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Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. High Resolution and Better Imaging --- MUSES-B Satellite System for VSOP / H. Hirosawa / pp. 3-9 --- Mechanical Design and Development of a Deployable Space Antenna for Japanese VLBI Space Observatory Program / M. C. Natori, T. Takano, K. Miyoshi, T. Inoue and T. Kitamura / pp. 10-20 --- Operation of the VSOP Satellite / Y. Murata / pp. 21-25 --- Ground Supporting Facilities for VSOP Observations / N. Kawaguchi, H. Kobayashi, T. Miyaji, H. Mikoshiba, A. Tojo, Z. Yamamoto and H. Hirosawa, / pp. 26-33 --- Space VLBI Simulations / D. W. Murphy, V. Yakimov, H. Kobayashi, A. R. Taylor and I. Fejes / pp. 34-38 --- Space VLBI Scheduling Studies: Techniques and Results / D. L. Meier / pp. 39-43 --- An Affordable Advanced Space VLBI Mission / J. S. Ulvestad, D. L. Meier, D. W. Murphy, R. A. Preston and J. G. Smith / pp. 44-48 --- Space VLBI Experiments Using ETS-VI / T. lwata, H. Kiuchi, M. Imae, M. Sekido and S. Hama / pp. 49-53 --- Space VLBI Polarization Observations / D. C. Gabuzda and A. R. Taylor / pp. 54-58 --- Space VLBI User Assistance Software / I. Fejes, D. W. Murphy, A. R. Taylor, V. Yakimov and G. Young / pp. 59-69 --- mm VLBI / L. B. Bååth / pp. 70-74 --- "High Sensitivity" VLBI at 86 GHz: First Fringes with the 100 m Radio Telescope at Effelsberg / K. J. Standke, D. A. Graham, T. P. Krichbaum, A. Witzel, C. J. Schalinski, A. E. E. Rogers, R. Booth, L. B. Bååth / pp. 75-85 --- Burst Mode System toward mJy Level mm-VLBI / M. Inoue, K. Matsumoto and N. Kawaguchi / pp. 86-88 --- 86 GHz Global VLBI Progress Report / S. Doeleman, A. E. E. Rogers, L. Bååth, C. Schalinski, T. Krichbaum, M. Inoue, A. Zensus, S. Padin, J. Carlstrom, D. Graham, C. Predmore, J. Moran, D. Backer, M. Wright, N. Whyborn, L. Nyman, K. Standke, M. Lerner and S. Kameno / pp. 89-92 --- Global 3- and 7-mm VLBI Observations of OJ287 / C. E. Tateyama and M. Inoue / pp. 93-100 --- VLBI Observations of the 22 GHz H2 0Maser in Late Type Stars / H. Takaba, T. lwata, M. Miyoshi, N. Ukita, S. Kameno and K. Matsumoto / pp. 101-104 --- The H2 0 Super Maser Outburst Region in the Orion Nebula / L. I. Matveyenko and P. J. Diamond / pp. 105-109 --- The Cosmological Application of the VLBI Technique at Ultimate Resolutions / L. I. Gurvits / pp. 110-114 --- First VLBI Images of Supernova 1993J in the Galaxy M81 / N. Bartel, M. F. Bietenholz, M. P. Rupen, J. E. Conway, A. J. Beasley, R. A. Sramek, J. D. Romney, M. A. Titus, D. A. Graham, V. I. Altunin, D. L. Jones, A. Rius, T. Venturi, G. Umana, R. L. Francis, M. L. McCall, M. G. Richer, C. C. Stevenson, K. W. Weiler, S. D. Van Dyk, N. Panagia, W. H. Cannon, J. Popelar and R. J. Davis / pp. 115-122 --- The Visibility-Spectrum Relation among Radio Loud AGNs / S. Kameno, M. Inoue, K. Matsumoto, H. Takaba, T. lwata, R. Nan and R. T. Schilizzi / pp. 123-129 --- Identification of the Superluminal Motion in Faint Parsec-Scale Jet of 3C390.3 / S. Wu, E. Preuss, W. Alef, K. I. Kellermann and Y. Qiu / pp. 130-136 --- A VLBI Search for Compact Nonthermal Emission from the Herbig Be Star MWC 297 / S. L. Skinner and R. B. Phillips / pp. 137-140 --- Snapshot VLBI Mapping of