Based on the successful first edition, this book gives a general theoretical introduction to electrochemical power cells (excluding fuel cells) followed by a comprehensive treatment of the principle battery types - covering chemistry, fabrication characteristics and applications. There have been many changes in the field over the last decade and many new systems have been commercialised. Since the recent advent of battery powered consumer products (mobile phones, camcorders, lap-tops etc.) advanced power sources have become far more important. This text provides an up-to-date account of...

Control systems are developed in order to manage or control the output of a given process. Feedback control systems continually monitor the final output and automatically control the process to fall within a given or set range. For example, the thermostat in a home not only controls the on-off settings but monitors the room temperature and applies heat or cooling to maintain a balance. Such a system would be known as a linear control system. In reality there are few such systems - most have numerous inputs and outputs that need to be taken into account if the controls are to work properly or...

This text provides an introduction to the analysis techniques used in the design of linear feedback control systems. Following an introduction to general state space systems and input-output systems, the text covers all design methods, analyzing first-order and higher-order systems as well.

The aim of this comprehensive encyclopedia is to provide detailed information on intensive care medicine contributing to the broad field of emergency medicine. The wide range of entries in the Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine are written by leading experts in the field. They provide basic and clinical scientists in academia, practice, as well as industry with valuable information about the field of intensive care medicine. Those in related fields, students and teachers will also benefit from the important and relevant information on the most recent developments in emergency medicine....

This volume contains the proceedings of the U.S. Australia workshop on Complex Interconnected Biological Systems held in Albany, Western Australia January 1-5, 1989. The workshop was jointly sponsored by the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce (Australia), and the Na tional Science Foundation (USA) under the US-Australia agreement. Biological systems are typically hard to study mathematically. This is particularly so in the case of systems with strong interconnections, such as ecosystems or networks of neurons. In the past few years there have been substantial improvements in the...