Improving Stability in Developing Nations through Automation 2006

Improving Stability in Developing Nations through Automation 2006
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Publisher : Elsevier
Total Pages : 126
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ISBN-10 : 9780080467641
ISBN-13 : 0080467644
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Synopsis Improving Stability in Developing Nations through Automation 2006 by : Peter Kopacek

Technological development has caused profound changes and social stability. Regions which have had stable populations for centuries have experienced enormous population growth leading to the emergence of sometimes unmanageable megaplex cities as well as bringing about macroscopic environmental change. The scope of this IFAC SWIIS Conference is to offer insights into mitigating unwanted side-effects of rapid development and to share methodologies for appropriate ways of managing the introduction of technologies which will alter social stability. Contributions included in Improving Stability in Developing Nations through Automation 2006 cover a very broad field of interest for subjects such as social aspects of technology transfer, managing the introduction of technological change, ethical aspects, technology and environmental stability, and anticipating secondary and tertiary effects of technological development. - 3 survey papers, 17 technical papers and a summary of the panel discussion - Bringing together scientists and engineers working in these subjects to discuss solutions

Improving stability in developing nations through automation 2006 : a proceedings volume from the IFAC Conference on Supplemental Ways for Improving International Stability through Automation ISA '06, 15-17 June 2006, Prishtina, Kosovo

Improving stability in developing nations through automation 2006 : a proceedings volume from the IFAC Conference on Supplemental Ways for Improving International Stability through Automation ISA '06, 15-17 June 2006, Prishtina, Kosovo
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Total Pages : 117
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:1034955502
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Synopsis Improving stability in developing nations through automation 2006 : a proceedings volume from the IFAC Conference on Supplemental Ways for Improving International Stability through Automation ISA '06, 15-17 June 2006, Prishtina, Kosovo by : Peter Kopacek

The British National Bibliography

The British National Bibliography
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Total Pages : 870
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015066381453
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Synopsis The British National Bibliography by : Arthur James Wells

Ethical Engineering for International Development and Environmental Sustainability

Ethical Engineering for International Development and Environmental Sustainability
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1447170202
ISBN-13 : 9781447170204
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Synopsis Ethical Engineering for International Development and Environmental Sustainability by : Marion Hersh

Ensuring that their work has a positive influence on society is a responsibility and a privilege for engineers, but also a considerable challenge. This book addresses the ways in which engineers meet this challenge, working from the assumption that for a project to be truly ethical both the undertaking itself and its implementation must be ethically sound. The contributors discuss varied topics from an international and interdisciplinary perspective, including l robot ethics; l outer space; l international development; l internet privacy and security; l green branding; l arms conversion; l green employment; and l deliberate misinformation about climate change Important questions are answered, such as l what is meant by engineering ethics and its practical implications; l how decisions made by engineers in their working lives make an impact at the global as well as the local level; and l what ethics-related questions should be asked before making such decisions. Ethical Engineering for International Development and Environmental Sustainability will be a valuable resource for practising and student engineers as well as all who are interested in professional ethics, especially as it relates to engineering. Researchers and policy makers concerned with the effects of engineering decisions on environmental sustainability and international stability will find this book to be of special interest.

ICT Innovations 2013

ICT Innovations 2013
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 307
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ISBN-10 : 9783319014661
ISBN-13 : 3319014668
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis ICT Innovations 2013 by : Vladimir Trajkovik

Information communication technologies have become the necessity in everyday life enabling increased level of communication, processing and information exchange to extent that one could not imagine only a decade ago. Innovations in these technologies open new fields in areas such as: language processing, biology, medicine, robotics, security, urban planning, networking, governance and many others. The applications of these innovations are used to define services that not only ease, but also increase the quality of life. Good education is essential for establishing solid basis of individual development and performance. ICT is integrated part of education at every level and type. Therefore, the special focus should be given to possible deployment of the novel technologies in order to achieve educational paradigms adapted to possible educational consumer specific and individual needs. This book offers a collection of papers presented at the Fifth International Conference on ICT Innovations held in September 2013, in Ohrid, Macedonia. The conference gathered academics, professionals and practitioners in developing solutions and systems in the industrial and business arena especially innovative commercial implementations, novel applications of technology, and experience in applying recent ICT research advances to practical solutions.

