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Through its highly practical approach alternating physics related to the studied techniques and the clinical examinations of images, MRI Techniques helps students, radiologists, scientists, researchers, and engineers grasp the sequences used in the various MRI fields.

This book presents a thorough treatment of the theory of denumerable Markov chains, both in discrete and in continuous time. In continuous time, it carefully examines the explosion phenomenon and the Kolmogorov equations. It then applies these results to birth and death processes.

This book offers an approach to conducting a risk analysis from the beginning to the end, based on the ISO31000 standard.

This new, up-to-date text supplements the book Fatigue of Materials and Structures, which had been previously published by ISTE and John Wiley in 2011.

Nanophotonicsis a comprehensive introduction to the emerging area concerned with controlling and shaping optical fields at a subwavelength scale. Photonic crystals and microcavities are extensively described, including non-linear optical effects. Local-probe techniques are presented and are used to characterize plasmonic devices.

The central theme of the chapters is acoustic propagation in fluid media, dissipative or non-dissipative, homogeneous or nonhomogeneous, infinite or limited, placing particular emphasis on the theoretical formulation of the problems considered.

This book presents a physical approach to the diffraction phenomenon and its applications in materials science. An historical background to the discovery of X-ray diffraction is first outlined. Next, Part 1 gives a description of the physical phenomenon of X-ray diffraction on perfect and imperfect crystals.

The lead-acid accumulator was introduced in the middle of the 19th Century, the diverse variants of nickel accumulators between the beginning and the end of the 20th Century. Although old, these technologies are always very present on numerous markets.

Defined as the progressive loss of material from the operating surface of a body occurring as a result of relative motion at the surface, wear is rarely catastrophic but it does reduce the operating efficiency of machine components and structures, leading to a major economic impact.

Generally a laser (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) is defined as a device which uses a quantum mechanical effect, stimulated emission, to generate a coherent beam of light from a lasing medium of controlled purity, size, and shape .

The main properties that make carbon nanotubes (CNTs) a promising technology for many future applications are: extremely high strength, low mass density, linear elastic behavior, almost perfect geometrical structure, and nanometer scale structure. Also, CNTs can conduct electricity better than copper and transmit heat better than diamonds.

This book reviews various aspects of radiation/matter interactions, including instrumental developments, the application of the interaction of X-rays and materials to a particular scientific field, and specific methodological approaches. The book draws on lectures from the RX2009 X-rays and Materials colloquium, delivered by experts in the field.

This book offers an in-depth treatment of the principles and applications of digital holography. The main focus is on the fundamentals of diffraction theory, including the numerical computation of diffracted fields using FFT algorithms, as well as the principles of holography and digital holography, including digital color holography.

This book is about complexity in Information Systems (IS). The subject is addressed from both conceptual and applied perspectives. Concepts are drawn from information theory, industrial design and software engineering.

The book, prepared in honor of the retirement of Professor J. Mazars, provides a wide overview of continuum damage modeling applied to cementitious materials. It starts from micro-nanoscale analyses, then follows on to continuum approaches and computational issues. The final part of the book presents industry-based case studies.

With its ability to directly convert chemical energy stored in fuel into electricity, the fuel cell has become a promising energy storage solution. This book focuses on the proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell that has shown great potential in mobile applications due to its low operating temperature, solid-state electrolyte, and compactness.

Today, audiovisual archives and libraries have become very popular especially in the field of collecting, preserving and transmitting cultural heritage. However, the data from these archives or libraries videos, images, sound tracks, etc.

Today, huge quantities of digital audiovisual resources are already available everywhere and at any time through Web portals, online archives and libraries, and video blogs. One central question with respect to this huge amount of audiovisual data is how they can be used in specific (social, pedagogical, etc.

This book aims to rehabilitate kinetic modeling in the domain of polymer ageing, where it has been almost abandoned by the research community. Kinetic modeling is a key step for lifetime prediction, a crucial problem in many industrial domains in which needs cannot be satisfied by the common empirical methods.

This book addresses artificial materials including photonic crystals (PC) and metamaterials (MM). The first part is devoted to design concepts: negative permeability and permittivity for negative refraction, periodic structures, transformation optics.

In this book, we present medical robotics, its evolution over the last 30 years in terms of architecture, design and control, and the main scientific and clinical contributions to the field. For more than two decades, robots have been part of hospitals and have progressively become a common tool for the clinician.

Explains the evolutions of architecture for mobiles and summarizes the different technologies: 2G: the GSM (Global System for Mobile) network, the GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) network and the EDGE (Enhanced Datafor Global Evolution) evolution; 3G: the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) network and more.

Marine renewable energy is a significant resource for generating electricity, and if some conversion technologies have already reached a certain level of maturity, others are emerging. The originality of this multidisciplinary book is to offer a broad spectrum of knowledge from academic and industry experts of various origins.

While classical synchronous motors are typically used to drive industrial production systems and robots with precision and speed, numerous applications require different controls for non-conventional situations. This authoritative work presents an in-depth treatment of efficient controls to improve the use of non-conventional motors.

Understanding the rheological properties of fresh concrete, the hydration phenomenon of cement responsible for structuration, the relationship between the characteristics of the porous solid obtained and its mechanical performances or resistance to the aggressive penetration requires a complex knowledge of the physicochemistry of reactive porous materials. The development of simple formulation rules therefore requires the assimilation of this knowledge and a good command of the properties of these materials.The purpose of this book is to provide the mix designer with useful knowledge on granular materials and porous materials, which will enable the innovative design of concrete. Topics covered include the characterization of granular materials, the concepts of porosity and specific surface area, and the transport properties (diffusion and permeation) of concrete. Some of these topics are already covered in other general books dedicated to granular or porous materials. The objective here is to bring them together in one book by adapting them for use by concrete specialists.Applications in the form of exercises are offered at the end of each chapter to enable readers to assimilate the theoretical knowledge and to apply such knowledge to concrete problems encountered in civil engineering.Contents1. Description of Granular Materials, Definitions.2. Granulometry.3. Specific Surface Area of Materials.4. Voids in Granular Materials and the Arrangement of Grains.5. Voids in Concrete.6. The Fundamentals of Diffusion.7. Permeability.

ARM designs the cores of microcontrollers which equip most embedded systems based on 32-bit processors. Cortex M3 is one of these designs, recently developed by ARM with microcontroller applications in mind.

Our daily universe is rough and infinitely diverse. The fractal approach clarifies and orders these disparities. It helps us to envisage new explanations of geographical phenomena, which are, however, considered as definitely understood.

This book explores the fundamental role of grain boundaries in the plasticity of crystalline materials, providing a multi-scale approach to plasticity to facilitate understanding.

Process Engineering, the science and art of transforming raw materials and energy into a vast array of commercial materials, was conceived at the end of the 19th Century. Its history in the role of the Process Industries has been quite honorable, and techniques and products have contributed to improve health, welfare and quality of life.

With innovation fast becoming omnipresent and part of strategic matters, there is a growing need to understand how to jumpstart the innovation process. This book introduces the concept of "e-co-innovation," which fosters the successful transition from idea to reality and ultimate value.