Note: Preliminaries -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Transfer Functions and Spectral Models -- Chapter 2 State Space Representation -- Chapter 3 Discrete Time Systems -- Chapter 4 Structural Properties of Linear Systems -- Chapter 5 Signals Deterministic and Statistical Models -- Chapter 6 Kalman's Formalism for State Stabilization and Estimation -- Chapter 7 Process Modeling -- Chapter 8 Simulation and Implementation of Continuous Time Loops -- Chapter 9 Analysis by Classic Scalar Approach -- Chapter 10 Synthesis of Closed Loop Control Systems -- Chapter 11 Robust Single Variable Control through Pole Placement -- Chapter 12 Predictive Control -- Chapter 13 Methodology of the State Approach Control -- Chapter 14 Multi variable Modal Control -- Chapter 15 Robust H LMI Control -- Chapter 16 Linear Time Variant Systems -- List of Authors -- Index.

Note: Intro -- MOLECULAR PROPERTIES OF DRUG RECEPTORS -- Contents -- Chairman's opening remarks -- Receptors as defined by their pharmacological properties -- Discussion -- The cholinergic receptor in skeletal muscle -- Discussion -- Adenyl cyclase as a component of the adrenergic receptor -- Discussion -- On receptors in the postsynaptic membrane of the motor end plate -- Discussion -- General Discussion -- Crystallographic studies of the active site of lysozyme -- Discussion -- Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of protein binding sites: the complex of staphylococcal nuclease with 3'.5'-thymidine diphosphate -- Discussion -- Fluorescent probes of biological macromolecules -- Discussion -- General Discussion -- The interaction of the subunits of haemoglobin as a mechanism of control -- Discussion -- Conformational transitions in the course of membrane excitation -- Discussion -- General Discussion -- Affinity labelling of protein active sites -- Discussion -- Counting acetylcholine receptors in the electroplax -- Discussion -- The nature of complex formation -- Discussion -- Final Discussion -- Author index -- Subject index.

Note: Intro -- Silicon Carbide: Volume 2: Power Devices and Sensors -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Volume 2 Silicon Carbide: Power Devices and Sensors -- Part A View from Industry -- 1 Present status and future prospects for electronics in electric vehicles/hybrid electric vehicles and expectations for wide-bandgap semiconductor devices -- 1.1 Issues surrounding automobiles -- 1.2 Past, present, and future of Toyota hybrid vehicles -- 1.3 Newest hybrid vehicle -- 1.4 Expectations for wide-bandgap semiconductors in HV inverter applications -- 1.5 Toyota Group research and development on wide-bandgap semiconductor devices -- 1.6 Conclusions -- References -- 2 Silicon carbide power-device products - Status and upcoming challenges with a special attention to traditional, nonmilitary industrial applications -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 SiC in power electronics -- 2.3 Summary -- References -- Part B I Unipolar Devices Schottky Diodes -- 3 Effect of an intermediate graphite layer on the electronic properties of metal/SiC contacts -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Experimental -- 3.3 Results -- 3.4 Discussion -- 3.5 Conclusions -- References -- 4 Reliability aspects of SiC Schottky diodes -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Micropipes -- 4.3 Avalanche ruggedness by design improvement -- 4.4 Product improvement by high performance die attach -- 4.5 Reliability test results -- 4.6 Summary -- References -- Part B II JFET -- 5 Design, process, and performance of all-epitaxial normally-off SiC JFETs -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Advantages of the SiC JFET technology -- 5.3 All-epitaxial normally-off SiC DGTJFET design -- 5.4 Innovative device process technologies -- 5.5 All-epitaxial 1200 V trench 4H-SiC DGTJFET -- 5.6 Conclusion -- References -- 6 Extreme temperature 6H-SiC JFET integrated circuit technology -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Transistors -- 6.3 Circuits. , 6.4 Summary & -- future work -- References -- 7 1200 V SiC vertical-channel-JFETs and cascode switches -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Large-area 1200 V 4H-SiC vertical JFET structures -- 7.3 Investigation of the suitability of 1200 V normally-off vertical-channel SiC JFETs for power switching applications -- 7.4 1200 V normally-off all-SiC VJFET based cascode switch -- 7.5 Reliability of the 1200 V normally-off all-SiC VJFET cascode switch -- 7.6 Thermal properties of VJFET/cascode -- 