Note: Intro -- Contents -- Collaborating Authors -- Scientific Organizing Committee and Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part I: A Global View on Cometary Science -- A Brief Conceptual History of Cometary Science / M. C. Festou, H. U. Keller, and H. A. Weaver -- Cometary Science: The Present and Future / M. F. A'Hearn -- Part II: From the Interstellar Medium to the Solar Nebula -- The Cycle of Matter in Our Galaxy: From Clouds to Comets / W. M. Irvine and J. I. Lunine -- Composition and Evolution of Interstellar Clouds / D. H. Wooden, S. B. Charnley, and P. Ehrenfreund -- From Molecular Clouds to Circumstellar Disks / A. P. Boss -- The Observation of Circumstellar Disks: Dust and Gas Components / A. Dutrey, A. Lecavelier des Etangs, and J. -C. Augereau -- From Icy Grains to Comets / S. J. Weidenschilling -- Coupled Physical and Chemical Evolution of Volatiles in the Protoplanetary Disk: A Tale of Three Elements / J. I. Lunine and D. Gautier -- From Interstellar Material to Comet Particles and Molecules / P. Ehrenfreund, S. B. Charnley, and D. Wooden -- Part III: Nature and Evolution of Cometary Orbits -- Cometary Orbit Determination and Nongravational Forces / D. K. Yeomans, P. W. Chodas, G. Sitarski, S. Szutowicz, and M. Krolikowska -- Oort Cloud Formation and Dynamics / L. Dones, P. R. Weissman, H. F. Levison, and M. J. Duncan -- The Kuiper Belt and the Primordial Evolution of the Solar System / A. Morbidelli and M. E. Brown -- Dynamical Evolution of Ecliptic Comets / M. Duncan, H. Levison, and L. Dones -- Current Questions in Cometary Dynamics / H. Rickman -- Part IV: The Nucleus -- In Situ Observations of Cometary Nuclei / H. U. Keller, D. Britt, B. J. Buratti, and N. Thomas -- The Sizes, Shapes, Albedos, and Colors of Cometary Nuclei / P. L. Lamy, I. Toth, Y. R. Fernandez, and H. A. Weaver. , Radar Studies of Comet Nuclei and Grain Comae / J. K. Harmon, M. C. Nolan, S. J. Ostro, and D. B. Campbell -- Rotation of Cometary Nuclei / N. H. Samarasinha, B. E. A. Mueller, M. J. S. Belton, and L. Jorda -- Split Comets / H. Boehnhardt -- Physical and Chemical Evolution of Cometary Nuclei / K. J. Meech and J. Svoren -- Structure and Density of Cometary Nuclei / P. R. Weissman, E. Asphaug, and S. C. Lowry -- Modeling the Structure and Activity of Comet Nuclei / D. Prialnik, J. Benkhoff, and M. Podolak -- Part V: The Gas Coma -- The Composition of Cometary Volatiles / D. Bockelee-Morvan, J. Crovisier, M. J. Mumma, and H. A. Weaver -- Spectroscopic Investigations of Fragment Species in the Coma / P. D. Feldman, A. L. Cochran, and M. R. Combi -- Photometry and Imaging of the Coma with Narrowband Filters / D. G. Schleicher and T. L. Farnham -- Nucleus-Coma Structural Relationships: Lessons from Physical Models / J. F. Crifo, M. Fulle, N. I. Komle, and K. Szego -- Phyiscal Processes and Chemical Reactions in Cometary Comae / S. D. Rodgers, S. B. Charnley, W. F. Huebner, and D. C. Boice -- Gas Dynamics and Kinetics in the Cometary Coma: Theory and Observations / M. R. Combi, W. M. Harris, and W. H. Smyth -- Part VI: Dust and Plasma -- Composition and Mineralogy of Cometary Dust / M. S. Hanner and J. P. Bradley -- Motion of Cometary Dust / M. Fulle -- Physical Properties of Cometary Dust from Light Scattering and Thermal Emission / L. Kolokolova, M. S. Hanner, A. -Ch. Levasseur-Regourd, and B. A. S. Gustafson -- Global Solar Wind Interaction and Ionospheric Dynamics / W. -H. Ip -- X-Ray and Extreme Ultraviolet Emission from Comets / C. M. Lisse, T. E. Cravens, and K. Dennerl -- Part VII: Interrelations -- Surface Characteristic of Transneptunian Objects and Centaurs from Photometry and Spectroscopy / M. A. Barucci, A. Doressoundiram, and D. P. Cruikshank. , From Cradle to Grave: The Rise and Demise of the Comets / D. C. Jewitt -- The Interplanetary Dust Complex and Comets / M. V. Sykes, E. Grun, W. T. Reach, and P. Jenniskens -- Laboratory Experiments on Cometary Materials / L. Colangeli, J. R. Brucato, A. Bar-Nun, R. L. Hudson, and M. H. Moore -- Glossary -- Color Section -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Title page -- Contents -- Preface -- List of participants -- List of speakers -- Molecular alignment and orientation: From laser-induced mechanisms to optimal control -- Overview and software guide of evolutionary algorithms -- A case study in quantum control -- Laser control of molecular states-Nonperturbative examples -- Coherent control: Principles and semiclassical implementations -- Mathematical models of contemporary elementary quantum computing devices -- Addendum and remarks on doubly conservative numerical schemes for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation and its control -- A note on the exact internal control of nonlinear Schrödinger equations -- Towards efficient numerical approaches for quantum control -- Multichannel quantum defect study of the control in the frequency domain: Example of HI -- Development of solution algorithms for quantum optimal control equations in product spaces -- Using contracted basis functions to solve the Schrödinger equation -- Remarks on the controllability of the Schrödinger equation -- Back Cover.