Variable Extragalactic Sources at 327 MHz / L. I. Gurvits, W. Alef, D. R. Altschuler, J. E. Carson, B. Dennison, D. Graham and A. S. Trotter / pp. 141-145 --- AO 0235+164151;A "Heretic" BL Lac / H. S. Chu, L. B. Bååth, F. T. Rantakyrö, R. S. Booth, R. E. Spencer and F. J. Zhang / pp. 146-155 --- Chapter 2. Antenna and Networks --- The New Receiver in the S, X, K Bands for the VLB1 Medicina Dish / A. Orfei, G. Maccaferri, S. Mariotti, M. Morsiani, G. P. Zacchiroli and G. Tomassetti / pp. 159-164 --- The Upgrade Proposal for the VLBI Medicina Antenna / A. Orfei, G. Maccaferri, S. Mariotti, M. Morsiani and G. P. Zacchiroli / pp. 165-170 --- VLBI at the Kyushu Tokai University / M. Fujishita, K. Miyasato, T. Yoshiyama and Y. Matsumae / pp. 171-175 --- VLBI Activities at the Matera Space Geodesy Center / R. Lanotte, G. Bianco, M. Fermi and L. Garramone / pp. 176-184 --- The Mizusawa 10-m Antenna and Its VLBI Observation System / K. M. Shibata, Y. Asaki, I. Asari, Y. Fukuzaki, T. Hara, K. Horiai, K. lwadate, 0. Kameya, N. Kawano, S. Kuji, S. Manabe, S. Sakai, T. Sasao, K. Sato, Y. Tamura and S. Tsuruta / pp. 185-190 --- The 6 m VLBI Telescope at Kagoshima, Japan / T. Omodaka, M. Morimoto, N. Kawaguchi, T. Miyaji, S. Yasuda, T. Suzuyama, T. Kitagawa, T. Miyazaki, L. Furuya, T. Jike, K. Miyazawa, H. Mikoshiba, S. Kuji, 0. Kameya and Kagoshima VLBI Group / pp. 191-195 --- Radio Telescopes and VLBI Facilities in Brazil / P. Kaufmann and C. E. Tateyama / pp. 196-199 --- Cryogenic Cooled Receivers for the QUASAR Network / A. V. lpatov, I. A. lpatova and V. V. Mardyshkin / pp. 200-204 --- The Australian Long Baseline Array—Status Report / A. Tzioumis, W. Wilson and R. Ferris / pp. 205-210 --- The Asia-Pacific Telescope—APT / A. Tzioumis / pp. 211-217 --- Present Status and Future Development on VLBI Facilities in China / Ye S. and Oian Z. / pp. 218-220 --- Chapter 3. The New Trends in Geodesy and Astrometry --- Plate Dynamics near Boundaries: What Governs the Transition between Episodic and Continuous Motions? / K. Heki / pp. 223-228 --- Improved Global Atmospheric Mapping Functions for VLBI and GPS / A. Niell / pp. 229-231 --- Method of Differential Fringe Phase Tracking / N. Kawano, T. Sasao, T. Hara, S. Kuji, 0. Kameya, K. Sato, K. lwadate and Y. Asaki / pp. 232-236 --- The Chinese National Space Geodetic Network / J. Cai / pp. 237-240 --- Satellite Position Determination by Difference of Range (DOR) Measurements / I. Kardos / pp. 241-250 --- Recent Geodetic VLBI Results from Shanghai Observatory / Ye S., Qian Z., Chen G. and Zhou, R. / pp. 251-253 --- An Antennacluster-Antennacluster VLBI Project VERA / T. Sasao, N. Kawano, T. Hara, S. Kuji, K. Shibata, K. lwadate, K. Sato, 0. Kameya, S. Tsuruta, K. Asari, Y. Tamura, K. Horiai, K. Sato, H. Hanada, T. Tsubokawa, K. Yokoyama, S. Manabe and S. Sakai / pp. 254-258 --- An Astronomical Observational Plan Using the VERA / O. Kameya, T. Sasao, N. Kawano and K. M. Shibata / pp. 259-263 --- Estimated Errors in the Antennacluster-Antennacluster VLBI / T. Hara, T. Sasao, K. Sato, N. Kawano and O. Kameya / pp. 264-271 --- Sub-Milliarcsecond Astrometry with Phase-Referenced VLBI / D. L. Jones, J.