7.7 0.143 cm2 active-area 1200 V class vertical-channel JFETs -- 7.8 Edge termination of large-area vertical-channel JFETs -- 7.9 Summary -- References -- Part B III MOS Interfaces -- 8 Alternative techniques to reduce interface traps in n-type 4H-SiC MOS capacitors -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Material, processing parameters, and analysis techniques -- 8.3 Thermal oxidation in a tungsten lamp furnace combined with a microwave plasma -- 8.4 Over-oxidation of N-implanted 4H-SiC -- 8.5 Over-oxidation of N-/Al-implanted 4H-SiC -- 8.5.1 Material and implantation parameters -- 8.5.2 Results and discussion -- 8.6 Summary -- References -- 9 High electron mobility achieved in n-channel 4H-SiC MOSFETs oxidized in the presence of nitrogen -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Experimental -- 9.3 Results -- 9.4 Discussion -- 9.5 Summary -- References -- 10 4H-SiC MISFETs with nitrogen-containing insulators -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Survey of "nitridation" -- 10.3 Device fabrication -- 10.4 Characteristics of MIS capacitors and FETs on 4H-SiC(0001) -- 10.5 Characteristics of MIS capacitors and FETs on 4H-SiC(0001) -- 10.6 Influence of effective fixed charge density on channel mobility -- 10.7 Application of N-containing insulators to p-channel MIS capacitors and FETs -- 10.8 Summary of effects of N-Containing insulators on n- and p-type SiC MIS capacitors and FETs -- 10.9 Conclusion. , References -- 11 Inversion layer electron transport in 4H-SiC metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Silicon MOS history -- 11.3 4H-silicon carbide MOS mobility characterization -- 11.4 Physical characterization of the interface -- 11.5 Differences between inversion layer electron transport in Si MOS and 4H-SiC MOS -- 11.6 Future work -- 11.7 Summary -- References -- Part C MOSFET and JFET Power Devices -- 12 Development of SiC diodes, power MOSFETs and intelligent power modules -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 SiC diodes -- 12.3 SiC MOSFETs -- 12.4 SiC trench MOSFETs -- 12.5 SiC IPMs -- 12.6 Summary -- References -- 13 Reliability issues of SiC power MOSFETs toward high junction temperature operation -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Issues and measures for high Tj operation -- 13.3 Device structure and process integration -- 13.4 Discussion -- 13.5 Conclusion -- References -- 14 Application of silicon carbide transistors in photovoltaic - inverters -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Photovoltaic trend -- 14.3 Photovoltaic systems -- 14.4 Normally-off SiC-JFETs -- 14.5 SiC-MOSFETs -- 14.6 SiC-FETs as synchronous rectifiers -- 14.7 Single phase inverter with normally-off SiC-JFETs -- 14.8 Three phase full bridge inverter with SiC-MOSFETs -- 14.9 Production costs of PV-inverters -- 14.10 Financial benefits with SiC-transitors -- 14.11 Conclusions and outlook -- Appendix: measurement setup -- References -- Part D Bipolar Devices -- 15 Design and technology considerations for SiC bipolar devices: BJTs, IGBTs, and GTOs -- 15.1 SiC bipolar junction transistors -- 15.2 SiC insulated gate bipolar transistors -- 15.3 SiC Gate turn-off thyristors -- 15.4 Technical challenges in SiC bipolar devices -- 15.5 Summary -- References. , 16 Suppressed surface-recombination structure and surface passivation for improving current gain of 4H-SiC BJTs -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Survey of the conventional BJTs with high common emitter current gain -- 16.3 Basic structure and operating principle of the proposed BJTs -- 16.4 Evaluation of surface passivation for improving current gain -- 16.5 Design and fabrication of the SSR-BJTs -- 16.6 Characteristics of the SSR-BJTs -- 16.7 Conclusion -- References -- 17 SiC avalanche photodiodes and photomultipliers for ultraviolet and solar-blind light detection -- 17.1 Introduction -- 17.2 Silicon carbide avalanche photodiodes -- 17.3 Influence of defects in SiC substrate on device performance -- 17.4 Silicon carbide photomultiplier -- 17.5 Summary -- References -- Index.

Note: Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Prologue: The Land and the Peoples -- 1. Wealth and Value in a Changing World -- 2. Land-based Stories of Peoples and Home Places -- 3. A Kincentric Approach to Nature -- 4. Honouring Nature through Ceremony and Ritual -- 5. The Balance between Humans and Nature -- 6. Looking After the Lands and Waters -- 7. Everything Is One -- 8. Finding Meaning in a Contemporary Context -- Source Notes -- References -- Index.

