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Understanding ultrasonic level measurement by Milligan, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Installation -- Topics -- Select the right transducer -- Location -- Obstructions -- Closed vessels -- Tanks -- Tank access -- Open vessels -- Open channel meters: weirs and flumes -- Flumes -- Transducer location -- Lift stations -- Position control -- Hazardous approvals -- Approvals -- Controller installation -- Summary --…”
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Nature, environment and culture in East Asia the challenge of climate change /

Table of Contents: “…Sorensen -- PAST -- A Retrospection of Climate Changes and their Impacts in Chinese History / Ts'ui-jung Liu -- Manipulating the Yellow River and the State Formation of theNorthern Song Dynasty / Ling Zhang -- PRESENT -- Water Diversion Between Official Rhetoric and the Drive to Dominate Nature / Miriam Seeger -- Chinese Environmental Movements : Civil Society Discourses on Climate Change and Environmental Protection / Nora Sausmikat -- "From Worse to Better" : Anti-Desertification Policies on the Tibetan Plateau in the Past Decades / Carmen Meinert & Christian Gudehus -- From Ascetic to Activist : Jiyul Sunim's Korean Buddhist Eco movement / Eunsu Cho -- PROSPECTS -- Killing Three Birds with One Stone : Possibilities of Achieving Environmental Success in Conforming Societies : What Japanese Experiences May Suggest to China / Takashi Kanatsu -- Environmental Think Tanks in Japan and South Korea : Trailblazers or Vicarious Agents? …”
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Nature, environment and culture in East Asia the challenge of climate change /

Table of Contents: “…Sorensen -- PAST -- A Retrospection of Climate Changes and their Impacts in Chinese History / Ts'ui-jung Liu -- Manipulating the Yellow River and the State Formation of theNorthern Song Dynasty / Ling Zhang -- PRESENT -- Water Diversion Between Official Rhetoric and the Drive to Dominate Nature / Miriam Seeger -- Chinese Environmental Movements : Civil Society Discourses on Climate Change and Environmental Protection / Nora Sausmikat -- "From Worse to Better" : Anti-Desertification Policies on the Tibetan Plateau in the Past Decades / Carmen Meinert & Christian Gudehus -- From Ascetic to Activist : Jiyul Sunim's Korean Buddhist Eco movement / Eunsu Cho -- PROSPECTS -- Killing Three Birds with One Stone : Possibilities of Achieving Environmental Success in Conforming Societies : What Japanese Experiences May Suggest to China / Takashi Kanatsu -- Environmental Think Tanks in Japan and South Korea : Trailblazers or Vicarious Agents? …”
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The Distinction of Peace : A Social Analysis of Peacebuilding / by Goetze, Catherine

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The Distinction of Peace : A Social Analysis of Peacebuilding / by Goetze, Catherine

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Israel and Syria the military balance and prospects of war / by Cordesman, Anthony H.

Table of Contents: “…Prospects for peace or war : military developments after the Israeli-Hezbollah War -- Israeli and Syrian alarms and excursions in 2007 -- The prospects for war -- Major trends in force strength -- Israeli force quality versus Syrian force quantity -- Looking at a snapshot of total forces -- Comparative manpower quantity and quality -- Comparative land force strength : active versus mobilized strength -- Comparative land force manpower -- Armor and anti-tank weapons -- Artillery weapons -- Anti-aircraft weapons -- Comparative air strength : quality over quantity -- Comparative air force strength -- Air force manpower -- Air force aircraft, weapons, and technology -- Comparative land-based air defense forces -- Comparative naval strength : peripheral missions -- Shifts in the role of seapower -- Naval manpower -- Naval ships, weapons, and technology -- Total resources : recapitalization, force modernization, and impact on effectiveness -- Comparative trends in military expenditures -- Comparative trends in arms imports -- Recent deals : the importance of the US, Russia and Iran -- The military forces of Israel -- Israel's struggle to maintain its conventional "edge" -- Adapting to asymmetric wars -- Seeking to add an asymmetric "edge" to a conventional one -- Adapting to new threats while retaining conventional military strengths -- Trends in manpower and total force strength before the 2006 Lebanon war : active versus reserve forces -- Israeli defense planning after the 2006 Lebanon war -- Israeli land forces -- Israeli air forces -- Israeli land-based air defenses -- Israeli naval forces -- Israel's counterterrorism and internal security forces -- Israeli weapons of mass destruction and missile defenses -- The military forces of Syria -- Syria's long proxy war with Israel -- Internal stability, Alawite rule, and the Shi'ite crescent -- Syria's broader regional issues -- The trends in Syrian forces -- Syrian land forces -- Syrian air and air defense forces -- Syrian land-based air defenses -- Syrian naval forces -- Syrian paramilitary, security, and intelligence forces -- Syrian weapons of mass destruction -- War on the Golan Heights -- The strategic geography of the Golan Heights -- The new dimensions of the strategic geography of the Golan -- The UN peacekeeping force on the Golan -- Israeli positions on the Golan -- Syrian positions near the Golan -- A Syrian surprise attack or "grab for the Golan -- Israeli options against Syria -- Continuing external asymmetric wars -- Israel's "haves" versus Syria's "haves not" -- The possible impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- Gaming a future Israeli-Hezbollah conflict? …”
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Israel and Syria the military balance and prospects of war / by Cordesman, Anthony H.

