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"Behaviour of Building Structures Subjected to Progressive Collapse gives in-depth and up-to-date quantitative and numerical analysis of building structures against progressive collapse. It does so at various levels, including bare steel joints, composite joints and sub-assemblages and frames under quasi-static loading conditions. The book provides analysis of the force transfer mechanisms of composite structures and reinforced concrete structures, along with detailed numerical models that shed light on the effects of critical parameters on progressive collapse resistances. It includes direct design methods that take into account various collapse-resisting mechanisms."--

Structural analysis (Engineering) --- Architectural engineering --- Engineering, Architectural --- Structural mechanics --- Structures, Theory of --- Structural engineering --- Building failures.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Post-Quantum Cryptography, PQCrypto 2011, held in Taipei, Taiwan, in November/December 2011. The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics in the field of post-quantum public key cryptosystems such as cryptosystems that have the potential to resist possible future quantum computers, classical and quantum attacks, and security models for the post-quantum era.

Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Computer Science --- Computer science. --- Computer communication systems. --- Computer security. --- Data encryption (Computer science). --- Algorithms. --- Computer science --- Management information systems. --- Computer Science. --- Data Encryption. --- Computer Communication Networks. --- Management of Computing and Information Systems. --- Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity. --- Systems and Data Security. --- Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science. --- Mathematics. --- Computer-based information systems --- EIS (Information systems) --- Executive information systems --- MIS (Information systems) --- Sociotechnical systems --- Information resources management --- Management --- Computer mathematics --- Discrete mathematics --- Electronic data processing --- Algorism --- Algebra --- Arithmetic --- Data encoding (Computer science) --- Encryption of data (Computer science) --- Computer security --- Cryptography --- Computer privacy --- Computer system security --- Computer systems --- Computers --- Cyber security --- Cybersecurity --- Electronic digital computers --- Protection of computer systems --- Security of computer systems --- Data protection --- Security systems --- Hacking --- Communication systems, Computer --- Computer communication systems --- Data networks, Computer --- ECNs (Electronic communication networks) --- Electronic communication networks --- Networks, Computer --- Teleprocessing networks --- Data transmission systems --- Digital communications --- Electronic systems --- Information networks --- Telecommunication --- Cyberinfrastructure --- Network computers --- Informatics --- Science --- Communication systems --- Mathematics --- Foundations --- Protection --- Security measures --- Distributed processing --- Information Systems. --- Computer software. --- Computational complexity. --- Cryptology. --- Complexity, Computational --- Machine theory --- Software, Computer --- Data encryption (Computer science) --- Computer science—Mathematics.

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"This book aims to provide an update to some of the most exciting new areas in electronic paper technology. In this introductory chapter, we aim to focus primarily on electrophoretic displays (EPDs), and how they became synonymous with electronic paper. The story starts in the early 1970's, with the proposal and first demonstration of the use of the electrophoretic movement of charged particles to make an optical effect. After a period of intense effort, the technology was mostly abandoned, only to be resurrected by a startup company, E Ink. Several key, and somewhat improbable, inventions had to be made in order to develop a technology competitive to the dominant liquid crystal technology. Finally, the right application and ecosystem, the Amazon Kindle electronic book, was necessary to cement commercial success. The field of reflective displays is very rich. The many other chapters in this book, and recent reviews [1,2] provide a wealth of resources for understanding the many technologies that have been developed in the quest to achieve a paper-like display. In this chapter, we will examine the following: a description of print-on-paper, and how the optics of real paper compare with potential electronic paper competitors, hierarchical summary of the different technical approaches for reflective displays, and a detailed look at the historical development of electrophoretic displays, starting with the invention the technology and ending at the introduction of the Amazon Kindle. Looking at the various developments in the context of its times, the EPD story offers some lessons in what it takes for a technology to transition from the laboratory to commercial success"--

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This book offers an introduction to the theory and practice of ecological wisdom (EW). EW is the integration of robust contemporary science with proven cultural and historical practices to identify long-term, sustainable solutions to problems of environmental management and urban design. The book combines theoretical concepts with specific case studies, illustrating the opportunities for interdisciplinary approaches combining historical experience, cultural context, and contemporary science as effective strategies for addressing complex problems confronting metropolitan and rural environmental and resource management in areas such as land use, water management, materials and building engineering, urban planning, and architecture and design. EW transcends the limitations in these fields of the normative approaches of modernity or traditional wisdom by offering a new, synthetic strategy to address socio-ecological issues. By presenting these ideas both theoretically and through existing case studies, the book provides researchers, practitioners and students with a powerful new perspective in developing long-term, resilient solutions to existing socio-environmental challenges. It is intended mainly for those working or interested in the fields of sustainable environmental and resource management, city and regional planning, architecture and design, civil engineering, landscape architecture, and the philosophy of science, particularly those with an ecological or sustainability focus. .

Ecology. --- Environmental management. --- Urban Ecology. --- Regional planning. --- Environmental sciences-Philosoph. --- Civil engineering. --- Environmental Management. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Environmental Philosophy. --- Civil Engineering. --- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management. --- Engineering --- Public works --- Regional development --- Regional planning --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Land use --- Planning --- City planning --- Landscape protection --- Cities and towns --- Urban ecology --- Urban environment --- Social ecology --- Sociology, Urban --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Government policy --- Environmental aspects