Note: Heilende Magnete - strahlende Handys -- Copyright Page -- Inhalt -- Vorwort -- 1 Vom Mythos des Unsichtbaren - eine Einleitung -- Das magnetische Feld -- 2 Von der Entdeckung der magnetischen Kraft bis zum »animalischen Magnetismus« des Franz Anton Mesmer -- 3 Gibt es tatsächlich einen animalischen Magnetismus? -- 4 Die unendliche Geschichte vom magnetisierten Wasser -- 5 Können sich Tiere im magnetischen Feld der Erde orientieren? -- 6 Der Mensch im geomagnetischen Feld -- 7 Kann man mit Magneten heilen? -- 8 An den Grenzen maximaler magnetischer Feldstärken -- Das elektrische Feld -- 9 Von der »Venus electrificata« bis zur Entdeckung der »thierischen Elektrizität« -- 10 Die Zelle als Generator und Akkumulator elektrochemischer Energie -- 11 Das elektrische Kommunikationssystem im Körper -- 12 Felder und Ströme im Körper -- 13 Elektrische Felder in Diagnostik und Therapie -- 14 Elektro-Ökologie - die elektrische Kommunikation der Tiere im Wasser -- 15 Vom Blitz und anderen Entladungen -- Elektromagnetische Schwingungen und Pulse -- 16 Von Schwingungen bis zum Quantenschauer - das Spektrum elektromagnetischer Wellen und Strahlung im Überblick -- 17 Wetterfühligkeit durch Luftelektrizität und Atmospherics? -- 18 Das elektromagnetische Feld aus dem Stromnetz - erzeugt das Heizkissen Krebs? -- 19 Pulse, Schwingungen und Mikrowellen in Diagnostik und Therapie -- 20 Vom Mobilfunk zur Biotechnologie - HF-Felder in der Technik und um uns -- 21 Beeinflussen uns physikalisch nicht erfassbare Strahlen und Felder? -- Wissenschaft, Parawissenschaft und Psi-Forschung -- 22 Bio-Elektromagnetismus - eine Spielwiese für Phantasten? -- Literaturverzeichnis -- Namens-und Sachverzeichnis.

Note: Volume 1 -- Front Cover -- Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs: The International Encyclopedia of Adverse Drug Reactions and Interactions -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- How to use this book -- Alphabetical list of drug monographs -- PART A: -- Chapter 1. Abacavir -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- References -- Chapter 2. Abciximab -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Susceptibility Factors -- References -- Chapter 3. Abecarnil -- General Information -- References -- Chapter 4. Abetimus -- General Information -- References -- Chapter 5. Acamprosate -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- References -- Chapter 6. Acebutolol -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Drug Administration -- References -- Chapter 7. Acecainide -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Susceptibility Factors -- Monitoring Drug Therapy -- References -- Chapter 8. Aceclofenac -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Reference -- Chapter 9. Acemetacin -- General Information -- Reference -- Chapter 10. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Second-Generation Effects -- Susceptibility Factors -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 11. Acetylcysteine -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 12. Acetylsalicylic acid -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Long-Term Effects -- Second-Generation Effects -- Susceptibility Factors -- Drug Administration -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- Food-Drug Interactions -- Interference with Diagnostic Tests -- References -- Chapter 13. Aciclovir -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Second-Generation Effects -- Drug Administration -- References -- Chapter 14. Acipimox -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- References. , Chapter 15. Acivicin -- General Information -- References -- Chapter 16. Acoraceae -- General Information -- References -- Chapter 17. Acrisorcin -- General Information -- Reference -- Chapter 18. Acrivastine -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- References -- Chapter 19. Acrylic bone cement -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- References -- Chapter 20. Activated charcoal -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- References -- Chapter 21. Adefovir -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- References -- Chapter 22. Ademetionine -- General Information -- Reference -- Chapter 23. Adenosine and adenosinetriphosphate (ATP) -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Drug Administration -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- Diagnosis of Adverse Drug Reactions -- References -- Chapter 24. Adiphenine -- General Information -- Chapter 25. Adrenaline -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Susceptibility Factors -- Drug Administration -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 26. Adrenoceptor agonists -- General Information -- Chapter 27. Ajmaline and its derivatives -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Drug Administration -- References -- Organs and Systems -- Chapter 28. Alatrofloxacin and trovafloxacin -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Second-Generation Effects -- Susceptibility Factors -- Monitoring Therapy -- References -- Chapter 29. Albendazole -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Second-Generation Effects -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 30. Albumin -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Second-Generation Effects -- Drug Administration -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 31. Alclofenac -- General Information -- Reference -- Chapter 32. Alcuronium -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Second-Generation Effects. , Susceptibility Factors -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 33. Aldesleukin -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Long-Term Effects -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 34. Aldose reductase inhibitors -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- References -- Chapter 35. Alemtuzumab -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- References -- Chapter 36. Alfadolone and alfaxolone -- General Information -- Reference -- Chapter 37. Alfentanil -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Susceptibility Factors -- Second-Generation Effects -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 38. Alfuzosin -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- References -- Chapter 39. Algae -- General Information -- References -- Chapter 40. Alimemazine -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Reference -- Chapter 41. Aliphatic alcohols -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Drug Administration -- References -- Chapter 42. Alizapride -- General Information -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 43. Alkylating cytostatic agents -nitrosoureas -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Long-Term Effects -- Second-Generation Effects -- References -- Chapter 44. Alkylating cytostatic agents -N-lost derivatives -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Long-Term Effects -- References -- Chapter 45. Allopurinol -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Susceptibility Factors -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 46. Almitrine -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- References -- Chapter 47. Aloeaceae -- General Information -- References -- Chapter 48. Alpha1-antitrypsin -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- References -- Chapter 49. Alpha-adrenoceptor antagonists -- General Information -- References -- Chapter 50. Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors. , General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Second-Generation Effects -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 51. Alphaprodine -- General Information -- Reference -- Chapter 52. Alpidem -- General Information -- References -- Chapter 53. Alprazolam -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Long-Term Effects -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 54. Alprostadil -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- References -- Chapter 55. Aluminium -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Susceptibility Factors -- Drug Administration -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 56. Amantadine -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Long-Term Effects -- Susceptibility Factors -- References -- Chapter 57. Amaranthaceae -- General Information -- Reference -- Chapter 58. Amfebutamone (bupropion) -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Drug Administration -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 59. Amfepramone (diethylpropion) -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Long-Term Effects -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 60. Amikacin -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Long-Term Effects -- Susceptibility Factors -- Drug Administration -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 61. Amiloride -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- Interference with Diagnostic Tests -- References -- Chapter 62. Amineptine -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Long-Term Effects -- References -- Chapter 63. Aminocaproic acid -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Susceptibility Factors -- References -- Chapter 64. Aminoglycoside antibiotics -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Long-Term Effects -- Susceptibility Factors -- Second-Generation Effects -- Drug Administration -- Drug-Drug Interactions. , Monitoring Therapy -- References -- Chapter 65. Aminophenazone -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Long-Term Effects -- Drug Administration -- References -- Chapter 66. Aminorex -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- References -- Chapter 67. Aminosalicylates -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Second-Generation Effects -- Susceptibility Factors -- Drug Administration -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- Interference with Diagnostic Tests -- References -- Chapter 68. Amiodarone -- General Information -- Chapter 69. Organs and Systems -- Second-Generation Effects -- Susceptibility Factors -- Drug Administration -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- Interference with Diagnostic Tests -- Diagnosis of Adverse Drug Reactions -- References -- Chapter 70. Amiphenazole -- General Information -- References -- Chapter 71. Amisulpride -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- References -- Chapter 72. Amitriptylinoxide -- General Information -- Reference -- Chapter 73. Amlodipine -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Drug Administration -- Second-Generation Effects -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 74. Ammonium chloride -- General Information -- Reference -- Chapter 75. Ammonium tetrathiomolybdate -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- References -- Chapter 76. Amocarzine -- General Information -- References -- Chapter 77. Amodiaquine -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Reference -- Chapter 78. Amopyroquine -- General Information -- Reference -- Chapter 79. Amoxapine -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Drug Administration -- References -- Chapter 80. Amphetamines -- General Information -- Organs and Systems -- Long-Term Effects -- Second-Generation Effects -- Susceptibility Factors -- Drug Administration -- Drug-Drug Interactions -- References -- Chapter 81. Amphotericin. , General Information.

