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Design of high voltage xDSL line drivers in standard CMOS fits in the quest for highly efficient fully integrated xDSL modems for central office applications. The book focusses on the line driver, the most demanding building block of the xDSL modem for lowering power. To reduce the cost, the cheapest technology is selected: standard CMOS, without any extra process options to increase the nominal supply voltage. The emphasis lies on the analysis, design and implementation of high voltage highly efficient line drivers in mainstream CMOS. Design of high voltage xDSL line drivers in standard CMOS starts from the Self-Oscillating Power Amplifier (SOPA), a highly efficient line driver for xDSL applications. However, in the nano-electronic era, the low supply voltage of CMOS results in very low efficiencies for line drivers and power amplifiers in general. In this book a technique is developed for designing high voltage circuits in a low voltage mainstream CMOS technology. Several practical design examples reveal the subtleties and challenges encountered during the design of high voltage circuits in low voltage standard CMOS. Such a high voltage buffer is then integrated into the SOPA architecture leading to the implementation of a high voltage highly efficient aDSL2+ line driver in a 1.2V 130nm mainstream CMOS technology. Design of high voltage xDSL line drivers in standard CMOS covers the total design flow of monolithic CMOS high voltage circuits. The book is essential reading for analog design engineers and researchers in the field and is also suitable as a text book for an advanced course on the subject.

Line drivers (Integrated circuits) --- Metal oxide semiconductors, Complementary. --- Design and construction. --- CMOS (Electronics) --- Complementary metal oxide semiconductors --- Semiconductors, Complementary metal oxide --- Digital electronics --- Logic circuits --- Transistor-transistor logic circuits --- Buffers, Tri-state (Integrated circuits) --- Drivers, Line (Integrated circuits) --- Tri-state buffers (Integrated circuits) --- Amplifiers (Electronics) --- Computer interfaces --- Integrated circuits --- Systems engineering. --- Electronics. --- Computer engineering. --- Telecommunication. --- Circuits and Systems. --- Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation. --- Electrical Engineering. --- Communications Engineering, Networks. --- Electric communication --- Mass communication --- Telecom --- Telecommunication industry --- Telecommunications --- Communication --- Information theory --- Telecommuting --- Computers --- Electrical engineering --- Physical sciences --- Engineering systems --- System engineering --- Engineering --- Industrial engineering --- System analysis --- Design and construction --- Electronic circuits. --- Microelectronics. --- Electrical engineering. --- Electric engineering --- Microminiature electronic equipment --- Microminiaturization (Electronics) --- Electronics --- Microtechnology --- Semiconductors --- Miniature electronic equipment --- Electron-tube circuits --- Electric circuits --- Electron tubes --- Metal oxide semiconductors, Complementary

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Planting trees in the agricultural landscape, in the form of establishing agroforestry systems, has a significant role to play in potentially improving ecosystem services, such as increased biodiversity, reduced soil erosion, increased soil carbon storage, improved food security and nutrition, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. While the role of trees in agroforestry systems in improving ecosystem services has been researched, studies in new systems/regions and new agroforestry system designs are still emerging. This Special Issue includes selected papers presented at the 4th World Congress on Agroforestry, Montpellier, France 20–22 May 2019, and other volunteer papers. The scope of articles includes all aspects of agroforestry systems.

farmers’ knowledge --- ahannon-wiener index --- economic benefits --- alley cropping --- lignin --- shelterbelts --- agroforestry --- natural capital --- forest farming --- nutrient content --- agroforestry system --- review --- Amazonia --- cropland --- riparian buffers --- climate change --- subtropical acidic forest soil --- bees --- phosphorus --- pollination --- 15N tracing experiment --- stable isotope --- West Java --- interspecific competition --- growth form --- cropping system --- climate change mitigation --- gross N transformation rates --- East Africa --- improved-fallow --- N-fixing trees --- carbon sequestration --- home garden --- margalef index --- windbreaks --- leaf nutrient diagnosis --- agroforestry systems --- pollinators --- sorption --- forestland --- China --- temperature change --- fractionation --- hedgerows --- native trees --- slash-and-mulch --- soil N --- shade tree species --- soil C --- Alpinia oxyphylla --- sustainable management --- plant water use --- rubber-based agroforestry system --- ecosystem services --- Indonesia

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Understanding the behaviour of unsaturated soils is becoming exclusively essential for geotechnical engineers and designers. This book includes the Proceedings of the International Conference "From Experimental Evidence Towards Numerical Modeling of Unsaturated Soils" uniting researchers and practitioners in geotechnical engineering on a single platform and discussing the problems associated with unsaturated soils. The objectives of the International Conference were: (a) to promote unsaturated soil mechanics for practical application, (b) to exchange experiences in experimental unsaturated soil mechanics and numerical modelling, (c) to discuss application of unsaturated soil mechanics to a variety of problems. The conference was additionally a status report in the frame of the DFG research group "Mechanics of Unsaturated Soils". The conference was organised under the auspices of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), the National German Geotechnical Society (DGGT) and funded by the German Research Fund (DFG).

