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Active Plasmonic Devices: Based on Magnetoplasmonic Nanostructures (Springer Theses)
by Diana Martín BecerraThis thesis investigates the effect of the magnetic field on propagating surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs), or surface plasmons for short. Above all, it focuses on using the magnetic field as an external agent to modify the properties of the SPPs, and therefore achieving active devices. Surface plasmons are evanescent waves that arise at metal-dielectric interfaces. They can be strongly confined (beyond the light diffraction limit), and provide a strong enhancement of the electromagnetic field at the interface. These waves have led to the development of plasmonic circuitry, which is a key candidate as an alternative to electronic circuitry and traditional optical telecommunication devices, since it is faster than the former and less bulky than the latter. Adopting both a theoretical and an experimental point of view, the book analyzes the magnetic modulation in SPPs by means of an interferometer engraved in a multilayer combining Au and Co. In this interferometer, which acts like a modulator, the SPP magnetic modulation is studied in detail, as are the parameters that have a relevant impact on it, simple ways to enhance it, its spectral dependence, and the highly promising possibility of using this system for biosensing. The thesis ultimately arrives at the conclusion that this method can provide values of modulations similar to other active methods used in plasmonics.
Active Plasmonics and Tuneable Plasmonic Metamaterials
by Anatoly V. Zayats Stefan A. MaierThis book, edited by two of the most respected researchers in plasmonics, gives an overview of the current state in plasmonics and plasmonic-based metamaterials, with an emphasis on active functionalities and an eye to future developments. This book is multifunctional, useful for newcomers and scientists interested in applications of plasmonics and metamaterials as well as for established researchers in this multidisciplinary area.
The Active Points Test: A Clinical Test for Identifying and Selecting Effective Points for Acupuncture and Related Therapies
by Stefano MarcelliThe Active Points Test is a clinical instrument for identifying and selecting the points on the skin that are most effective for treatment. These points may be close to the seat of the disease, for example on the shoulder for periarthritis, or far away, for example on the ear or head for stomach pain or a cough. Drawing on principles from TCM and Western medicine, Dr Stefano Marcelli sets out the theory of the approach and offers detailed guidance on how to carry out the test and how to interpret the results, as well as explaining how the test can be used in different therapies. The test is based on the discovery that a patient experiencing an ongoing symptom can be made aware of the capacity of a few points on the skin to treat his or her discomfort. The test involves stimulating the skin to the appropriate degree whilst asking the patient to identify whether there is any change in the symptom he or she is suffering, and can be used to treat a wide range of symptoms, from articular pain to migraine, tachycardia, asthenia and depression. Published for the first time in 1995, this substantially updated edition contains the most recent supporting evidence and many new explanatory diagrams and photographs. Providing a comprehensive and effective system for point selection, this is essential reading for practitioners and students of acupuncture and related reflex and manual therapies, including massage, tuina, Shiatsu and Rolfing.
Active Power Decoupling Technology in Single-Phase Current-Source Converters (Synthesis Lectures on Power Electronics Series)
by Yonglu LiuThis book gives a comprehensive and in-depth introduction to the development of active power decoupling technology in single-phase current-source converters. It covers cutting-edge topics such as virtual-impedance control and harmonic state-space modeling and presents topology construction principles, specific decoupling topologies, advanced decoupling controls, and stability analysis. This book will be an invaluable tool for researchers, engineers, and designers in the field of power electronics involved in designing power converters with high power density and reliability.
Active Power Decoupling Technology in Single-Phase Current-Source Converters (Synthesis Lectures on Power Electronics)
by Yonglu LiuThis book gives a comprehensive and in-depth introduction to the development of active power decoupling technology in single-phase current-source converters. It covers cutting-edge topics such as virtual-impedance control and harmonic state-space modeling and presents topology construction principles, specific decoupling topologies, advanced decoupling controls, and stability analysis. This book will be an invaluable tool for researchers, engineers, and designers in the field of power electronics involved in designing power converters with high power density and reliability.