Note: Intro -- ENERGY METABOLISM IN TRAUMA -- Contents -- The acute effects of trauma on heat production -- Discussion -- Changes in energy metabolism during recovery from injury -- Discussion -- General discussion -- The protein component ofthe disturbance of energy metabolism in trauma -- Discussion -- Protein catabolism and energy utilization in burned patients treated at different environmental temperatures -- Discussion -- Synthesis and turnover of acute-phase reactants -- Discussion -- General discussion -- Carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolism after injury -- Discussion -- Intermediary carbohydrate metabolism in injured rat liver in relation to heat production -- Discussion -- Effects of E. coli lipopolysaccharide B treatment of rats on gluconeogenesis -- Discussion -- Mobilization and utilization of lipids after trauma: relation to caloric homeostasis -- Discussion -- Ketone body metabolism after trauma -- Discussion -- General discussion -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

Note: Front Cover -- 10Th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering: Part A -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Part A -- Part I Plenary Lectures -- Chapter 1 Technology Advances for Dynamic Real-Time Optimization -- Chapter 2 Modelling for PSE and Product-Process Design -- Chapter 3 WebLabs Dilemma in Chemical Engineering Teaching: Hindering or Promoting Creativity? -- Chapter 4 Research Challenges in Planning and Scheduling for Enterprise-Wide Optimization of Process Industries -- Chapter 5 Production Scheduling in the Process Industries: Current Trends, Emerging Challenges and Opportunities -- Chapter 6 Chemical Logistics - Going Beyond Intra-Plant Excellence -- Chapter 7 Systems Problems in Biorenewables Processing -- Chapter 8 Optimization in the Petroleum Refining Industry - The Virtual Refinery -- Chapter 9 Nonlinear Dynamic Data Reconciliation in Real Time in Actual Processes -- Part II Keynote Lectures -- Chapter 10 Energy Systems Engineering -- Chapter 11 Thermally Coupled Distillation -- Chapter 12 Challenges with Advanced Control Technologies -- Chapter 13 An Industrial Perspective on Pharmaceutical PSE -- Chapter 14 Incorporating Molecular Signature Descriptors in Reverse Problem Formulations -- Chapter 15 Online Optimizing Control: The Link Between Plant Economics and Process Control -- Chapter 16 Integration of Planning and Scheduling and Consideration of Uncertainty in Process Operations -- Chapter 17 Modeling and Design of Distributed Systems -- Methods and Algorithms -- Chapter 18 Hybrid System Descriptions for Chemical Engineering Processes -- Chapter 19 Integrating Refining to Petrochemical -- Chapter 20 Using Systems Engineering to Reconstruct, Analyze and Redesign Metabolism -- Chapter 21 Integration of Production Planning and Scheduling -- Chapter 22 Robust Integration of RTO and MPC. , Chapter 23 Sustainable Supply Chains: Key Challenges -- Chapter 24 Real Time Industrial Process Systems: Experiences from the Field -- Chapter 25 Current Trends in Parallel Computation and the Implications for Modeling and Optimization -- Chapter 26 Waste-to-Energy Systems as Examples of Efficient Process Systems Engineering Approach -- Chapter 27 Process Systems Engineering: From Solvay to the 21st Century. A History of Development, Successes and Prospects for the Future -- Chapter 28 New Opportunities for Process Systems Engineering in Industrial Biotechnology -- Chapter 29 The Significance of Experiments on PSE -- Chapter 30 A Review of Sustainable Energy … Recent Development and Future Prospects of Dimethyl Ether (DME) -- Part III Contributed Papers: Modeling, Supporting Methods and Tools -- Section A Oral -- Chapter 31 Global Optimization of Integer and Mixed-Integer Bi-Level Programming Problems via Multi-Parametric Programming -- Chapter 32 On the Optimal Design of Clinical Tests for the Identification of Physiological Models of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus -- Chapter 33 From a Generic Paradigm to a Generic Tool Set: Exploring Computer- Aided Multiscale Modeling -- Chapter 34 Design of Experiments of Steam Deacidification of Edible Oils for Modeling Validation -- Chapter 35 Interfacing IPOPT with Aspen Open Solvers and CAPE-OPEN -- Chapter 36 A Software Factory for the Generation of CAPE-OPEN Compliant Process Modelling Components -- Chapter 37 Multiscale Modelling for Computer Aided Polymer Design -- Chapter 38 Predicting Refinery Energy Losses Due to Fouling in Heat Exchangers -- Chapter 39 Numerical Simulation of Coal Boiler at Electric Thermal Plants Using Computational Fluid Dynamics -- Chapter 40 Optimization of Transformations for Convex Relaxations of MINLP Problems Containing Signomial Functions. , Chapter 41 A Model-Based Methodology for Simultaneous Design and Control of a Bioethanol Production Process -- Chapter 42 New Generic Approach for the Analysis of Energy Conversion System Models -- Chapter 43 An Improved Quasi-Sequential Approach to Large-Scale Dynamic Process Optimization -- Chapter 44 A Branch and Cut Framework for Multi-Stage Stochastic Programming Problems Under Endogenous Uncertainty -- Chapter 45 ProSEC : Modelling and