing Fiber1.2.5 Photonic Crystal Fiber-Holey Fibers; 1.2.6 Dispersion-Compensating Fiber; 1.2.7 High-Index Fiber; 1.2.8 Polarization-Maintaining Fiber; 1.2.9 Photosensitive Fiber; 1.2.10 Erbium-Doped Fiber; 1.3 Conclusions; Chapter 2: Light-Guiding Fundamentals and Fiber Design; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Physical Structure of a Telecommunications Optical Fiber; 2.3 Linear Lightwave Propagation in an Optical Fiber; 2.3.1 Electromagnetic Preliminaries; 2.3.2 Intuition from the Slab Waveguide; 2.3.3 Optical Fiber: A Cylindrical Waveguide; 2.3.4 The Linearly Polarized Mode Set LPlm…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Compare ModeCapture Mode; 3.4 PIC16 C UART Serial Link; 3.5 PIC16 C SPI Serial Bus; 3.6 PIC16 C I[sup(2)]C Serial Bus; 3.7 PIC16 C Parallel and Serial Interfaces; Parallel Slave Port; Comparison of Communication Links; 3.8 PIC16 C EEPROM Interface; 3.9 PIC16 C Analog Output; Assessment 3; Assignments 3; Part 4 C Mechatronics Applications; 4.1 PICDEM Mechatronics Board Overview; PICDEM Hardware; Motor Drives; Test Program; Debugging; 4.2 PICDEM Liquid Crystal Display; LCD Connections; LCD Test Program; BCD Count Program; 4.3 PICDEM DC Motor Test Programs; Basic Control; Rev Counter…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Digital Input, Output, and Displays; 7.1 Digital Input and Output: Parallel Ports; 7.2 Digital Inputs; 7.3 Switch Debounce; 7.4 Digital Outputs; 7.5 Interface between 3V and 5V Systems; 7.6 Driving Heavier Loads; 7.7 Liquid Crystal Displays; 7.8 Driving an LCD from an MSP430x4xx; 7.9 Simple Applications of the LCD…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…TRUTH 32 The letter format lets you shortcut proposals -- TRUTH 33 Root grant applications in "mission"-yours and the funder's -- Part VI: The truth about Web sites -- TRUTH 34 Writing is the missing factor in your competitors' Web sites -- TRUTH 35 Web sites built on keywords and content build traffic -- TRUTH 36 A home page must crystallize who you are -- Part VII: The truth about new media -- TRUTH 37 Blogging and social media are powerful business tools -- TRUTH 38 To blog for yourself, be yourself, but carefully -- TRUTH 39 Good business blogging is edgy -- TRUTH 40 Tweeting and texting: the ultimate self-edit challenge -- TRUTH 41 E-letters focus marketing and reinforce branding -- TRUTH 42 Good PowerPoint is more than pretty faces: It starts with writing -- Part VIII: The truth about writing to self-market -- TRUTH 43 Strong résumés focus on accomplishments, not responsibilities -- TRUTH 44 Fliers are easy all-purpose promotional tools -- TRUTH 45 It pays to think PR and send news releases -- TRUTH 46 Writing articles boosts your career -- TRUTH 47 The virtual world offers self-publishing power -- Part IX: The truth about tricks of the trade -- TRUTH 48 Good headlines help your writing work-a lot -- TRUTH 49 Skillful interviewing is a major (but unrecognized) business asset -- TRUTH 50 Readers are global: Try not to confuse them -- TRUTH 51 Clarity is next to godliness -- TRUTH 52 You can fix your own grammar goofs…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…About the Special Issue Editors -- Juan Ferré and Baltasar Escriche Editorial for Special Issue: The Insecticidal Bacterial Toxins in Modern Agriculture Reprinted from: Toxins 2017, 9(12), 396; doi: 10.3390/toxins9120396 -- Zahia Djenane, Farida Nateche, Meriam Amziane, Joaquín Gomis-Cebolla, Fairouz El-Aichar, Hassiba Khorf and Juan Ferré Assessment of the Antimicrobial Activity and the Entomocidal Potential of Bacillus thuringiensis Isolates from Algeria Reprinted from: Toxins 2017, 9(4), 139; doi: 10.3390/toxins9040139 -- Rooma Adalat, Faiza Saleem, Neil Crickmore, Shagufta Naz and Abdul Rauf Shakoori In Vivo Crystallization of Three-Domain Cry Toxins Reprinted from: Toxins 2017, 9(3), 80; doi: 10.3390/toxins9030080 -- Yolanda Bel, Núria Banyuls, Maissa Chakroun, Baltasar Escriche and Juan Ferré Insights into the Structure of the Vip3Aa Insecticidal Protein by Protease Digestion Analysis Reprinted from: Toxins 2017, 9(4), 131; doi: 10.3390/toxins9040131 -- Yueqin Wang, Jing Yang, Yudong Quan, Zhenying Wang, Wanzhi Cai and Kanglai He Characterization of Asian Corn Borer Resistance to Bt Toxin Cry1Ie Reprinted from: Toxins 2017, 9(6), 186; doi:10.3390/toxins9060186 -- Yiyun Wei, Shuwen Wu, Yihua Yang and Yidong Wu Baseline Susceptibility of Field Populations of Helicoverpa armigera to Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa Toxin and Lack of Cross-Resistance between Vip3Aa and Cry Toxins Reprinted from: Toxins 2017, 9(4), 127; doi: 10.3390/toxins9040127 -- Aubrey R. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Pereira Insights to Achieve a Better Control of Silicon-Aluminum Ratio and ZSM-5 Zeolite Crystal Morphology through the Assistance of Biomass, Reprinted from: Catalysts 2016, 6(2), 30 http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/6/2/30 -- Aixia Song, Jinghong Ma, Duo Xu and Ruifeng Li Adsorption and Diffusion of Xylene Isomers on Mesoporous Beta Zeolite, Reprinted from: Catalysts 2015, 5(4), 2098-2114 http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/5/4/2098…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Historical reporting -- 8.1 Tivoli Data Warehouse overview -- 8.2 Tivoli Data Warehouse setup -- 8.2.1 Installation for distributed data source -- 8.2.2 Installation for mainframe data source -- 8.3 Installation of the Warehouse Enablement Pack -- 8.3.1 Back up TWH databases -- 8.3.2 Warehouse Enablement Pack installation -- 8.4 ETL processing -- 8.4.1 ETL overview -- 8.4.2 Testing, scheduling, and promoting the ETLs -- 8.5 Sample reports -- 8.5.1 Configuring Crystal Enterprise -- 8.5.2 Available reports -- 8.5.3 Accessing the Crystal ePortfolio -- Appendix A. …”

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