Active Price Management: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker! (Business Guides on the Go)
by Sven Reinecke Laura Johanna NollThis book demonstrates how to transform pricing, often considered the neglected aspect of marketing, into the most influential marketing tool that positively impacts the company's profits in a sustainable manner. Ultimately, every aspect of marketing is reflected in the price, as it represents the customer's value exchange for the other three value-creating marketing instruments: the product (functional value), communication (emotional value), and distribution (availability). The authors present the essential framework conditions and fundamental principles of active price management. They specifically emphasize those aspects that have proven particularly relevant to business practice through the Executive Education program at the University of St. Gallen (HSG).
Active Private Equity Real Estate Strategy
by Lynn David J.Proven private equity real estate investing strategies The subprime fallout and credit crisis have triggered a major transition in U. S. real estate. With tightening lending and underwriting standards, speculative investments and construction projects are likely to limited, resulting in constrained supply and healthier fundamentals over the long term. Looking forward, market participants anticipate that the coming years will be fraught with challenges as well as opportunities. Active Private Equity Real Estate Strategy is a collection of abridged market analyses, forecasts, and strategy papers from the ING Clarion Partners' Research & Investment Strategy (RIS) group. Divided into two comprehensive parts, this practical guide provides you with an informative overview of real estate markets, forecasts, and recent trends in part one, and presents specific active strategies in private equity real estate investing in part two. Includes a simulation of the economy in recession and the expected effects on the commercial real estate industry Offers examples of portfolio analysis and recommendations using ING Clarion's forecasts and Modern Portfolio Theory Focuses on multifamily, hotel, land, and industrial investments Demonstrates the use of the various tools available to the private equity real estate investor Written with both the individual and institutional real estate investor in mind, this book offers specific private equity strategies for investing in real estate during volatile times.
Active Probe Atomic Force Microscopy: A Practical Guide on Precision Instrumentation
by Fangzhou Xia Ivo W. Rangelow Kamal Youcef-ToumiFrom a perspective of precision instrumentation, this book provides a guided tour to readers on exploring the inner workings of atomic force microscopy (AFM). Centered around AFM, a broad range of mechatronic system topics are covered including mechanics, sensors, actuators, transmission design, system identification, signal processing, dynamic system modeling, controller. With a solid theoretical foundation, practical examples are provided for AFM subsystem level design on nano-positioning system, cantilever probe, control system and system integration. This book emphasizes novel development of active cantilever probes with embedded transducers, which enables new AFM capabilities for advanced applications. Full design details of a low-cost educational AFM and a Scale Model Interactive Learning Extended Reality (SMILER) toolkit are provided, which helps instructors to make use of this book for curriculum development. This book aims to empower AFM users with deeper understanding of the instrument to extend AFM functionalities for advanced state-of-the-art research studies. Going beyond AFM, materials presented in this book are widely applicable to precision mechatronic system design covered in many upper-level graduate courses in mechanical and electrical engineering to cultivate next generation instrumentalists.
Active Protective Coatings: New-Generation Coatings for Metals (Springer Series in Materials Science #233)
by Anthony E. Hughes Johannes M.C. Mol Mikhail L. Zheludkevich Rudolph G. BuchheitThis book coversa broad range of materials science that has been brought to bear on providingsolutions to the challenges of developing self-healing and protective coatingsfor a range of metals. The book has a strong emphasis on characterisationtechniques, particularly new techniques that are beginning to be used in thecoatings area. It features many contributions written by experts from variousindustrial sectors which examine the needs of the sectors and the state of theart. The developmentof self-healing and protective coatings has been an expanding field in recentyears and applies a lot of new knowledge gained from other fields as well asother areas of materials science to the development of coatings. It hasborrowed from fields such as the food and pharmaceutical industries who haveused, polymer techniques, sol-gel science and colloidosome technology for arange encapsulation techniques. It has also borrowed from fields like hydrogenstorage such as from the development of hierarchical and other materials basedon organic templating as "nanocontainers" for the delivery of inhibitors. Inmaterials science, recent developments in high throughput and othercharacterisation techniques, such as those available from synchrotrons, arebeing increasing used for novel characterisation - one only needs to look atthe application of these techniques in self healing polymers to gauge wealth ofnew information that has been gained from these techniques. This work islargely driven by the need to replace environmental pollutants and hazardouschemicals that represent risk to humans such as chromate inhibitors which arestill used in some applications.