-F. Lestrade, R. A. Preston and R. B. Phillips / pp. 272-276 --- Selenodesy by Using Differential VLBI Observations of Artificial Radio Sources on the Moon / H. Hanada, M. Ooe, N. Kawano, K. lwadate, S. Kuji, K. Sato, S. Tsuruta, T. Sasao, 0. Kameya, T. Hara, N. Kawaguchi, M. Fujishita, M. Morimoto, S. Yasuda, H. Mizutani and A. Fujimura / pp. 277-281 --- Gravitational Lens Effect and Measurement of Stellar Mass / M. Hosokawa, K. Ohnishi, T. Fukushima and M. Takeuti / pp. 282-286 --- Evidence for Source Structure Effects Caused by the Quasar 3C273 in Geodetic VLBI Data / P. Charlot / pp. 287-294 --- Astronomical Periods in the Solar System / Y. Macyama / pp. 295-305 --- Pulsar VLBI Experiment Using Kashima-Usuda Baseline / M. Sekido, S. Hama, H. Kiuchi, Y. Hanado, Y. Takahashi, M. Imae, K. Fujisawa and H. Hirabayashi / pp. 306-312 --- The Celestial Reference System and Frame of the International Earth Rotation Service / E. F. Arias / pp. 313-315 --- Quasi Simultaneous Observations in the Arclength Method of Reduction of Astrometric VLBI Data / M. S. De Biasi, E. F. Arias and J.-F. Lestrade / pp. 316-318 --- Few-Hundred Microarcsecond VLBI Astrometry: Applications and Reduction of Limiting Error Sources / S. T. Lowe and R. N. Treuhaft / pp. 319-323 --- Chapter 4. Recorders and Correlators --- A New Advanced One-Unit VLBI Correlator (NAOCO) / K. Shibata, T. Sasao, N. Kawaguchi, Y. Tamura, S. Kameno, M. Miyoshi, K. Asari, S. Manabe, T. Hara, S. Kuji, K. Sato, T. Miyaji, K. Matsumoto, Y. Asaki, S. Yasuda and S. Nakamura / pp. 327-331 --- A Programmable VLBI Correlator Using Parallel Computing / G. Petit and T. Fayard / pp. 332-337 --- Status of the New K-4 System / H. Kiuchi, S. Hama, J. Amagai, Y. Hanado, A. Kaneko and M. Imae / pp. 338-344 --- The S2 Frequency Agile Data Acquisition Terminal / W. T. Petrachenko, P. Mathieu, J. Popelar, W. H. Cannon, H. Tan and R. D. Wietfeldt / pp. 345-350 --- A Chipset for a MKII Style Correlator / G. Tuccari / pp. 351-359 --- Keeping Compatibility in International VLBI Systems / T. Yoshino, S. Hama and N. Kawaguchi / pp. 360-364 --- Development of the Burst Mode VLBI / K. Matsumoto and N. Kawaguchi / pp. 365-370 --- The K4 Correlator / S. Hama, H. Kiuchi, M. Sekido and M. Imae / pp. 371-376 --- Notes on High Data Rate Recording / J. Takayama / pp. 377-380

Description / Table of Contents: With the success of open access publishing, Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education practices, the open approach to education has moved from the periphery to the mainstream. This marks a moment of victory for the open education movement, but at the same time the real battle for the direction of openness begins. As with the green movement, openness now has a market value and is subject to new tensions, such as venture capitalists funding MOOC companies. This is a crucial time for determining the future direction of open education. In this volume, Martin Weller examines four key areas that have been central to the developments within open education: open access, MOOCs, open education resources and open scholarship. Exploring the tensions within these key arenas, he argues that ownership over the future direction of openness is significant to all those with an interest in education.