Simulation in 3D of Brazed Aluminium Core-in- Drum Plate-Fin Heat Exchangers -- Chapter 46 Sensitivity Analysis of Non-Linear Dynamic Models: Prioritizing Experimental Research -- Chapter 47 A Continuous Implementation of the Ideal Time Delay in EMSO -- Chapter 48 A New Algorithm for Global Optimization: Molecular-Inspired Parallel Tempering -- Chapter 49 Molecular-Scale Modeling of the Degradation of Phenol in Advanced Oxidation Processes Reaction Media -- Chapter 50 A Novel Approach for the Prediction of PSD in Antisolvent Mediated Crystallization -- Chapter 51 Heterogeneous Anaerobic Biofilm Reactor Models Application to UASB, EGSB and AFB Reactors -- Chapter 52 Sequencing Batches in a Real-World Pipeline Network Using Constraint Programming -- Chapter 53 Optimal Experimental Design for the Determination of Protein Ion- Exchange Equilibrium Parameters -- Chapter 54 Integrating Purchase Contract Decisions with Inventory Management Optimization in the Supply Chain -- Chapter 55 Adaptive Random Search: A Promising Method for Determining the Stability of Mixtures -- Chapter 56 Monitoring of Vinyl Chloride Suspension Polymerization Using NIRS. 1. Prediction of Morphological Properties -- Chapter 57 How to Manage Complexity in Phase Equilibria Modeling? Application to the Bunsen Reaction -- Chapter 58 Improving Accuracy of Refinery Optimization by the On-Line Characterization of Crude Oil. , Chapter 59 A Method of Representation of Petroleum by a Real Components Substitute Mixture -- Chapter 60 Sustain Activities for Real-Time Optimization Models of Ethylene Plants -- Chapter 61 Stochastic Dynamic Predictions Using Kriging for Nanoparticle Synthesis -- Section B Poster -- Chapter 62 Estimating the Normal Boiling Point of Organic Compounds Based on Elements and Chemical Bonds -- Chapter 63 Sequential Design of Dynamic Experiments in Modeling for Optimization of Biological Processes -- Chapter 64 Technology Pipelines for Learning in Energy System Models -- Chapter 65 Discrete Element Modeling for Multiscale Simulation of Aggregation Processes -- Chapter 66 Optimal Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks Using Enthalpy-Temperature Functions to Describe Streams -- Chapter 67 Computer Simulation for Oil Wells with Artificial Lift Method by Electrical Submersible Pump -- Chapter 68 Computation of Crossover Pressure for Synthesis of Supercritical Fluid Separation Systems -- Chapter 69 Computational Aspects for Optimization of High Pressure Phase Equilibrium for Polymer Industrial Systems -- Chapter 70 Modeling the Hydrodynamics and Mass-Transfer Phenomena for Sedimentary Rocks Used for Flue Gas Desulfurization. The Effect of Temperature. -- Chapter 71 Energy Optimization of a Kraft Pulp Mill -- Chapter 72 A Theoretical Nucleation Study of the Combined Effect of Seeding and Temperature Profile in Cooling Crystallization -- Chapter 73 A Decomposition Based Algorithm for the Design of Multipurpose Batch Facilities Using Economic Assessments -- Chapter 74 Electrochemical Engineering Modelling of the Electrodes Kinetic Properties During Two-Phase Sustainable Electrolysis -- Chapter 75 Extending Mass Transfer Correlations for Packed Three-Phase Distillation Simulation: A Hierarchical Parameter Estimation Methodology. , Chapter 76 A Mathematical Model for Water Removal in the Press Section of a Paper Manufacture Industry -- Chapter 77 Application of Water Source Diagram for Multiple Sources and Multiple Contaminants Processes -- Chapter 78 Industrial Experience on the Implementation of Real Time On Line Energy Management Systems in Sugar and Alcohol Industry -- Chapter 79 Isothermal or Non Isothermal Modeling in a Pellet Adsorbent: Application to Adsorption Heat Pumps -- Chapter 80 MP4SO: A Model-Partitioning Software for Simulation and Optimization -- Chapter 81 An Effective Technique for the Synthesis and Optimization of Steam System Networks -- Chapter 82 Kinetic Models for the Homogeneous Alkaline and Acid Catalysis in Biodiesel Production -- Chapter 83 Development of a Software to Analysis and Prepare Mass Balance Data to Reconciliation in Oil Refineries -- Chapter 84 Genetic Algorithm for Tailored Production of Polymer Resins -- Chapter 85 Mathematical Modeling and Optimal Operation of Industrial Tubular Reactor for Naphtha Cracking -- Chapter 86 Modeling of Ammonia Removal in RBCs: An Industrial Case -- Chapter 87 Heuristic Particle Swarm Optimization for Integration Problem of Batching and Scheduling in Chemical Industries -- Chapter 88 Dynamic Modeling of Comminution Using a General Microscale Breakage Model -- Chapter 89 Development of Process Inverse Neural Network Model to Determine the Required Alum Dosage at Segama Water Treatment Plant, Sabah, Malaysia -- Chapter 90 MIMO Neural Network Model for Pilot Plant Distillation Column -- Chapter 91 Selection of Models for Pollutant Transport in River Reaches Using Case Based Reasoning -- Chapter 92 MINLP Synthesis of Reactive Distillation Using a Disjunctive, Hybrid Model -- Chapter 93 Exergoeconomic Analysis Applied in the Optimization of Refrigeration System in Ethylene and Propylene Production Process. , Chapter 94 Use of Excess Reactant in the Design of Reactive Distillation.

