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    Antennas, 3rd Edition

    Fundamentals, design, measurement  
    Lamont V. Blake, Maurice W. Long  2009

    This is a professional level, introductory text on antenna principles, design, analysis, and measurements. It is especially suitable for persons who wish to improve their knowledge of antenna principles, concept design, performance analyses, and measurements.

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    Video Compression Systems

    From first principles to concatenated codecs  
    Alois M. Bock  2009

    This book gives an overview on many practical aspects of video compression systems used in broadcast TV, IPTV, telecommunication and many other video applications. Although the book concentrates on MPEG real-time video compression systems, many aspects are equally applicable to off-line and/or non-MPEG video compression applications.

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    Nanotechnologies, 2nd Edition

    Michel Wautelet, David Beljonne, Jean-Luc Brédas, Jérôme Cornil, Roberto Lazzaroni, Philippe Leclère, Michael Alexandre, Philippe Dubois, Pierre Gillis, Yves Gossuin, Robert Muller, Assia Ouakssim, Alain Roch, Damien Duvivier, Johnny Robert, Fabien Monteverde, Rachel Gouttebaron, Michel Hecq  2009

    This updated second edition puts nanotechnology into perspective by explaning issues in health, environmental and military application domains, and discusses the technology in the context of current media and ethical debates.

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    Electrical Craft Principles, 5th Edition

    Volume 2  
    John Whitfield  2009

    This is the second of a two-volume work covering the electrical principles syllabuses of all of the major examining bodies including the City & Guilds of London Institute's electrical craft courses. It is also suitable for a wide range of other courses, including the first three years of the BTEC electrical series.

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    Electrical Craft Principles, 5th Edition

    Volume 1  
    John Whitfield  2009

    This is the first of a two-volume work covering the electrical principles syllabuses of all of the major examining bodies including the City & Guilds of London Institute's electrical craft courses. It is also suitable for a wide range of other courses, including the first three years of the BTEC electrical series.

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    How to Build Successful Business Relationships

    Frances Kay  2009

    This book teaches you how to maximise your business contacts, network to make valuable connections and develop successful professional relationships. If you are new to your job or starting out in your career it is designed to help you make the most of opportunities offered.

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    Oliver Heaviside

    Maverick Mastermind of Electricity  
    Basil Mahon  2009

    A compelling account of the life of one of the great pioneers of electrical science Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925). He showed how to analyse circuit, how to rid telephone lines of distortion and interpreted Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism in a way that working engineers and physicists could understand.

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    Effective Team Leadership for Engineers

    Pat Wellington, Niall Foster  2009

    An essential guide for engineers who are new to the role of leading a team. Packed with practical information, advice and case studies, this book presents you with the insights to get your team rapidly up to speed and working to their full potential, shows how to problem solve, and keep the team on track through turbulent times.

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    Cogeneration

    A user's guide  
    David Flin  2009

    If there are two phrases we have come to know very well, they are 'environmental awareness' and 'credit crunch'. The world is looking for ways to decrease the emission of CO2 into the atmosphere, without incurring major costs in doing so.

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    Theory of Edge Diffraction in Electromagnetics

    Origination and validation of the physical theory of diffraction  
    P.Ya. Ufimtsev  2009
    Andrew J. Terzuoli  2009

    This book is an essential resource for researchers involved in designing antennas and RCS calculations and students studying high frequency diffraction techniques. It contains basic original ideas of the Physical Theory of Diffraction (PTD), examples of its practical application, and its validation by the mathematical theory of diffraction.

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    Phased-Array Radar Design

    Application of radar fundamentals  
    Thomas W. Jeffrey  2009

    This book is a concise yet complete treatment of the relationship between mission-level requirements and specific hardware and software requirements and capabilities. Although focusing on surface-based radars, the material is general enough to serve as a useful addition to books currently available for this purpose.

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    Microstrip and Printed Antenna Design, 2nd Edition

    Randy Bancroft  2009

    This book covers 'basic designs' in more detail than books that skip important electrical properties and implementation aspects. Numerous additions make the concepts even clearer. New cavity model analysis equations of circular polarization bandwidth, axial ratio bandwidth and power fraction bandwidth have been included.

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    Introduction to Sensors for Ranging and Imaging

    Graham Brooker  2009

    This is a comprehensive textbook and reference that provides a solid background in active sensing technology. Beginning with a historical overview and an introductory section on signal generation, filtering and modulation, it follows with a section on radiometry (infrared and microwave) as a background to the active sensing process.