Description / Table of Contents: In 2010 the Panton Principles for Open Data in Science were published. These principles were founded upon the idea that "Science is based on building on, reusing and openly criticising the published body of scientific knowledge" (http://pantonprinciples.org) and they provide a succinct list of the fundamentals to observe when making your data open. Intended for a broad audience of academics, publishers and librarians, Issues in Research Data explores the implications of the Panton Principles through a number of perspectives on open research data in the sciences and beyond. The book features chapters by open data experts in a range of academic disciplines, covering practical information on licensing, ethics, and advice for data curators, alongside more theoretical issues surrounding the adoption of open data. As the book is open access, each chapter can stand alone from the main volume so that communities can host, distribute, build upon and remix the content that is relevant to them. Readers can access the online version via the QR code or DOI link at the front of the book.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks: An Overview by Velmani Ramasamy --- Chapter 2: Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) by Noman Shabbir and Syed Rizwan Hassan --- Chapter 3: Gradient Descent Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks by Nuha A.S. Alwan and Zahir M. Hussain --- Chapter 4: A Novel Hybrid Methodology Applied Optimization Energy Consumption in Homogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks by Plácido Rogerio Pinheiro, Álvaro Meneses Sobreira Neto, Alexei Barbosa Aguiar and Pedro Gabriel Calíope Dantas Pinheiro --- Chapter 5: WSN in Conservation Management by Akbar Ghobakhlou and Shane Inder --- Chapter 6: Recent Advances on Implantable Wireless Sensor Networks by Hugo Dinis and Paulo M. Mendes --- Chapter 7: Low-Cost Energy-Efficient Air Quality Monitoring System Using Wireless Sensor Network by Kavi Kumar Khedo and Vishwakarma Chikhooreeah --- Chapter 8: Modern Clustering Techniques in Wireless Sensor Networks by I.S. Akila, S.V. Manisekaran and R. Venkatesan --- Chapter 9: Fuzzy Adaptive Setpoint Weighting Controller for WirelessHART Networked Control Systems by Sabo Miya Hassan, Rosdiazli Ibrahim, Nordin Saad, Vijanth Sagayan Asirvadam, Kishore Bingi and Tran Duc Chung --- Chapter 10: A Hybrid Sink Repositioning Technique for Data Gathering in Wireless Sensor Networks by Prerana Shrivastava

Description / Table of Contents: 1. Waveform Design and Related Processing for Multiple Target Detection and Resolution / By Gaspare Galati and Gabriele Pavan --- 2. Space-Time Transmit-Receive Design for Colocated MIMO Radar / By Guolong Cui, Xianxiang Yu and Lingjiang Kong --- 3. Waveform Design for MIMO Radar and SAR Application / By Stéphane Méric and Jean-Yves Baudais --- 4. A 94-GHz Frequency Modulation Continuous Wave Radar Imaging and Motion Compensation / By Jiwoong Yu, Sumin Kim and Min-Ho Ka --- 5. Analysis of Coastal Areas Using SAR Images: A Case Study of the Dutch Wadden Sea Region / By Corneliu Octavian Dumitru, Gottfried Schwarz, Daniela Espinoza- Molina, Mihai Datcu, Herman Hummel and Christiaan Hummel --- 6. Adaptive Clutter Cancellation Techniques for Passive Radars / By Tamás Pető and Rudolf Seller --- 7. Sense Smart, Not Hard: A Layered Cognitive Radar Architecture / By Stefan Brüggenwirth, Marcel Warnke, Christian Bräu, Simon Wagner, Tobias Müller, Pascal Marquardt and Fernando Rial --- 8. Representation of Radar Micro-Dopplers Using Customized Dictionaries / By Shobha Sundar Ram --- 9. Adaptive Coding, Modulation and Filtering of Radar Signals / By Moutaman Mirghani Daffalla and Ahmed Awad Babiker --- 10. Bispectrum- and Bicoherence-Based Discriminative Features Used for Classification of Radar Targets and Atmospheric Formations / By Alexander Totsky and Karen Egiazarian