Active Rheology Control of Cementitious Materials (Modern Concrete Technology #23)
by Geert De Schutter Karel LesageThis book reports on cutting-edge research within the new field of active rheology control of cementitious materials, presenting new ideas developed within the ERC Advanced Grant Project, SmartCast (hosted at Ghent University), which extend the possibilities of admixtures and additions beyond current options. The research presented here develops a new method of actively controlling the rheology of fresh concrete during casting operations by incorporating specially designed responsive components. This results in real-time changes to the rheological behaviour of the cementitious material, allowing the user to intervene actively after the cementitious material has left the mixing phase. This newly gained agility contributes to increased processing speed and placement reliability in the case of traditional casting methods and can also facilitate advanced 3D concrete printing. The different routes followed to achieve this Active Rheology Control are explained within. The book suits researchers and innovative practitioners and is the first comprehensive text to present these new findings. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
Active Robust Optimization: Optimizing for Robustness of Changeable Products (Springer Theses)
by Shaul SalomonThis book presents a novel framework, known as Active Robust Optimization, which provides the tools for evaluating, comparing and optimizing changeable products. Since any product that can change its configuration during normal operation may be considered a “changeable product,” the framework is widely applicable. Further, the methodology enables designers to use adaptability to deal with uncertainties and so avoid over-conservative designs. Offering a comprehensive overview of the framework, including its unique features, such as its ability to optimally respond to uncertain situations, the book also defines a new class of optimization problem and examines the effects of changes in various parameters on their solution. Lastly, it discusses innovative approaches for solving the problem and demonstrates these with two examples from different fields in engineering design: optimization of an optical table and optimization of a gearbox.
Active Safety Methodologies of Rail Transportation (Advances in High-speed Rail Technology)
by Yong Qin Limin JiaSafe and high-efficiency operation are two main issues in rail transportation. This book focuses on these two key issues, bringing together a wealth of research to offer theoretical and technical support for rail operations and maintenance. In addition, it presents a comprehensive active safety assurance system for rail transportation, which includes the quantitative state identification and prediction of train components; rail transportation safety and reliability assessment methods; and rail transportation risk assessment at the rail networks level, which achieves the quantitative and high-precision monitoring of complex systems in real-time. In addition, it extends active safety based theory to safety prognostic analysis in the traffic system. Lastly, representative case studies verify that the theory is suitable for the actual traffic system.
Active Science 1 new edition (Active Science Ser.)
by Ann FullickBuild and assess your students' Science knowledge, understanding and skills through better learning techniques, ensuring a solid foundation for further science study.- Confidently meet the requirements of the Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Guyana and OECS curricula and CXC's CCSLC syllabus with detailed mapping grids available for free online. - Inspire students to progress with this contemporary take on Science that includes topics such as environmental science and green issues.- Engage students through an active learning approach with hands-on activities to promote learning through practice.- Prepare students for moving up to CSEC® level science with activities developed to bridge the gap between lower secondary and CSEC® level.
Active Science 1 new edition (Active Science #1)
by Ann FullickBuild and assess your students' Science knowledge, understanding and skills through better learning techniques, ensuring a solid foundation for further science study.- Confidently meet the requirements of the Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Guyana and OECS curricula and CXC's CCSLC syllabus with detailed mapping grids available for free online. - Inspire students to progress with this contemporary take on Science that includes topics such as environmental science and green issues.- Engage students through an active learning approach with hands-on activities to promote learning through practice.- Prepare students for moving up to CSEC® level science with activities developed to bridge the gap between lower secondary and CSEC® level.
