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Fault Detection and Fault-Tolerant Control for Nonlinear Systems
Linlin Li addresses the analysis and design issues of observer-based FD and FTC for nonlinear systems. The author analyses the existence conditions for the nonlinear observer-based FD systems to gain a deeper insight into the construction of FD systems. Aided by the T-S fuzzy technique, she recommends different design schemes, among them the L_inf/L_2 type of FD systems. The derived FD and FTC …
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- 978-3-658-13020-6
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- XIX, 179
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Fast forwarding Higher Education Institutions for Global Challenges Perspect…
This book addresses various 21st century questions and challenges, especially the role of technology in upgrading teaching and learning in today’s society, and the role of higher education institutions in improving standards of living, economics, society and sustainability. It shares with readers the challenges of globalization to higher institutions concerning the issues relating to value cr…
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- 978-981-287-603-4
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- XX, 203
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Farming on the Fringe Peri-Urban Agriculture, Cultural Diversity and Sustain…
This volume offers a new perspective to debates on local food and urban sustainability presenting the long silenced voices of the small-scale farmers from the productive green fringe of Sydney’s sprawling urban jungle. Providing fresh food for the city and local employment, these culturally and linguistically diverse farmers contribute not only to Sydney’s globalizing demographic and cultur…
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- 978-3-319-32235-3
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- XI, 197
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Family Farming and the Worlds to Come
What is family farming? How can it help meet the challenges confronting the world? How can it contribute to a sustainable and more equitable development? Not only is family farming the predominant form of agriculture around the world, especially so in developing countries, it is also the agriculture of the future. By declaring 2014 the “International Year of Family Farming,” the United Nati…
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- 978-94-017-9358-2
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- X, 361
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Families in an Era of Increasing Inequality Diverging Destinies
The widening gap between the rich and the poor is turning the American dream into an impossibility for many, particularly children and families. And as the children of low-income families grow to adulthood, they have less access to opportunities and resources than their higher-income peers--and increasing odds of repeating the experiences of their parents. Families in an Era of Increasing In…
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- 978-3-319-08308-7
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- XIV, 242
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) in the Permo-Carboniferous From Icehouse t…
This book focuses on the sedimentology of the Hells Kitchen Member of the Port Sussex Formation in East Falkland (Isla Soledad, Las Malvinas). It closely examines two sediment cores spanning these formations that were recovered from the Falkland Islands in 2008 following a mineral exploration programme. The integrated approach of this research, which combines sedimentological data with geochemi…
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- 978-3-319-08708-5
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- XV, 174
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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World
Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) have accompanied mankind from its very early beginnings. Their utilization has co-evolved with homo sapiens itself bringing about a profound increase in our scientific knowledge of these species enabling them to be used in many facets of our life (e.g. pharmaceutical products, feed- and food additives, cosmetics, etc.). Remarkably, despite the new renaissanc…
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- 978-94-017-9809-9
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- VIII, 460
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- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World
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Teaching Languages to Adolescent Learners: From Theory to Practice
Buku ini memberikan pandangan ramah pembaca tentang pengajaran bahasa modern kepada remaja (Usia 7-13 Tahun). Setiap bab membahas aspek pengajaran dan pembelajaran bahasa, dan menjelaskan teori yang mendasari penguasaan bahasa yang diinstruksikan dan penerapannya melalui contoh-contoh dari ruang kelas bahasa yang sebenarnya. Buku ini mengeksplorasi praktik guru dan alasan di balik pilihan pedag…
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- 9781108869812
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- T 418.0071 ERL t c.1
Microbial Styrene Degradation
This book describes the complex processes involved in styrene degradation by microbes, including highly adaptive microorganisms, the various enzymes involved in styrene biodegradation, new styrene-catabolic routes, novel regulatory mechanisms, and the genes coding for styrene metabolizing enzymes. Numerous biotechnological applications are discussed, such as the development of sustainable eco-f…
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- 978-3-319-24860-8
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- XIV, 108
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- SpringerBriefs in Microbiology
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Micro-Behavioral Economics of Global Warming
This book presents a foundation for studying the micro-behavioral economics of global warming. The author develops an empirical model, named the Geographically-scaled Micro econometric model of Adapting Portfolios (G-MAP) in response to climatic changes and risks. The G-MAP model is applied to observed decisions of agricultural and natural resource enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Am…
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- 978-3-319-15945-4
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- IX, 102
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- Advances in Global Change Research
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