Table of Contents: “…Prospects for peace or war : military developments after the Israeli-Hezbollah War -- Israeli and Syrian alarms and excursions in 2007 -- The prospects for war -- Major trends in force strength -- Israeli force quality versus Syrian force quantity -- Looking at a snapshot of total forces -- Comparative manpower quantity and quality -- Comparative land force strength : active versus mobilized strength -- Comparative land force manpower -- Armor and anti-tank weapons -- Artillery weapons -- Anti-aircraft weapons -- Comparative air strength : quality over quantity -- Comparative air force strength -- Air force manpower -- Air force aircraft, weapons, and technology -- Comparative land-based air defense forces -- Comparative naval strength : peripheral missions -- Shifts in the role of seapower -- Naval manpower -- Naval ships, weapons, and technology -- Total resources : recapitalization, force modernization, and impact on effectiveness -- Comparative trends in military expenditures -- Comparative trends in arms imports -- Recent deals : the importance of the US, Russia and Iran -- The military forces of Israel -- Israel's struggle to maintain its conventional "edge" -- Adapting to asymmetric wars -- Seeking to add an asymmetric "edge" to a conventional one -- Adapting to new threats while retaining conventional military strengths -- Trends in manpower and total force strength before the 2006 Lebanon war : active versus reserve forces -- Israeli defense planning after the 2006 Lebanon war -- Israeli land forces -- Israeli air forces -- Israeli land-based air defenses -- Israeli naval forces -- Israel's counterterrorism and internal security forces -- Israeli weapons of mass destruction and missile defenses -- The military forces of Syria -- Syria's long proxy war with Israel -- Internal stability, Alawite rule, and the Shi'ite crescent -- Syria's broader regional issues -- The trends in Syrian forces -- Syrian land forces -- Syrian air and air defense forces -- Syrian land-based air defenses -- Syrian naval forces -- Syrian paramilitary, security, and intelligence forces -- Syrian weapons of mass destruction -- War on the Golan Heights -- The strategic geography of the Golan Heights -- The new dimensions of the strategic geography of the Golan -- The UN peacekeeping force on the Golan -- Israeli positions on the Golan -- Syrian positions near the Golan -- A Syrian surprise attack or "grab for the Golan -- Israeli options against Syria -- Continuing external asymmetric wars -- Israel's "haves" versus Syria's "haves not" -- The possible impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- Gaming a future Israeli-Hezbollah conflict? …”
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American Power and International Theory at the Council on Foreign Relations, 1953-54 /

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American Power and International Theory at the Council on Foreign Relations, 1953-54 /

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Porous media transport phenomena by Civan, Faruk

Table of Contents: “…Coupling Single-Phase Mass and Momentum Balance Equations.3. Cylindrical Leaky-Tank Reservoir Model Including the Non-Darcy Effect.4. …”
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Porous media transport phenomena by Civan, Faruk

