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This computational study investigates the use of response surfaces to model the output of the real life processes. In real life, the experimenter does not know the exact nature of the output of the process. So the output has to be approximated using a model. This work proposes the generation of a new response surface, Compromise Response Surface (CRS). The experimenter initially decides on all the possible models to be considered and the numbe...

Todays energy supply relies on the combustion of fossil fuels. This results in emissions of toxic pollutants and green-house gases that most likely influence the global climate. Hence, there is a large need for developing efficient combustion processes with low emissions. In order to achieve this, quantitative measurement techniques are required that allow accurate probing of important quantities in combustion devices. Temperature is very impo...

This book provides an exact solvable example of the quantum mechanical survival probability. The survival probability for Gaussian state vetors is computed and several previous results by Fleming, Luo and Andrews are applied.

During software maintenance, software developers are responsible to change the software for fulfilling the change of user requirement and for fixing the design flaw. Software refactoring provides developers a behavior preserving way to enhance software structure. With proper refactoring, the refactored software would be more extendable for further change. However, during refactoring, the overall effect of refactoring on software structure is o...

Tourism organisations, such as aquatic theme parks, need to rely on the commitment of a well-trained, multi-skilled workforce in order to achieve a competitive position, especially in terms of providing high quality customer service. This suggests that tourism organisations need to adopt HRM organisational practices that enhance the motivation of employees and improve organisational effectiveness. This book, therefore, examines the impact of o...

This work addresses the topic of parental school choice on First Nations reserves and looks at the reasons that guide First Nations parents in their decisions to send their children to off-reserve or on-reserve schools. For those parents who have the option of choice, what is the basis of their decision making? The choices available to the parents in this particular study are basically between the off-reserve public, provincially funded school...

Current computers of high speed and capacity allow biomechanicists in an efficient way to prove their understanding of complex biological processes for example those involved during spontaneous osteochondral healing. For the simulation of biological rules of healing classical in vitro measurements during animal experimentation are required. This step is known as model validation. That is, the computational model should be able to reproduce the...

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With the majority of deaf children growing up in hearing families, their successful linguistic and social development requires the acquisition of more than one language and modality: a signed language, a spoken, and a written language. Given the lack of existing language tests that have been developed and/or adapted specifically for this target group, appropriate measuring of deaf childrens linguistic skills remains a daunting task. Effective ...

Automated recommender systems make product suggestions that are tailored to the individual needs of the user and represent powerful means to combat information glut. However, their practical applicability has been largely confined to scenarios where information relevant for recommendation making is kept in one single, authoritative node. Recently, novel distributed infrastructures are emerging, e.g., peer-to-peer networks and the Semantic Web,...

High-dimensional data are everywhere: texts, sounds, spectra, images, etc. However, many data analysis tools (coming from statistics, artificial intelligence, etc.) were designed for low-dimensional data. Many of the assumptions behind data analysis tools are not transposable to high-dimensional data. For instance, the Euclidean distance concentrates in high-dimensional spaces, all distances seem identical! It furthermore does not distinguish ...

A new bottom-up nanotechnology approach is presented here: It starts with organic synthesis of functionalised materials and includes self-assembled growth of nanofibers, which are proven to be highly functional for future sub-micron optoelectronics. This approach combines organic chemistry (transition metal catalysed cross-coupling reactions) and physical processing and characterisation techniques (high vacuum, organic molecular beam epitaxy, ...

According to the Federal Aviation Administration Runway Safety Report (2004), vehicle deviations accounted for 20% (291 events) of all runway incursions during the four and a half-year period of 2000 through 2003. The focus of this book examines if a relationship existed between the methods used for airport movement area driver training and the number of incursions at the largest U.S. towered airports. Airport driver training officials at 35 o...

This book has been written for everyone who is interested in linguistics in a funnier way. Lyrics are usually used only for singing. However, they have got another important role - in teaching. Most people love singing apart from the tiny little fact that they can or not. We can sing songs in the bathroom, while hoovering the floor, cleaning the windows, or just repairing the car, so why do not we do it while we are studying a foreign language...

How can the services and supports for individuals with disabilities and their families be sustained? The Community Living Restructuring Fund had $24 million to provide creative initiatives and innovative projects for more choice for individuals living with developmental disabilities and their families. As of July 2005, the funds were expended. This book examines how the positive aspects of the funding can be sustained to provide significant le...

Es ist eine andere Welt, die Welt an einem kleinen See, an dem die Geschichten etwas Alltägliches haben, nicht aber die, die diese Geschichten erleben. Da ist die rotzfreche Papalope, eine Mischung aus Papagei und Antilope, diverse Reiher, von denen manche Schwierigkeiten haben, durch einen Wald zu fliegen, ein kluger Waschbär und viele andere. Eins verbindet sie alle: Die Lust am Leben und insbesondere die Lust auf Senfgurken.

Existing e-marketplaces are fragmented in the sense that each is an information island. The interoperation of product information between them is difficult especially in semantic level. This hinders global e-marketplace formation and distribution cost lowering. The traditional approaches of product standardization and ontology mediation could solve the problem only if all e-marketplaces could adopt the same product standards, or mediation syst...

In recent years, a new trend in Web application development, namely mashups, has evolved. Initially, mashups laid focus on mixing different data sources together, offering a quick and simple way to create situational business applications. The author\'s introduction tells what mashups are and what you can expect of them. A categorization helps to get a general idea of what types of mashups do exist, and how enterprises can take advantage of th...

Ecology is the science that studies the function of communities of life within ecosystems. These systems are bound by an affirmation of relationship. Such relationships are very complex and every part of them is dependent on every other part if they are to maintain the integrity of nature that allows us all to survive. The adoption of the four principles of ecology: everything is connected to everything else, everything has to go somewhere, na...

For the better part of three and one half centuries, the nation-state has been valued as the logical instrument of governance and citizen protection. The years following the end of the Cold War have convinced certain academics that the process known as globalization is undermining the supposed "unbridled" power of the nation-state. They have argued that new, re-imagined, or reconfigured identities have emerged and been empowered as a result of...