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This book presents various techniques to carry out the gait modeling, the gait patterns synthesis, and the control of biped robots. Some general infor…

Recently, supercritical fluids have emerged as more sustainable alternatives for the organic solvents often used in polymer processes. This is the fir…

This is the third Volume in the series “Advances in Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion” initiated to consolidate information and provide commenta…

The genomic revolution has opened up systematic investigations and engineering designs for various life forms. Systems biology and synthetic biology a…

This volume is part of the Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceeding (CESP) series. This series contains a collection of papers dealing with issues i…

Ophir Falk and Henry Morgenstern have compiled a book that should be read by anyone who is serious about winning the war on terror. By painstakingly a…

Rechargeable Batteries with high energy density are in great demand as energy sources for various purposes, e.g. handies, zero emission electric vehic…

This reference collects the latest information from the International Conference on Heavy Vehicles, specifically as it relates to Heavy Vehicle Transp…

Adjudication has been the main means of settling construction disputes since it was first introduced by the Housing Grants, Construction and Regenerat…

Wireless Personal Area Networks provides an in-depth analysis of the recent IEEE 802.15.4 standard for low data rate wireless personal area networks (…

The importance of copepods in aquaculture has long been recognized, especially in the larval rearing of many marine fishes. This timely publication pr…

This Directory means that a whole range of built environment professionals need never be caught out by the perversities of policy – in its formulation…

The serious consequences of vapor cloud explosions, flash fires, and BLEVEs are very well known. Better understanding of the characteristics of these …

Spiny lobsters are among the world's most valuable and highly prized seafoods, captured and marketed in over 90 countries. Demand for spiny lobsters h…

Next Generation Networks (NGN) provide ubiquitous connectivity with pervasive accessibility to service, application, content and information. NGN will…

The Semantic Web combines the descriptive languages RDF (Resource Description Framework) and OWL (Web Ontology Language), with the data-centric, custo…

Adopting a unique, integrated engineering approach, this text simultaneously covers all aspects of design and operation, process analysis, optimizatio…

Cyprinids rank as one of the most commercially important groups of freshwater fishes and are exploited for many purposes; as a human food source, espe…

Provides unique coverage of the prediction and experimentation necessary for making predictions. Covers computational fluid dynamics and its relations…

Revisions to 5th Edition by: Zhili Sun, University of Surrey, UK New and updated edition of this authoritative and comprehensive reference to the fiel…

This important new book presents a comprehensive review of practical alternative energy choices for the twenty-first century. It addresses three criti…

It is often said that in order to know where we are going, we need to know where we have been. For some years the construction industry has been chall…

SEAFOOD Ecolabelling Principles and Practice Edited by Trevor Ward and Bruce Phillips In recent years there have been some major developments and a gr…

Over the last ten years vast efforts were made in the research and development of intermetallic compounds to attain improved high temperature strength…

A comprehensive practical guide to environmental forensics With real-world examples and advice on both scientific and legal issues, Practical Environm…

This book provides guidance on how to carry out the calculations required for circuit designs in compliance with the Wiring Regulations. It has been u…

Food Supply Chain Management Edited by Michael A. Bourlakis and Paul W. H. Weightman The food supply chain is a series of links and inter-dependencies…

Recreational or sport fishing is important for three major reasons: economic (it is a multi-billion dollar world industry); social (it is embedded in …

Microdisplays are tiny, high-resolution electronic displays, designed for use in magnifying optical systems such as HDTV projectors and near-eye perso…

How to solve security issues and problems arising in distributed systems. Security is one of the leading concerns in developing dependable distributed…

This work strikes a balance between the pure functional aspects of F# and the object-oriented and imperative features that make it so useful in practi…

The topic of thin films is an area of increasing importance in materials science, electrical engineering and applied solid state physics; with both re…

The Brown trout displays widely divergent life history strategies involving, variously, usage of streams, rivers, lakes, estuaries and the sea. The se…

A unique, state-of-the-art guide to wireless integrated circuit design. With wireless technology rapidly exploding, there is a growing need for circui…

Covering a period of about 25 years, during which time-frequency has undergone significant developments, this book is principally addressed to researc…

Functional Hybrid Materials consist of both organic and inorganic components, assembled for the purpose of generating desirable properties and functio…

This junior/senior textbook presents fundamental concepts of structure property relations and a description of how these concpets apply to every metal…

Ambient Networks defines a new kind of network architecture, which embeds support for co operation and competition between diverse network types withi…

Offering a different approach to other textbooks in the area, this book is a comprehensive introduction to the subject divided in three broad parts. T…

A thorough introduction to 3D laser microfabrication technology, leading readers from the fundamentals and theory to its various potent applications, …

This CD-ROM shows how to systematically incorporate the principles of water conservation, recycling, and reuse into the design of new plants, retrofit…

OSHA (29 CFR 1910.119) has recognized AIChE/DIERS two-phase flow publications as examples of «good engineering practice» for process safety management…

Adaptive structures have the ability to adapt, evolve or change their properties or behaviour in response to the environment around them. The analysis…

We are currently in a digital content era. With the increase in circulation of multimedia content globally via the internet it has lead to the need fo…

The first edition, published in 1973, has become a classic reference in the field. Now with the second edition, readers will find information on key n…