High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Deflection is a tactic used in battle that describes "leading the target"; that is, shooting ahead of a moving target so that the target and projectile will collide. This tactic is only necessary when using slow projectiles, such as a crossbow bolt, or over long distances, such as in an aerial dogfight. During World War II, U.S. Navy pilots were taught explicitly on the concept in order to capitalize on the advantages of the F4F Wildcat. In artillery, deflection is also used even against fixed targets to compensate for windage and range. Due to Earth's rotation, surface points have different velocities and curved motion, leading to apparent Coriolis drift of a long-range target. Данное...

ISBN: 978-6-1309-3085-1
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Surface extraction from noisy volumetric images is a common task in medical image analysis. Due to noise, the use of prior information about surface topology and shape is necessary to automate the surface extraction. Deformable surface models can incorporate such geometric knowledge into the extraction process which is restated as an energy minimization problem. A drawback of deformable models is that the formulated minimization problem is difficult to solve because of numerous local minima and a large number of variables. This difficulty may lead to sensitivity to the initialization, complicating the unsupervised use of deformable models. This book offers a concise review on deformable surface methods concentrating on the ways to solve...

ISBN: 978-3-6391-7648-3
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Since the HIV epidemic of the 1990s, researchers have attempted to develop a red blood cell analog. Even though some of these substitutes are now in Phase III of clinical trials, their use is limited by side effects and short half-life in the human body. As a result, there is still a need for an effective erythrocyte analog with minimum immunogenic and side effects, so that it can be used for multiple applications. Finding new approaches to develop more efficient blood substitutes will not only bring valuable advances in the clinical approach, but also in the area of in vitro testing of medical devices. This work examined the feasibility of creating a deformable multi-functional, biodegradable, biocompatible particle for applications in...

ISBN: 978-3-6390-7495-6
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The or DP was a light machine gun firing the 7.62x54mmR cartridge that was used by the Soviet Union starting in 1928. It was cheap and easy to manufacture - early models had fewer than 80 parts and could be built by unskilled labour. The DP was especially able to withstand dirt. In tests it was buried in sand and mud and was still capable of firing more than 500 rounds. The DP's main drawback was its bipod; it could not withstand much abuse and broke easily. Also, the magazine, which was a pan with 47 rounds that fed in from the top, was relatively small and continuous fire for long periods could not be relied on as much as contemporary belt fed weapons. It took some time to load a new magazine...

ISBN: 978-6-1338-6259-3
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Delhi Airport Metro Express (DAME) is a Delhi Metro line from New Delhi Metro Station to Dwarka Sector 21, linking the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The line, also known as the Orange line is operated by the Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt. Limited (DAMEL), a subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure, the concessionaire of the line, and opened on February 23, 2011 at 2 p.m. after missing four previously set deadlines. It was built at a cost of 57 billion, of which Reliance Infra paid 28.85 billion (U$580m), Reliance Infra will also pay fees on a Revenue-share model

ISBN: 978-5-5087-3368-1

The Delphi method is a systematic, interactive forecasting method which relies on a panel of experts. The experts answer questionnaires in two or more rounds. After each round, a facilitator provides an anonymous summary of the experts’ forecasts from the previous round as well as the reasons they provided for their judgments. Thus, experts are encouraged to revise their earlier answers in light of the replies of other members of their panel. It is believed that during this process the range of the answers will decrease and the group will converge towards the "correct" answer. Finally, the process is stopped after a pre-defined stop criterion (e.g. number of rounds, achievement of consensus, stability of results) and the mean or median...

ISBN: 978-6-1302-9228-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Delta IV is an active expendable launch system in the Delta rocket family. Delta IV uses rockets designed by Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems division and built in the United Launch Alliance (ULA) facility in Decatur, Alabama. Final assembly is completed at the launch site by ULA. The rockets were designed to launch payloads into orbit for the United States Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program and commercial satellite business. Delta IV rockets are available in five versions: Medium, Medium+ (4,2), Medium+ (5,2), Medium+ (5,4), and Heavy, which are tailored to suit specific payload size and weight ranges. Delta IV was primarily designed to satisfy the needs of the U.S....

