This text provides an introduction to the science that governs the interaction of light and matter (in the gas phase). It provides readers with the basic knowledge to exploit the light-matter interaction to develop quantitative tools for gas analysis (i.e. optical diagnostics) and understand and interpret the results of spectroscopic measurements. The authors pair the basics of gas‐phase spec…
This SpringerBrief presents intelligent spectrum sharing technologies for future wireless communication systems. It explains the widely used opportunistic spectrum access and TV white space sharing, which has been approved by the FCC. Four new technologies to significantly increase the efficiency of spectrum sharing are also introduced. The four technologies presented are Dynamic Spectrum Co-Ac…
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Contributors; Series Editors' Introduction; Preface; PART I: Theory and Context; 1. Sociolinguistic and Linguistic Foundations of Codeswitching Research; Codeswitching as Language Use; Codeswitching as Language Structure; Codeswitching, Mental Grammars, and Linguistic Repertoires; Codeswitching…
Universities around the world are under increasing pressure to maintain high levels of graduation and to make study processes as efficient as possible, with teachers and students struggling to meet the expectations placed upon them as a result. The Psychology of Study Success in Universities asks whether it is possible to meet these demands at the same time as protecting the well-being of stude…
Knowledge? : what knowledge? -- Explosive innovation : putting knowledge to work -- Leadership -- Culture -- Knowledge corruption -- Training and socialization -- Knowledge structure and processes -- Technologies and social media -- Putting it all together -- A "Rosetta stone" for military skills translation to business.
Citizenship and a social contract : the drafting of the 1936 Constitution -- Daily life in Kirov in the 1930's -- Local realities : the implementation of the discussion of the draft constitution --Validators of Socialist victory : the discussion in the local press -- Popular voices : interpreting citizens' rights and duties -- Integration, exclusion, and accountability -- The constitution, the …
This book presents the changing roles of urban governments and how local governments struggle to gain administrative, fiscal, and political power to combat current urban challenges in Kazakhstan. Focusing on the cities and regions selected by the national government of Kazakhstan to be the drivers of national economic development, the author analyses the impact of decentralization on the rol…
Originally published in 1954. This great work surveys the distribution of the world’s population and the food production of all countries chosen as important by reason of either their demands on the world food market or their contributions to it. The author concludes that the more advanced countries can be reasonably assured of food supplies for an indefinite period. The less advanced countri…