This report examines the current state of power sources technology, organizes key issues and puts them in context, and succinctly explains how the technology works. Power sources drive everything from microscopic machines to electric power grids, and as the pace of technological development continues ... more »

Bringing together the concepts of design control and reliability engineering, this book is a must for medical device manufacturers. It helps them meet the challenge of designing and developing products that meet or exceed customer expectations and also meet regulatory requirements. Part One covers motivation ... more »

This TRN story bundle gives you an overview of today's data storage research, and in-depth explanations of important advances. Researchers are continuing to get more out of familiar storage technologies like electronic memory chips, magnetic disk drives and CDs, and are developing new forms of disk drives ... more »

This report examines the current state of biochips, organizes key issues and puts them in context, and succinctly explains how the technology works. Replacing vacuum tubes with computer chips enabled computers to evolve from room-sized machines run by technicians to handheld devices used by ordinary ... more »

This unique publication is the only detailed, multinational guide to the cost of construction work across the Middle East. Thirteen countries are covered in individual country chapters, along with comparative regional information: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi ... more »

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This report examines the current state of computer display technology, organizes key issues and puts them in context, and succinctly explains how the technology works. The relatively small windows we use as our main means of interaction with computers fall far short of the high-contrast, nuanced, three ... more »

Various underpinning methods exist, and choosing a particular method or selection of methods is the job of the engineer. Consistent with the underpinning procedure is the need to retain the affected structure plus the surrounding ground and/or buildings. This book will offer advice on how to chose the ... more »

Simulation Methods for Polymers is the only comprehensive source to delineate the technical steps and efficacy of contemporary polymer simulation methods using a highly instructive, easy-to-grasp format, and it offers a logical sequence of polymer physics background, methods, calculations, and application ... more »

This unique publication is the only detailed, multinational guide to the cost of construction work across Africa. Thirteen countries are covered in individual country chapters, along with comparative regional information: Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'lvoire, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia ... more »

Over three hundred papers given at the Eleventh International Symposium on Water - Rock Interaction in June/July 2004 in Saratoga Springs, summarizing current research from around the world on the broad area of water-rock interactions. more »

This volume consists of papers presented at the Third International Conference on Residual Stresses held in Tokushima, Japan, 23-26 July 1991. This book contains the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Residual Stresses, ICRS 3, held in Tokushima, Japan on 23-26 July 1991. Approximately ... more »