Note: Intro -- BIOENERGY SYSTEMS, BIOLOGICAL SOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT -- BIOENERGY SYSTEMS, BIOLOGICAL SOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ASSESSING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF BIOENERGY SYSTEMS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE SUSTAINABILITY AS ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- 2.1. Concept, Origin and Importance -- 2.2. The Energy Sustainability: An Integrating Perspective -- 2.3. The Context of Bioenergy in Argentina: Main Controversies -- 3. SUSTAINABILITY OF THE POTENTIAL BIOENERGY SYSTEMS FOR THE LERMA VALLEY, SALTA, ARGENTINA -- 3.1. Available Biomass and Energy Supply -- 3.2. The Local Context for the Implementation of Bioenergy Systems -- 3.3. Analysis of Bioenergy Systems and Main Impacts on the Level of Local Sustainability -- i) The Sustainability Evaluation Criteria -- ii) Bioenergy Systems and Sustainability Level -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SOIL LOSS - A FORGOTTEN ASPECTOF BIOFUEL PRODUCTION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. IMPACT OF BIOFUEL PRODUCTION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF SOIL -- 2.1. Soil Erosion -- 2.1.1. Choice of Plants -- 2.1.2. Agricultural Management -- 2.2. Soil Organic Carbon -- 2.2.1. Choice of Plants -- 2.2.2. Agricultural Management -- 2.3. Soil Structure -- 2.3.1. Choice of Plants -- 2.3.2. Agricultural Management -- 2.4. Soil Biology -- 2.4.1. Choice of Plants and Agricultural Management -- 2.4.2. Agricultural Management -- 3. ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS -- 4. ALTERNATIVE LANDS FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION -- 4.1. Degraded Soils as a Resource -- 4.2. Use of Contaminated Soils for Biofuel Production -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EFFECTIVE BIOCATALYSTS FOR LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOFUEL BY PROTEOMICS STUDY OF FUNGAL SECRETOME -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PROTEOMIC TECHNIQUES AND FUNGAL PROTEIN QUANTIFICATION -- LIGNOCELLULOSE BIOMASS AND CARBOHYDRATE HYDROLYZING ENZYMES. , LIGNIN DEGRADING ENZYMES BY P. CHRYSOSPORIUM -- SUMMARY AND PROSPECTIVE -- REFERENCES -- BIOMASS AVAILABILITY AND USES IN BRAZIL -- ABSTRACT -- LIST OF STATE NOMENCLATURE -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MAIN BIOMASSES PRODUCED IN BRAZIL -- Sugarcane -- Oleaginous Plants -- 3. PRODUCTION STATISTICS -- 4. CURRENT AND POTENTIAL USES OF BIOMASS AND ITS CO-PRODUCTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- HOW FARMING AND FORESTRY CONVERGE:ENHANCING THE INTERFACE BETWEEN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND TREE BIOMASS/BIOENERGY SYSTEMS -- TO IMPROVE FARM-SCALE PRODUCTIVITY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TREES, WIND SPEED, MICROCLIMATES, AND VEGETATIVE COMPETITION -- WINDBREAKS, CROPS, ENERGY, AND WATER USE EFFICIENCY -- WINDBREAK TREES, HORTICULTURAL FARM YIELDS, AND FROSTS -- TREES, LIVESTOCK, FODDER TREES AND PERENNIAL PASTURES -- TREES AND BROADACRE YIELDS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- HYDROGEN AND ETHANOL COMPARISON AS FUELS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Bioethanol -- 2.1.PropertiesandProduction -- 2.2.BioethanolasaFuel -- 3.Biohydrogen -- 3.1.PropertiesandProduction -- 3.2.BiohydrogenasaFuel -- 4.Biohydrogenvs.BioethanolforOttoEngines -- 5.BiohydrogenandNaturalGasMixtureasaFuel -- References -- HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY MIXED CULTURES -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.CarbohydrateFermentationbyMixedCultures -- 2.1.AnaerobicDigestion:TheBigPicture -- 2.2.EffectsofMicrobialPopulationControl -- 2.3.FermentationofCarbohydrateDerivedSugars -- 3.FinalConsiderationsRegardingtheProductionofHydrogenwithMixedCultures -- References -- INDEX.

Note: Cover -- Title page -- Contents -- Frontispiece -- List of participants -- List of speakers -- Preface -- The transition to turbulence via turbulent bursts -- Intrinsic differential geometric methods in the asymptotic analysis of linear thin shells -- Shape analysis via distance functions: Local theory -- Six lectures on shape memory -- Six lectures on superconductivity -- Front propagation -- Six talks on hysteresis -- Dynamic metastability and singular perturbations -- Dendrites, fingers, interfaces and free boundaries -- Back Cover.