Table of Contents: “…Coupling Single-Phase Mass and Momentum Balance Equations.3. Cylindrical Leaky-Tank Reservoir Model Including the Non-Darcy Effect.4. …”
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Tuning and control loop performance / by McMillan, Gregory K., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Fundamentals -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 Perspective -- 1.1.2 Overview -- 1.1.3 Recommendations -- 1.2 PID controller -- 1.2.1 Proportional mode -- 1.2.2 Integral mode -- 1.2.3 Derivative mode -- 1.2.4 ARW and output limits -- 1.2.5 Control action and valve action -- 1.2.6 Operating modes -- 1.3 Loop dynamics -- 1.3.1 Types of process responses -- 1.3.2 Dead times and time constants -- 1.3.3 Open loop self-regulating and integrating process gains -- 1.3.4 Deadband, resolution, and threshold sensitivity -- 1.4 Typical mode settings -- 1.5 Typical tuning methods -- 1.5.1 Lambda tuning for self-regulating processes -- 1.5.2 Lambda tuning for integrating processes -- 1.5.3 IMC tuning for self-regulating processes -- 1.5.4 IMC tuning for integrating processes -- 1.5.5 Skogestad internal model control tuning for self-regulating processes -- 1.5.6 SIMC tuning for integrating processes -- 1.5.7 Traditional open loop tuning -- 1.5.8 Modified Ziegler-Nichols reaction curve tuning -- 1.5.9 Modified Ziegler-Nichols ultimate oscillation tuning -- 1.5.10 Quarter amplitude oscillation tuning -- 1.5.11 SCM tuning for self-regulating processes -- 1.5.12 SCM tuning for integrating processes -- 1.5.13 SCM tuning for runaway processes -- 1.5.14 Maximizing absorption of variability tuning for surge tank level -- 1.6 Test results -- 1.6.1 Performance of tuning settings on dead time dominant processes -- 1.6.2 Performance of tuning settings on near-integrating processes -- 1.6.3 Performance of tuning settings on true integrating processes -- 1.6.4 Performance of tuning settings on runaway processes -- 1.6.5 Slow oscillations from low PID gain in integrating and runaway processes -- 1.6.6 Performance of tuning methods on various processes -- Key points --…”
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Tuning and control loop performance / by McMillan, Gregory K., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Fundamentals -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 Perspective -- 1.1.2 Overview -- 1.1.3 Recommendations -- 1.2 PID controller -- 1.2.1 Proportional mode -- 1.2.2 Integral mode -- 1.2.3 Derivative mode -- 1.2.4 ARW and output limits -- 1.2.5 Control action and valve action -- 1.2.6 Operating modes -- 1.3 Loop dynamics -- 1.3.1 Types of process responses -- 1.3.2 Dead times and time constants -- 1.3.3 Open loop self-regulating and integrating process gains -- 1.3.4 Deadband, resolution, and threshold sensitivity -- 1.4 Typical mode settings -- 1.5 Typical tuning methods -- 1.5.1 Lambda tuning for self-regulating processes -- 1.5.2 Lambda tuning for integrating processes -- 1.5.3 IMC tuning for self-regulating processes -- 1.5.4 IMC tuning for integrating processes -- 1.5.5 Skogestad internal model control tuning for self-regulating processes -- 1.5.6 SIMC tuning for integrating processes -- 1.5.7 Traditional open loop tuning -- 1.5.8 Modified Ziegler-Nichols reaction curve tuning -- 1.5.9 Modified Ziegler-Nichols ultimate oscillation tuning -- 1.5.10 Quarter amplitude oscillation tuning -- 1.5.11 SCM tuning for self-regulating processes -- 1.5.12 SCM tuning for integrating processes -- 1.5.13 SCM tuning for runaway processes -- 1.5.14 Maximizing absorption of variability tuning for surge tank level -- 1.6 Test results -- 1.6.1 Performance of tuning settings on dead time dominant processes -- 1.6.2 Performance of tuning settings on near-integrating processes -- 1.6.3 Performance of tuning settings on true integrating processes -- 1.6.4 Performance of tuning settings on runaway processes -- 1.6.5 Slow oscillations from low PID gain in integrating and runaway processes -- 1.6.6 Performance of tuning methods on various processes -- Key points --…”
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My son Fred - living with autism how could you manage? I couldn't. I did it anyway / by Deckmar, Maud, 1951-

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My son Fred - living with autism how could you manage? I couldn't. I did it anyway / by Deckmar, Maud, 1951-

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Democracy is a good thing essays on politics, society, and culture in contemporary China / by Yu, Keping

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Democracy is a good thing essays on politics, society, and culture in contemporary China / by Yu, Keping

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Digital rebellion : the birth of the cyber left / by Wolfson, Todd, 1972-

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Digital rebellion : the birth of the cyber left / by Wolfson, Todd, 1972-

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The politics of scientific advice institutional design for quality assurance /

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