Active Science 2 new edition (Active Science Ser.)
by Ann FullickBuild and assess your students' Science knowledge, understanding and skills through better learning techniques, ensuring a solid foundation for further science study.- Confidently meet the requirements of the Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Guyana and OECS curricula and CXC's CCSLC syllabus with detailed mapping grids available for free online. - Inspire students to progress with this contemporary take on Science that includes topics such as environmental science and green issues.- Engage students through an active learning approach with hands-on activities to promote learning through practice.- Prepare students for moving up to CSEC® level science with activities developed to bridge the gap between lower secondary and CSEC® level.
Active Science 2 new edition (Active Science #2)
by Ann FullickBuild and assess your students' Science knowledge, understanding and skills through better learning techniques, ensuring a solid foundation for further science study.- Confidently meet the requirements of the Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Guyana and OECS curricula and CXC's CCSLC syllabus with detailed mapping grids available for free online. - Inspire students to progress with this contemporary take on Science that includes topics such as environmental science and green issues.- Engage students through an active learning approach with hands-on activities to promote learning through practice.- Prepare students for moving up to CSEC® level science with activities developed to bridge the gap between lower secondary and CSEC® level.
Active Science 3 new edition
by Ann FullickBuild and assess your students' Science knowledge, understanding and skills through better learning techniques, ensuring a solid foundation for further science study.- Confidently meet the requirements of the Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Guyana and OECS curricula and CXC's CCSLC syllabus with detailed mapping grids available for free online. - Inspire students to progress with this contemporary take on Science that includes topics such as environmental science and green issues.- Engage students through an active learning approach with hands-on activities to promote learning through practice.- Prepare students for moving up to CSEC® level science with activities developed to bridge the gap between lower secondary and CSEC® level.
Active Science 3 new edition (Active Science #3)
by Ann FullickBuild and assess your students' Science knowledge, understanding and skills through better learning techniques, ensuring a solid foundation for further science study.- Confidently meet the requirements of the Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Guyana and OECS curricula and CXC's CCSLC syllabus with detailed mapping grids available for free online. - Inspire students to progress with this contemporary take on Science that includes topics such as environmental science and green issues.- Engage students through an active learning approach with hands-on activities to promote learning through practice.- Prepare students for moving up to CSEC® level science with activities developed to bridge the gap between lower secondary and CSEC® level.
Active Seismic Tomography: Theory and Applications
by Kalachand Sain Damodara NaraImaging complex regions or difficult terrains like the sub-volcanic sediments or thrust fold belt areas is crucial to understanding the earth's subsurface. Active Seismic Tomography: Theory and Applications describes current technologies for the study of seismic velocities and the elucidation of fine details of the subsurface. Key use cases include hydrocarbon reservoir characterization, identification of faults and channels, and stratigraphic and structural traps.Volume highlights include: Theory and development of seismic tomographyNumerous examples of the interpretation and analysis of active source seismic data Relevance of tomography data for computational geophysicists This volume is a valuable resource for academics and professionals interested in using or developing integrated imaging approaches of the Earth's subsurface.
Active Service
by Stephen CraneMARJORY walked pensively along the hall. In the cool shadows made by the palms on the window ledge, her face wore the expression of thoughtful melancholy expected on the faces of the devotees who pace in cloistered gloom. <P>> <P> She halted before a door at the end of the hall and laid her hand on the knob. She stood hesitating, her head bowed. It was evident that this mission was to require great fortitude. At last she opened the door. "Father," she began at once. There was disclosed an elderly, narrow-faced man seated at a large table and surrounded by manu-scripts and books. The sunlight flowing through curtains of Turkey red fell sanguinely upon the bust of dead-eyed Pericles on the mantle. A little clock was ticking, hidden somewhere among the countless leaves of writing, the maps and broad heavy tomes that swarmed upon the table.