Assistive Technology for the Hearing-impaired, Deaf and Deafblind

Assistive Technology for the Hearing-impaired, Deaf and Deafblind
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 9781852333829
ISBN-13 : 1852333820
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Synopsis Assistive Technology for the Hearing-impaired, Deaf and Deafblind by : Marion A. Hersh

Affirmative legislative action in many countries now requires that public spaces and services be made accessible to disabled people. Although this is often interpreted as access for people with mobility impairments, such legislation also covers those who are hearing or vision impaired. In these cases, it is often the provision of advanced technological devices and aids which enables people with sensory impairments to enjoy the theatre, cinema or a public meeting to the full. Assistive Technology for the Hearin-impaired, Deaf and Deafblind shows the student of rehabilitation technology how this growing technical provision can be used to support those with varying reductions in auditory ability and the deafblind in modern society. Features: instruction in the physiology of the ear together with methods of measurement of hearing levels and loss; the principles of electrical engineering used in assistive technology for the hearing impaired; description and demonstration of electrical engineering used in hearing aids and other communications enhancement technologies; explanation of many devices designed for every-day living in terms of generic electrical engineering; sections of practical projects and investigations which will give the reader ideas for student work and for self teaching. The contributors are internationally recognised experts from the fields of audiology, electrical engineering, signal processing, telephony and assistive technology. Their combined expertise makes Assistive Technology for the Hearing-impaired, Deaf and Deafblind an excellent text for advanced students in assistive and rehabilitation technology and to professional engineers and medics working in assistive technology who wish to maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current engineering advances.

Yvain

Yvain
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9780300187588
ISBN-13 : 0300187580
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Synopsis Yvain by : Chretien de Troyes

The twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. His courtly romances fathered the Arthurian tradition and influenced countless other poets in England as well as on the continent. Yet because of the difficulty of capturing his swift-moving style in translation, English-speaking audiences are largely unfamiliar with the pleasures of reading his poems. Now, for the first time, an experienced translator of medieval verse who is himself a poet provides a translation of Chrétien’s major poem, Yvain, in verse that fully and satisfyingly captures the movement, the sense, and the spirit of the Old French original. Yvain is a courtly romance with a moral tenor; it is ironic and sometimes bawdy; the poetry is crisp and vivid. In addition, the psychological and the socio-historical perceptions of the poem are of profound literary and historical importance, for it evokes the emotions and the values of a flourishing, vibrant medieval past.

Dynamics of Tethered Space Systems

Dynamics of Tethered Space Systems
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 247
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ISBN-10 : 9781439836866
ISBN-13 : 1439836868
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Synopsis Dynamics of Tethered Space Systems by : Hans Troger

During many of the earliest American and Russian space missions, experiments were performed using cables to connect people and objects to spacecraft in orbit. These attempts generated considerable information about the formation of tethered systems and basic problems with tether orientation and gravity-gradient stabilization. During the 1970s, inte

Mechanics and Model-Based Control of Advanced Engineering Systems

Mechanics and Model-Based Control of Advanced Engineering Systems
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 317
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ISBN-10 : 9783709115718
ISBN-13 : 370911571X
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Synopsis Mechanics and Model-Based Control of Advanced Engineering Systems by : Alexander K. Belyaev

Mechanics and Model-Based Control of Advanced Engineering Systems collects 32 contributions presented at the International Workshop on Advanced Dynamics and Model Based Control of Structures and Machines, which took place in St. Petersburg, Russia in July 2012. The workshop continued a series of international workshops, which started with a Japan-Austria Joint Workshop on Mechanics and Model Based Control of Smart Materials and Structures and a Russia-Austria Joint Workshop on Advanced Dynamics and Model Based Control of Structures and Machines. In the present volume, 10 full-length papers based on presentations from Russia, 9 from Austria, 8 from Japan, 3 from Italy, one from Germany and one from Taiwan are included, which represent the state of the art in the field of mechanics and model based control, with particular emphasis on the application of advanced structures and machines.

Mathematical Modelling for Sustainable Development

Mathematical Modelling for Sustainable Development
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 573
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ISBN-10 : 9783540312246
ISBN-13 : 3540312242
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Mathematical Modelling for Sustainable Development by : Marion Hersh

This reference offers both a basic introduction and advanced technical details of available mathematical and computing methods for modeling sustainable development, closing an exisiting gap in this field, as well as illustrating their use through case studies and examples. The methods and case studies presented here are targetted at sustainable development, although they have a wide range of other applications, including economics, medicine and control systems.