Note: Intro -- Particle and Continuum Aspects of Mesomechanics -- Table of contents -- Section I: Physical Mechanisms of Multiple Damage -- Multiple hierarchical scale-dependency on physical mechanisms of material damage: macromechanical, microstructural and nanochemical -- Surface layers and inner interfaces as functional subsystems of solid -- Microstructural evolution in dual-phase steels at high strain-rates -- Plastic deformation in single cryctal Ni3Fe (thin and thick plates) -- Mechanisms of physical aging in polypropylene -- Section II: Physica1, Mesoscopical and Multiscale Models -- Finite element homogeneization for the determination of the RVE size for elastoviscoplastic Polycrystalline Materials -- An incremental energy based fatigue life calculations method for metallic structures under multiaxial amplitude loadings -- Meso/micro fatigue crack growth involving crystal structure and crack geometry -- Development of a nonlinear homogeneization method: evaluation and application to a rubber-reinforced material -- Cavitation of rubber toughened polymer: numerical and experimental investigation -- Ductile damage by interface decohesion -- A multiscale discussion of fatigue and shakedown for notched structures -- Two scale approach for the defect tolerance fatigue design of automotive components -- Section III: Film, Layer and Interface -- Plastic deformation and fracture of thin metallic films on annealing in terms of the multilevel model of a deformed solid -- Mesoscopic model for electroactive Composite Films and its applications -- Interfaces of one-way glasslepoxy composite in inflexion -- Point defects of the elastic properties of layered structured nano-materials -- DFT study of interactions of water on Kaolinte and Goethite surfaces -- Nanolayered MAX phases from ab initio calculations -- Section IV: Crack Models and Solutions. , Fracture initiation at re-entrant corners: experiments and finite fracture mechanics predictions -- Buckling analysis of cracked columns subjected to lateral loads -- Micro-cavity effect on the plastic zone size ahead of the crack tip in confined plasticity -- Effect of microcrack on plastic zone size ahead of main crack in small-scale plasticity -- Stress intensity factor of surface and interface cracks in coating/substrate system -- T-stress by stress difference method (SDM) -- Elasto-inelastic self-consistent model of ellipsoidal inclusion -- Crack propagation in solid oxide fuel cells -- Elastoplastic solution for an eccentric crack loaded by two pairs of point tensile forces -- J-integral and CMOD for cracked cylinders -- Oscillating contact of isotropic elastic half-spaces -- Section V: Nanomaterials -- Mechanical properties of thin pulsed laser deposited amorphous carbons and amorphous carbon/silver nanocomposites -- Extension of the Hertz model for accounting to surface tension in nano-indentation tests of soft materials -- Multi-scale modeling of tensile behavior of carbon nanotube-reinforced composites -- Mechanical, thermal and electronic properties of nanoscale materials -- SWNT reinforced Ni-Cu nanocomposites -- Section VI: Electronic and Composite Materials -- A general piezoelctric interface model: coordinate-free asymptotic derivation and application to the homogenization of piezoelectric composites -- Effect of non-homogeneous strain on the band structure of semi-conductors due to the end friction under compression tests -- Composite based polypropylene -- Deformation of reinforcement on size effects in metal/metal composite -- Deformation behavior of coal as a composite material and its impacts on permeability in coalbed gas reservoir -- Characterization of a multi-cracked composite material using ESPI and phase shifting. , Section VII: Brittle Fracture -- Mechanism of cleavage fracture of HSLA steels and TiAl alloys -- Strength of brittle materials based on mixture of two Weibull distributions -- Assessment of brittle failure processes in polyolefins -- Computational modelling of damage in glass loaded with a spherical indenter -- Section VIII: Failure, Creep and Fracture -- New approach to predicting crack path and instability -- A fracture analysis of short glass fibre reinforced