"Version: 20161201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- part I. Kinetic theory -- 1. Boltzmann and Vlasov equations in plasma physics -- 2. The two-term Boltzmann equation -- 3. Multi-term and non-local electron Boltzmann equation -- 4. Particle-based simulation of plasmas -- 5. The ergodic method : plasma dynamics through a sequence of equilibrium statespart II. Fl…
"Version: 20151201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Author biography -- 1. The failure of classical physics and the advent of quantum mechanics -- 1.1. A challenge for classical physics -- 1.2. The photoelectric effect -- 1.3. The Compton effect -- 1.4. Heisenberg's uncertainty principle -- 1.5. The correspondence principle -- 1.6. The Schr?odinger wave equation…
"Version: 20160501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. The basics of x-rays -- 1.1. What are x-rays? -- 1.2. Characteristics and properties of x-rays -- 1.3. Substances and x-rays -- 1.4. The effect of x-rays on radiographic film2. Radiographic quality -- 2.1. Properties of radiographic quality -- 2.2. Quality control factors -- 2.3. Density and current -- 2.4. …
"Version: 20151201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. A tour through theory and applications -- 1.2. Types of inverse problems2. Functional analytic tools -- 2.1. Normed spaces, elementary topology and compactness -- 2.2. Hilbert spaces, orthogonal systems and Fourier expansion -- 2.3. Bounded operators, Neumann series and compactness -- 2.…
"Version: 20191201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.section I. Green chemistry principles. 1. Green chemistry and engineering -- 1.1. Principles of green chemistry and engineering -- 1.2. Ways to improve sustainability -- 1.3. Green chemistry and nanomaterialssection II. Nanomaterials. 2. Nanomaterials : what are they and why do we want them? -- 2.1. Fundamentals of the na…
"Version: 20160301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.3. Current models of global radiation oncology -- 3.1. The twinning partnership model for global radiation oncology -- 3.2. The consortium partnership model -- 3.3. The non-profit model for global radiation oncology4. ICT-powered models of global radiation oncology -- 4.1. Potential of ICTs to catalyze global radiation on…
"Version: 20160401"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction : balancing variations -- 1.1. Variable renewables -- 1.2. Dealing with variable output-source correlations -- 1.3. Balancing options -- 1.4. The aims of this book -- 1.5. A few words about terms2. The story so far : balancing with generation plants -- 2.1. Grid balancing with variable renewable…
"Version: 20160901"--Title page verso.Revised edition of : Advanced digital imaging laboratory using MATLAB(R). 2014.Includes bibliographical references.Preface to the second edition -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. General remarks about the book -- 1.2. Instructions for readers2. Image digitization -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Image discretization -- 2.3. Signal scalar quantization -- 2.4…
"Version: 20160601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Research into and interest in the long air gap discharge -- 1.2. Scope and objectives -- 1.3. Intended audience2. The background of air gap discharge theory -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Ionization phenomena -- 2.3. Cross section and mean free path--elastic collisions -- 2.4. Mobility, di…
"Version: 20170901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Charged particle dynamics and beam transport optics -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. A planar diode and the Child-Langmuir law -- 1.3. The klystron concept -- 1.4. Charged particle motion in combined electric and magnetic fields (the non-relativistic case) -- 1.5. Charged particle motion in combined electric and…