Our planet is constantly monitored by hundreds of space-borne instruments. This book describes the technology of those instruments and the sciences that provide useful information from them. It also discusses the political implications of space-borne monitoring. From the moment satellites were launched into orbit their ability to see what was happening on a global scale was appreciated

The book is the first to provide a broad overview on how to solve the forward problem to calculate accurate seismograms in 3D Earth models, to compare theory with observations and to iteratively update Earth models until a satisfactory fit to observations is achieved.

This book uses everyday practical examples to illustrate sensitivities of heat transfer problems to governing variables in a concise and readable format. Examples include cooling of a chip, sizing a solar collector for a pool, cooking a turkey, solar tanning, ice formation on a lake, and more. This book is intended for engineering researchers and advanced students concerned with Heat Transfer problems, as well as industry professionals in a variety of settings. Professionals in electronics packaging, power generation, equipment design and manufacturing, components testing and analysis, and others, will benefit from a better understanding of applied heat transfer issues in their work.

The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is the foundation architecture for the next generation of mobile phones, wireless-enabled PDAs, PCs, and so on, delivering multimedia content (audio, video, text, etc.) over all types of networks. It is essential for network engineers/administrators and telecommunications engineers to not only understand IMS architecture but to also be able to apply it at every stage of the network design process...

There is a good old tried and proven way to make faster IC is – burn more power. But that solution is not satisfactory for LSI devices like the Am2900 family. Power is constrained to existing levels for reliability reasons.

This timely volume brings a selection of chapters, each one composed by experts in their field. The chapters included cover a broad range from the knowledge of its biology and its contribution to understanding of plant development, useful protocols for propagation and conservation purposes, population genetics and environmental and theurapeutical applications. This wide spectrum of the contributions gives us a rapid idea of the enormous potential of this plant group.