Active Service (The World At War)
by Stephen CraneHow far would a father go to keep his daughter from marrying the wrong man? Rufus Coleman, the respected editor of the New York Eclipse, plans to marry Marjory Wainwright. Yet to her father, Professor Wainwright, Rufus is still the wastrel that he thought him to be as a student in college. To thwart the marriage the professor drags Marjory off with him and a group of students on a summer tour of Greece. Suddenly war erupts between Turkey and Greece! Will Rufus arrive in time to save the group? Will he redeem himself in the professor's eyes? Will the strife of war and trial of separation overcome the love between Rufus and Marjory? (Goodreads)
Active-Service Diary - 21 January 1917-1 July 1917
by Lieutenant Edward Hornby ShearsThe short, but poignant and action filled diary of a public school officer who fought with the Irish Guards in the Ypres Salient.EDWARD HORNBY SHEARS was born in Liverpool On December 4, 1890. His preparatory school was The Leas, Hoylake (1900-1904). In July, 1904, he obtained a Foundation Scholarship at Bradfield, and in December 1908 a History Exhibition at Trinity College, Oxford. He went up to Oxford in October, 1909, and obtained a 'second' in 'Mods' in 1910, and a 'first' in 'Greats' in 1913. In September, 1913, he passed into the Home Civil Service, and was appointed to the Secretaries' Department of the General Post Office. A year later (October, 1914) he became Principal Private Secretary to the Postmaster-General, Mr. (now Sir Charles) Hobhouse. He had been refused official permission to join the army at the outbreak of the War, but he received it in May, 1915, and obtained a commission in the 3/4th Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment. A few months later he was promoted to lieutenant. After training for a year and a half in England, and having no apparent prospect of being sent to the front, he obtained a transfer to the Irish Guards, in which he received his commission as ensign in November, 1916. In January, 1917, he joined the 1st Battalion in France, where he was shortly promoted to lieutenant (dating from October 18, 1916). He was killed in action at Boesinghe on July 4, 1917, and on the following day he was buried at Canada Farm, Elverdinghe, near Ypres.
Active Shooter Events and Response
by John P. Blair Terry Nichols David Burns John R. CurnuttThe Columbine tragedy on April 20, 1999 began a new era in law enforcement as it became apparent that the police response to such mass shootings must be drastically altered. By the time the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred on December 14, 2012, outdated police response strategies had been replaced with new, aggressive tactics used by
Active Shooter Response Training: Lone Wolf to Coordinated Attacks
by Scott HyderkhanActive Shooter Response Training: Lone Wolf to Coordinated Attack, Second Edition, provides expanded and updated training for police and security officers who must respond to an active shooter situation. This manual addresses all facets of preparation and response, from complex logistical organization to collective and individual tactics, as well as special units or special skills tasks. Based on time-tested military training doctrine, the program described here offers a template for agencies of all sizes to offer training that effectively utilizes officers’ available time. Hyderkhan and his expert contributors cover all aspects of the active shooter response (ASR) mission, from risk analysis to logistical planning for mass casualty events. He also addresses medical care and evacuation, reunification procedures, and post-incident investigation. Active Shooter Response Training, Second Edition, provides the tools needed to prevent or mitigate tragedy in our religious congregations, schools, and public places. The book includes a voucher code for a 50% discount off of the companion online library of training videos This book is directed to law enforcement agencies, private security teams, training organizations, police leaders, and individual officers and trainers, in the US and globally. It also has potential as recommended reading in policing courses at the community college and university level.
Active Sites of Polymerization: Multiplicity: Stereospecific and Kinetic Heterogeneity
by Y. B. Monakov N. N. Sigaeva N. Urazbaev G. E. ZaikovThe monograph is intended to systematize data on active sites and their kinetic and stereospecific heterogeneity (polysite phenomenon) in olefin and diene monomer ion, ion-coordination and complex radical polymerization processes. Questions of molecular-mass distribution of polymers obtained by ion and ion-coordination polymerization methods are di