Nanotechnology and Development

Nanotechnology and Development
Author: Shyama V. Ramani
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2014-04-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107037581

This book identifies the nature and magnitude of the nanotechnology divide between high-income countries and the rest of the world.

21st Century Nanoscience – A Handbook

21st Century Nanoscience – A Handbook
Author: Klaus D. Sattler
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2020-11-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000703843

21st Century Nanoscience - A Handbook: Public Policy, Education, and Global Trends (Volume 10) will be the most comprehensive, up-to-date large reference work for the field of nanoscience. Its predecessor, Handbook of Nanophysics, by the same editor was published in the fall of 2010 and was embraced as the first comprehensive reference to consider both fundamental and applied aspects of nanophysics. This follow-up project has been conceived as a necessary expansion and full update that considers the significant advances made in the field since 2010. It goes well beyond the physics as warranted by recent developments in the field. This tenth volume in a ten-volume set covers nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, and nanoplasmonics. Key Features: Provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date large reference work for the field. Chapters written by international experts in the field. Emphasizes presentation and real results and applications. This handbook distinguishes itself from other works by its breadth of coverage, readability and timely topics. The intended readership is very broad, from students and instructors to engineers, physicists, chemists, biologists, biomedical researchers, industry professionals, governmental scientists, and others whose work is impacted by nanotechnology. It will be an indispensable resource in academic, government, and industry libraries worldwide. The fields impacted by nanophysics extend from materials science and engineering to biotechnology, biomedical engineering, medicine, electrical engineering, pharmaceutical science, computer technology, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, food science, and beyond.

Programming the Finite Element Method

Programming the Finite Element Method
Author: I. M. Smith
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 649
Release: 2005-06-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0470011246

This title demonstrates how to develop computer programmes which solve specific engineering problems using the finite element method. It enables students, scientists and engineers to assemble their own computer programmes to produce numerical results to solve these problems. The first three editions of Programming the Finite Element Method established themselves as an authority in this area. This fully revised 4th edition includes completely rewritten programmes with a unique description and list of parallel versions of programmes in Fortran 90. The Fortran programmes and subroutines described in the text will be made available on the Internet via anonymous ftp, further adding to the value of this title.

20th Century Minutemen

20th Century Minutemen
Author: United States. National Security Training Commission
Publisher:
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1954
Genre: Draft
ISBN:

Rwanda

Rwanda
Author: International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2022-06-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The economy has emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic with scars that would likely take time to reverse. Supported by the authorities’ policy support, growth rebounded strongly to 10.9 percent in 2021. Spillovers from the war in Ukraine are compounding pandemic challenges by weighing on growth, increasing inflationary pressures and social needs, and straining fiscal balances amid high uncertainty and rising food insecurity concerns. Lower external demand and higher global commodity prices are projected to lower growth to 6 percent in 2022. Headline inflation is projected to rise from 0.8 percent in 2021 to 9.5 percent in 2022, exceeding the central bank’s benchmark level (5 percent). The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) raised the policy rate by 50 basis points in February 2022. While the near-term outlook is marred by uncertainty from the geopolitical risks that could prolong the spillovers from the war in Ukraine, the medium-term outlook remains favorable, supported by the authorities’ commitment to structural reforms. The change in World Bank financing terms under IDA20 will increase the volume of loans, hence the debt-to-GDP ratio for Rwanda, but given the higher concessionality of the loans, the expected impact on the present value of debt path is marginal.

Report to the President

Report to the President
Author: United States. Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1728
Release: 1986
Genre: Space shuttles
ISBN:

The Air Force Geophysics Laboratory Standalone Data Acquisition System

The Air Force Geophysics Laboratory Standalone Data Acquisition System
Author: Peter G. Von Glahn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1980
Genre: Electronics
ISBN:

The Standalone Data Acquisition System (SDAS) is a portable digital data recording system for geophysical field data collection. This report describes the SDAS, giving special emphasis to the SDAS signal conditioning subsystem, which uses custom-designed active filter modules for signal filtering and amplifications. Detailed descriptions of the active filters, including design equations and software, are provided. This subsystem, together with software for its configuration and performance verification, provides an improved capability for analog signal conditioning. This report also provides a functional description of the SDAS. It documents the system hardware and such software as is needed for system configuration and checkout. Each subsystem in the SDAS is described via functional descriptions and such diagrams and schematics as are necessary to understand subsystem functioning. Detailed schematics, parts lists, software listings, and subsystem specifications are covered in appendices.