ISBN: 978-6-1316-3094-1
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Delta Air Lines. Delta Air Lines destinations, Delta Air Lines fleet, O'Hare International Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, American Airlines, Memphis International Airport, Portland International Airport Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1300-5253-9
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Delta II is a space launch system originally designed and built by McDonnell Douglas. Delta II is part of the Delta rocket family and has been in service since 1989. Delta II vehicles include the retired Delta 6000, the active Delta 7000, and two 7000 variants (light and heavy).Delta II rockets were later built by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems until Delta rocket production became the responsibility of United Launch Alliance (ULA) on December 1, 2006. ULA now markets Delta II to U.S. government customers, and Boeing Launch Services (BLS) markets Delta II to commercial companies. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по...

ISBN: 978-6-1316-3232-7
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The Delta Works are a series of constructions built between 1950 and 1997 in the southwest of the Netherlands to protect a large area of land around the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta from the sea. The works consist of dams, sluices, locks, dikes, and storm surge barriers. The aim of the dams, sluices, and storm surge barriers was to shorten the Dutch coastline, thus reducing the number of dikes that had to be raised.Along with the Zuiderzee Works, they have been declared one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...

ISBN: 978-6-1306-9064-9
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Delta Queen is an American sternwheel steamboat that is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Historically, it has been used for cruising the major rivers that constitute the drainage of the Mississippi River, particularly in the American South. As of June 2009, the vessel is docked in Chattanooga, Tennessee and has been converted into a hotel. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1338-2820-9
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Delta class submarine has formed the backbone of the Soviet and Russian strategic submarine fleet since its introduction in 1973. They carry nuclear ballistic missiles of the R-29 Vysota family, with the Delta I, II, III and IV carrying the R-29, R-29D, R-29R and R-29RM respectively. The Delta I carried 12 missiles, the Delta II was a "stretched" Delta I that could carry 16 missiles; the Delta III and IV carry 16 missiles with multiple warheads and the submarines have improved electronics and noise reduction. The R-27 Zyb missile carried by the Project 667s of the late 1960s had a range of just 2,500-133,000 km, so the earlier subs were forced to patrol close to the North American coast,...

ISBN: 978-6-1317-7313-6
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Delta is a versatile family of expendable launch systems that has provided space launch capability in the United States since 1960. There have been more than 300 Delta rockets launched, with a 95 percent success rate. Two Delta launch systems – Delta II and Delta IV – are in active use. Delta rockets are currently manufactured and launched by the United Launch Alliance.

ISBN: 978-5-5088-4820-0

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Demon is a multi-looping roller coaster at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, IL with an identical twin at California's Great America in Santa Clara, CA. Both coasters opened in 1976 as Turn of the Century and were heavily rethemed and renamed as The Demon in 1980. Turn of the Century opened with Marriott's Great America in 1976 and was designed by Arrow Development of Clearfield, Utah. It was painted white and was one of the first roller coasters to feature a double corkscrew. It also featured two airtime hills after the first drop. The hills were infamous for ejecting loose articles from the trains such as hats, sunglasses and stuffed animals. The ride was custom-built for both parks....

ISBN: 978-6-1308-0723-8
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Density functional theory (DFT) is a quantum mechanical theory used in physics and chemistry to investigate the electronic structure (principally the ground state) of many-body systems, in particular atoms, molecules, and the condensed phases. With this theory, the properties of a many-electron system can be determined by using functionals, i.e. functions of another function, which in this case is the spatially dependent electron density. Hence the name density functional theory comes from the use of functionals of the electron density. DFT is among the most popular and versatile methods available in condensed-matter physics, computational physics, and computational chemistry. DFT has been very popular for calculations in solid state...

ISBN: 978-6-1306-2882-6
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To reduce dependency on fossil fuels, there is tremendous interest in using biomass feedstocks for producing fuels, heat, power, chemicals, and bio-products. Biomass feedstocks such as corn stover and switchgrass are often collected in baled forms, which involve a lot of handling, storage, and transportation costs because of low bulk density of bales. Densification of biomass feedstocks into briquettes and pellets can reduce the cost and increase the efficiency of handling, storage, transportation, and use of biomass feedstocks. This book provides the fundamentals of densification mechanisms of biomass feedstocks studied using a laboratory-scale densification apparatus, a pilot-scale roll press briquetting machine, a pilot-scale ring-die...

