Scientific standards, measurement etc

Overview of Space Technology It has been over 50 years since the rst satellite was sent into orbit, and the impact of space technology can be felt in many aspects in our day to day life.

The use of infrasound to monitor the atmosphere has, like infrasound itself, gone largely unheard of through the years.

This Volume is the Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Unsteady Separated Flows and Their Control held in Corfu, Greece, 18-22 June 2007.

This book presents a comprehensive review of the most important methods used in the characterisation of piezoelectric, ferroelectric and pyroelectric materials.

This volume contains invited and contributed papers presented at the conference on 'Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials' held at the University of Cambridge on 2-5 April 2007.

This book focuses on the practical aspects of particle size measurement: a major difference with existing books, which have a more theoretical approach.

The organization of an Advanced Research Workshop with the title "e;Detection and Disposal of Liquid Explosives and Flammable Agents in Connection with Terrorism"e; was motivated by international findings about activities in this field of application.

We are facing increasing environmental concerns associated with water, air, and soil pollution as well as climate change induced by human activities.

High Time Resolution Astrophysics (HTRA) is an important new window to the universe and a vital tool in understanding a range of phenomena from diverse objects and radiative processes.

Coherent sources of mid-infrared (mid-IR) radiation are of great interest for a wide range of scienti?

Battery Management Systems: Accurate State-of-Charge Indication for Battery-Powered Applications describes the field of State-of-Charge (SoC) indication for rechargeable batteries.

In summary, we have demonstrated intense x-ray lasing from nickel-like plasmas of Mo, Pd, Ag, and Sn by utilizing a short (8 ps) prepulse irradiating the target at a grazing angle of incidence of 22.

Multiphase thermal systems (involving more than one phase or one component) have numerous applications in aerospace, heat-exchanger, transport of contaminants in environmental systems, and energy transport and energy conversion systems.

Over the last decade the interest in nanoscale materials and their applications in novel electronic devices have been increasing tremendously.

The "e;NATO Advanced Research Workshop on radiation detectors for medical imaging"e;, held in Alushta (Crimea, Ukraine) in September 2005 was a unique event and I am very pleased that the proceedings are published in the prestigious NATO Security Through Science series.

Light has always played a significant role in the synthesis of materials and formation of small-scale solid structures.

The NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "e;Optics of Biological Particles"e; met in Novosibirsk, Russia 3 - 6 October, 2005.

The low cost and direct digital output of CMOS smart temperature sensors are important advantages compared to conventional temperature sensors.

These proceedings contain the presentations of a NATO-Russian - vanced Research Workshop (ARW) held at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT) near Karlsruhe, Germany, attended also by most of the members of the "e;Explosive Detection Working Group"e; (EDWG) of the "e;Advisory Panel on Security-Related Civil Science and Technology"e;.

The chapters in this volume were presented at the July-August 2006 NATO Advanced Study Institute on Imaging for Detection and Identi?

Flying safely in aircraft implies the use of navigation instruments.

These proceedings contain the presentations and results of several discussions of the workshop on "e;Detection and Disposal of Improvised Explosives"e; held in St.

Twenty years ago, the objectives of the ?

Nearly one half of the point-like gamma-ray sources detected by EGRET instrument of the late Compton satellite are still defeating our attempts at identifying them.

Stars are born and die in clouds of gas and dust, opaque to most types of radiation, but transparent in the infrared.

MTDSC provides a step-change increase in the power of calorimetry to characterize virtually all polymer systems including curing systems, blends and semicrystalline polymers.

"e;Neutrinos and Explosive Events in the Universe"e; brought together experts from diverse disciplines to offer a detailed view of the exciting new work in this part of High Energy Astrophysics.

Civil infrastructure systems are generally the most expensive assets in any country, and these systems are deteriorating at an alarming rate.

How deep we can see inside Nature's smallest secrets?

The joint NASA-ESA Cassini-Huygens mission promises to return four (and possibly more) years of unparalleled scientific data from the solar system's most exotic planet, the ringed, gas giant, Saturn.

A discussion of recently developed experimental methods for noise research in nanoscale electronic devices, conducted by specialists in transport and stochastic phenomena in nanoscale physics.

An accessible, introductory text explaining how to select, set up and use optical spectroscopy and optical microscopy techniques.

A comprehensive introduction to the history, theory, and policy implications of self-governance in commercial and academic science communities.

A comprehensive introduction to the history, theory, and policy implications of self-governance in commercial and academic science communities.

Modern quantum measurement for graduate students and researchers in quantum information, quantum metrology, quantum control and related fields.

Underlying principles of the various techniques are explained, enabling neuroscientists to extract meaningful information from their measurements.

A practical guide providing background, know-how and working examples of successful communication for practising scientists, courses and professionals at all levels.

A practical guide providing background, know-how and working examples of successful communication for practising scientists, courses and professionals at all levels.

The classic authority on colour measurement now fully revised and updated with the latest CIE recommendations The measurement of colour is of major importance in many commercial applications, such as the textile, paint, and foodstuff industries; as well as having a significant role in the lighting, paper, printing, cosmetic, plastics, glass, chemical, photographic, television, transport, and communication industries.

The classic authority on colour measurement now fully revised and updated with the latest CIE recommendations The measurement of colour is of major importance in many commercial applications, such as the textile, paint, and foodstuff industries; as well as having a significant role in the lighting, paper, printing, cosmetic, plastics, glass, chemical, photographic, television, transport, and communication industries.

This book includes a collection of standards-specific case studies.

This book includes a collection of standards-specific case studies.

A single-source reference with a broad and holistic overview of nonclinical studies, this book offers critical training material and describes regulations of nonclinical testing through guidelines, models, case studies, practical examples, and worldwide perspectives.

A single-source reference with a broad and holistic overview of nonclinical studies, this book offers critical training material and describes regulations of nonclinical testing through guidelines, models, case studies, practical examples, and worldwide perspectives.

Based on The International Metrology Congress meeting, this reference examines the evolution of metrology, and its applications in industry, environment and safety, health and medicine, economy and quality, and new information and communication technologies; details the improvement of measurement procedures to guarantee the quality of products and processes; and discusses the development of metrology linked to innovating technologies.

Presents statistical methodologies for analyzing common types of data from method comparison experiments and illustrates their applications through detailed case studies Measuring Agreement: Models, Methods, and Applications features statistical evaluation of agreement between two or more methods of measurement of a variable with a primary focus on continuous data.

Presents statistical methodologies for analyzing common types of data from method comparison experiments and illustrates their applications through detailed case studies Measuring Agreement: Models, Methods, and Applications features statistical evaluation of agreement between two or more methods of measurement of a variable with a primary focus on continuous data.

A guide to identifying and practicing useful scientific research for researchers, administrators, policy makers, lawyers, and journalists.