Soil mechanics --- Soil moisture --- Mathematical models --- Soil engineering --- Soils --- Soils (Engineering) --- Geotechnical engineering --- Mechanics --- Foundations --- Soil physics --- Mechanics, applied. --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Engineering mathematics. --- Physical geography. --- Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. --- Engineering Fluid Dynamics. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Mathematical and Computational Engineering. --- Classical and Continuum Physics. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Geography --- Engineering --- Engineering analysis --- Mathematical analysis --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Mathematics --- Backfill --- Bentonite. --- Hydration. --- MOCKUP --- HLW radwaste --- BUFFERS --- Amargosite --- Gumbrin --- Mineral soap --- Soap clay --- Volcanic clay --- Clay --- Igneous rocks --- Report --- Fluid mechanics. --- Applied mathematics. --- Continuum physics. --- Geophysics. --- Hydromechanics --- Continuum mechanics --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Earth sciences --- Classical field theory --- Continuum physics

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The book documents 25 papers collected from the Special Issue “Advances in Condition Monitoring, Optimization and Control for Complex Industrial Processes”, highlighting recent research trends in complex industrial processes. The book aims to stimulate the research field and be of benefit to readers from both academic institutes and industrial sectors.

process control --- separation --- oil and gas --- control chart --- fuzzy logic --- neutrosophic statistic --- incomplete data --- belief statistic --- gamma distribution --- microalgae --- raceway --- control problem --- PID --- event-based --- flexible flow shop scheduling --- multi-queue limited buffers --- improved compact genetic algorithm --- probability density function of the Gaussian distribution --- transfer bees optimizer --- reinforcement learning --- behavior transfer --- state-action chains --- reactive power optimization --- Holmquist–Johnson–Cook constitutive model of briquette --- parameter acquisition --- split Hopkinson pressure bar experiment --- numerical simulation --- pressure swing distillation --- full-heat integration --- acetonitrile --- water --- distributed model predictive control --- steam power plant --- steam/water loop --- multi-input and multi-output system --- loop design --- optimal nonlinear adaptive control --- memetic salp swarm algorithm --- voltage source converter --- perturbation observer --- hardware experiment --- MIMO temperature control in heating process system --- pole-zero cancelation --- temperature difference --- transient response --- dead time --- slow-mode-based control --- multi-input multi-output (MIMO) temperature system --- temperature differences --- non-pillar --- gob-side entry retaining by roof cutting --- close distance coal seams --- goaf --- stress distribution --- semiconductor bonding equipment-grouping method --- graph theory --- association matrix --- CFSFDP algorithm --- self-learning --- variable geometry turbocharger --- deep reinforcement learning --- deep deterministic policy gradient --- flexible flow shop --- limited buffer --- public buffer --- Hopfield neural network --- local scheduling --- simulated annealing algorithm --- load identification --- EWT --- multiscale fuzzy entropy --- PNN --- Hybrid Attack Graph --- Level-of-Resilience --- stability --- topology --- distributed generation (DG) --- INSGA-II --- multi-objective optimization --- potential crowding distance --- static and dynamic planning --- data-driven methods --- coarse model --- refrigeration --- tunnel boring machine --- roadway supporting --- constitutive model --- failure criterion --- in-situ monitoring --- power systems --- complex network theory --- Fast–Newman algorithm --- link-addition strategy --- cascading failures --- flotation process --- reagent dosage --- time series froth image --- cumulative distribution function --- fault diagnosis --- fault classification --- fast Fourier transform (FFT) --- multi-linear principal component analysis (MPCA) --- uncorrelated multi-linear principal component analysis (UMPCA) --- additive white Gaussian noises (AWGN) --- wind turbine systems --- deviation control --- drilling machine --- nonlinear adaptive backstepping controller disturbance observer --- parameter uncertainties --- wind turbine --- energy conversion systems --- condition monitoring --- fault prognosis --- resilient control --- n/a --- Holmquist-Johnson-Cook constitutive model of briquette --- Fast-Newman algorithm