ISBN: 978-3-6390-5185-8
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A dental restoration or dental filling is a dental restorative material used to restore the function, integrity and morphology of missing tooth structure. The structural loss typically results from caries or external trauma. It is also lost intentionally during tooth preparation to improve the aesthetics or the physical integrity of the intended restorative material. Dental restoration also refers to the replacement of missing tooth structure which is supported by dental implants. Dental restorations can be divided into two broad types: direct restorations and indirect restorations. All dental restorations can be further classified by their location and size. A root canal filling is a restorative technique used to fill the space where...

ISBN: 978-6-1306-2712-6
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ISBN: 978-5-5143-9487-6

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (reporting mark DRGW), generally referred to as the Rio Grande, originally the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, is a former U.S. railroad, originating as a narrow gauge line running south from Denver in 1870. In 1988, the Rio Grande's parent corporation, Rio Grande Industries, purchased Southern Pacific Transportation Company, and as the result of a merger, the larger Southern Pacific name was chosen for identity, marking the official end of the Rio Grande. The D Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения...

ISBN: 978-6-1316-1741-6
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Deoxidized steel is steel that has a certain degree of oxygen removed from the melt during the steelmaking process. There are four types, ranging from fully deoxidized to slightly deoxidized: killed, semi-killed, capped, and rimmed. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1327-0758-1
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Sustained increases in traffic congestion levels motivate the need for the efficient utilization of existing transportation infrastructure and resources. Integrated advances in computing, telecommunications, and informatics have enabled the development of Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) as a mechanism to alleviate traffic congestion. ATIS can enhance the efficiency of existing network capacity utilization by enabling drivers to make more informed decisions. A critical aspect for the successful deployment of ATIS strategies is the explicit consideration of driver behavior in the determination of the information to provide to drivers. This research seeks to develop behavior-consistent information-based network traffic control...

ISBN: 978-3-6391-0630-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Deployment of solar power to energy grids depends largely upon local conditions and requirements. Many industrialized nations are installing significant solar power capacity in their grids as a reliable economic supplement or alternative to other power sources. Long distance transmission allows remote renewable energy resources to be used to displace fossil fuel consumption. Solar, hydro and wind sources can't be moved closer to high population cities, and solar costs are lowest in remote areas where local power needs are the least. Connection costs alone can determine whether any particular renewable alternative is economically sensible. Costs can be prohibitive for transmission lines....

ISBN: 978-6-1327-6815-5
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The trend to develop small, low-cost spacecraft has led many to recognize the advantage of flying multiple spacecraft in formation to achieve the correlated instrument measurements formerly possible only by flying many instruments on a single, large platform. This book explores the techniques for station keeping an orbiting constellation of satellites in an elliptical orbit after the initial deployment is developed. Constellation station keeping were investigated by: implementing various propulsive maneuvers at different times based on Lagrange’s planetary equations for impulsive perturbations; a combination of propulsive strategies that deliberately shifted the line of apsides and LQR fb employing the Tschauner and Hempel equations....

ISBN: 978-3-6391-2555-9
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A depth gauge is a pressure gauge that displays the equivalent depth in water. It is a piece of diving equipment often used by SCUBA divers. Most modern diving depth gauges' have an electronic mechanism and digital display. Older types used a mechanical mechanism and analogue display. A diver uses a depth gauge with decompression tables and a watch to avoid decompression sickness. A common alternative to the depth gauge, watch and decompression tables is a dive computer. A depth gauge and an oxygen analyser/oxygen sensor can be used to measure the partial pressure of oxygen of the breathing gas, which is necessary to avoid oxygen toxicity. Digital depth gauges commonly also show the interval of...

ISBN: 978-6-1338-3647-1
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Depth of focus is a lens optics concept that measures the tolerance of placement of the image plane (the film plane in a camera) in relation to the lens. In a camera, depth of focus indicates the tolerance of the film's displacement within the camera, and is therefore sometimes referred to as "lens-to-film tolerance." Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1337-1702-2
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