SGFR-PA66 -- Elastic and plastic creep mechanism in thin metal films using FEM method -- A new fracture criterion under multiaxial monotonic loading for rubbers -- Section IX: Thermal, Mechanical and Environmental Effects -- Simulation of chemo-mechanical degradations of undergroung concrete structures -- The geometry influence on integrity thresholds for a cracked cylinder -- Progressive fracture of laminated fiber-reinforced composite stiffened plate under thermo-mechanical loads -- Thermal residual streses related to the sintering process of metal matrix diamond tools -- Mechanical and chemical effects of solvent swelling on butyl rubber -- Section X: Processing and Fabrication -- Microstructure-based formability characterisation of multi phase steels using damage mechanics -- Advanced materials and processes at the nano/micro scale in covering materials of greenhouses for energy savings -- Effect of PPS matrix evolution during processing of carbon fiber reinforced PPS on the mechanical behaviour of the composite material -- Coupling of hydration and fracture models: failure mechanisms in hydrating cement particle systems -- Micro-strain measurement in copper sheets by X-rays diffraction -- Steady plastic flow of a polymer during ECAE process: experiments and modelling -- Microscopic transformations explain the modification of the mechanical properties of TRIP steels after galvanization. , Section XI: Fatigue and Crack Growth -- Fatigue performance of 2139 aluminium alloy laser beam welds following exposure to salt spray environmnent -- A comparison of the fatigue behaviour of FSW and MIG weldments of two aluminium alloys -- Useful life prediction of rubber materials for refrigerator component -- Damage by cyclic loading of composite dental materials -- High temperature oxidation and fatigue of P122 alloy -- Fatigue crack growth rate under constant amplitude loading and under tensile overloads in sheet and plate 2024 aluminium alloy -- Residual fatigue damage on the fracture toughness properties -- Role of stress gradient in fatigue emanating from notch roots using volumetric method -- Section XII: Vibration, Ultrasonic and Impact -- Lateral vibration of a cracked free-free beam -- Ultrasonic impact related to toughness of cast aluminium alloy -- Physics and mechanics of ultrasonic impact -- Application of ultrasound to accelerate fatigue -- A comparative study of the fatigue resistance of aluminide coatings on P91 steel substrate under cyclic impact loading -- Dynamic behavior of TiNi cantilever beams with phase transformation -- Section XIII: Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics -- Magnetic field on stress intensification in soft ferromagnetic materials -- Pattern formation in the Taylor-Dean flow -- Flow field and heat transfer in chaotic-advector fins -- Heat conduction properties of PTFE/graphite-based composites -- Section XIV: Micromechanical Damage and Effects -- A "morphological" approach for modelling the anisotropic damage behaviour of highly-filled particulate composites -- Determination of the macroscopic plastic yield behaviour of microcracked materials -- A non-local anisotropic micromechanics based damage model applied to concrete -- Mechanical and hydraulic effective properties of an anisotropic fractured medium. , lndex of authors.

Note: Frontmatter -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- 1. Fundamentale Konzepte: Das Trägheitsgesetz -- 2. Geschwindigkeit und Beschleunigung - Bewegungen im Sport -- 3. Fundamentale Konzepte: Das newtonsche Bewegungsgesetz -- 4. Das newtonsche Gesetz anwenden - Sicherheit im Auto -- 5. Fundamentale Konzepte: Arbeiten mit der newtonschen Mechanik -- 6. Reale Bewegungen modellieren - Ein Sturz aus 30 000 m Höhe -- 7. Fundamentale Konzepte: Energieerhaltung -- 8. Impulserhaltung - Bruce Willis rettet die Welt -- 9. Raketen - Der Start einer Saturn V -- 10. Himmelsmechanik - Per Anhalter zu den Planeten -- 11. Elastische Stöße - Der Swingby-Mechanismus -- 12. Gezeiten und beschleunigte Bezugssysteme - Raumstationen -- 13. Gleichgewicht und Drehbewegungen - Ein Ballett-Divertissement -- 14. Geführte Bewegungen und Zwangskräfte - Achterbahnen -- Backmatter.