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The vertical position of elongated tokamak plasmas is unstable on the time scale of the eddy currents in the axisymmetric conducting structures. In the absence of feedback control, the plasma would drift vertically and quench on the wall, a situation known as Vertical Displacement Event (VDE), with serious consequences for machine integrity. As tokamaks approach reactor regimes, VDEs cannot be tolerated: vertical feedback control must be robust against system uncertainty and the occurrence of noise and disturbances. At the same time, adaptive routines should be in place to handle unexpected...

The external policies of nations and empires have traditionally been viewed as a being "watertight compartments", free from the constraints of domestic instances such as local culture. Cultural policies are thus viewed as being incapable of informing and reinforcing official external policies. This book (originally a university dissertation) challenges such a view by analyzing the linkages which existed between official British foreign/colonial policies between 1870 and 1945 and the necessity to both project British culture abroad and adapt its external policies to local customs and...

By concentrating on one of the key locations of global manufacturing, this volume offers a contribution to contemporary industry studies. The rates of growth that have characterized the southern Guangdong province in the last three decades are unique, even with respect to the more general and often cited Chinese experience. But what role have governments played in these decades of growth? What are the aims and tools of industrial policies promoted in this core location of contemporary manufacturing? And what are the implications of the Guangdong experience of growth for the international...