*The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation*
This open access book coherently gathers well-founded information on the fundamentals of and formalisms for modelling cyber-physical systems (CPS). Highlighting the cross-disciplinary nature of CPS modelling, it also serves as a bridge for anyone entering CPS from related areas of computer science or engineering. Truly complex, engineered systems—known as cyber-physical systems—that integr…
Development assistance to fragile states and conflict-affected areas can be a core component of peacebuilding, providing support for the restoration of government functions, delivery of basic services, the rule of law, and economic revitalization. What has worked, why it has worked, and what is scalable and transferable are key questions for both development practice and research into how peace…
Buku ini memberikan gambaran umum epidemiologi terkini epidemi HIV di kalangan anak muda di Afrika Timur dan Selatan (ESA) dan mengkaji berbagai upaya untuk menghadapi dan mengurangi tingginya tingkat infeksi HIV baru di kalangan anak muda. Dengan mengambil pendekatan multidimensi untuk pencegahan, para kontributor membahas berbagai tantangan yang dihadapi upaya ini, mengingat lambatnya kemajua…
An argument for a major federal program to stimulate innovation in energy technology and a proposal for a policy approach to implement it.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
A simple, straightforward, and foolproof proposal for universal health insurance from a noted economist.The shocking statistic is that forty-seven million Americans have no health insurance. When uninsured Americans go to the emergency room for treatment, however, they do receive care, and a bill. Many hospitals now require uninsured patients to put their treatment on a credit card which can sa…
Federal reform legislation declares, through its title, that no child should be left behind. Despite this, the sad truth is that many children are being left behind, particularly in large, poor, urban school districts. Because of this inequity, state supreme courts have thrown out the education finance systems in eighteen states, and many states have implemented major education finance reforms.…
A novel algorithmic approach to mechanism design based on a geometric representation of kinematic function called configuration space partitions.;"This book presents the configuration space method for computer-aided design of mechanisms with changing part contacts. Configuration space is a complete and compact geometric representation of part motions and part interactions that supports the core…
The world is filling with ever more kinds of media, in ever more contexts and formats. Glowing rectangles have become part of the scene; screens, large and small, appear everywhere. Physical locations are increasingly tagged and digitally augmented. Sensors, processors, and memory are not found only in chic smart phones but also built into everyday objects. Amid this flood, your attention pract…
After a decade and a half, human pluripotent stem cell research has been normalized. There may be no consensus on the status of the embryo -- only a tacit agreement to disagree -- but the debate now takes place in a context in which human stem cell research and related technologies already exist. In this book, Charis Thompson investigates the evolution of the controversy over human pluripotent …