Description / Table of Contents: Introduction 1 --- Introduction to Open (Robert Biswas-Diener and Rajiv S. Jhangiani) 3 --- A Brief History of Open Educational Resources (T. J. Bliss and M. Smith) 9 --- Open Licensing and Open Education Licensing Policy (Cable Green) 29 --- Openness and the Transformation of Education and Schooling (William G. Huitt and David M. Monetti) 43 --- What Can OER Do for Me? Evaluating the Claims for OER (Martin Weller, Beatriz de los Arcos, Rob Farrow, Rebecca Pitt and Patrick McAndrew) 67 --- Are OE Resources High Quality? (Regan A. R. Gurung) 79 --- Open Practices 87 --- Opening Science (Brian A. Nosek) 89 --- Open Course Development at the OERu (Wayne Mackintosh) 101 --- From OER to Open Pedagogy: Harnessing the Power of Open (Robin DeRosa and Scott Robison) 115 --- Opening Up Higher Education with Screencasts (David B. Miller and Addison Zhao) 125 --- Librarians in the Pursuit of Open Practices (Quill West) 139 --- A Library Viewpoint: Exploring Open Educational Practices (Anita Walz) 147 --- How to Open an Academic Department (Farhad Dastur) 163 --- Case Studies 179 --- The International Journal of Wellbeing: An Open Access Success Story (Dan Weijers and Aaron Jarden) 181 --- Iterating Toward Openness: Lessons Learned on a Personal Journey (David Wiley) 195 --- Open-Source for Educational Materials Making Textbooks Cheaper and Better (Ed Diener, Carol Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener) 209 --- Free is Not Enough (Richard Baraniuk, Nicole Finkbeiner, David Harris, Dani Nicholson and Daniel Williamson) 219 --- The BC Open Textbook Project (Mary Burgess) 227 --- TeachPsychScience.org: Sharing to Improve the Teaching of Research Methods (David B. Strohmetz, Natalie J. Ciarocco and Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr.) 237 --- DIY Open Pedagogy: Freely Sharing Teaching Resources in Psychology (Jessica Hartnett) 245 --- Conclusion 255 --- You Can’t Sell Free, and Other OER Problems (Robert Biswas-Diener) 257 --- Open as Default: The Future of Education and Scholarship (Rajiv S. Jhangiani) 267 --- Index 281

Description / Table of Contents: Microwave systems are key components of every modern wireless communication system. The main objective of this book was to collect as many different state-of-the-art studies as possible in order to cover in a single volume the main aspects of microwave systems and applications. This book contains 17 chapters written by acknowledged experts, researchers, academics, and microwave engineers, providing comprehensive information and covering a wide range of topics on all aspects of microwave systems and applications. This book is divided into four parts. The first part is devoted to microwave components. The second part deals with microwave ICs and innovative techniques for on-chip antenna design. The third part presents antenna design cases for microwave systems. Finally, the last part covers different applications of microwave systems.

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Tectonic Plates: Leading and Advancing Technology Enhanced Learning by Dominique Parrish and Joanne Joyce-McCoach --- Chapter 2: Balancing the Focus of Quality Assurance Frameworks of Higher Education Institutions in Africa: A Ghanaian Context by Francis Ansah, Patrick Swanzy and Hope Pius Nudzor --- Chapter 3: Entrepreneurship Education within Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) by Astri Ghina, Togar M. Simatupang and Aurik Gustomo --- Chapter 4: Challenging Performativity in Higher Education: Promoting a Healthier Learning Culture by Christine Deasy and Patricia Mannix-McNamara --- Chapter 5: A Community of Practice Around Online Labs in Iraq: Towards Effective Support for Academics and Higher Educational Systems in the MENA Region by Razwan Mohmed Salah, Gustavo R. Alves, Shamil Kaddoury Talal, Clara Viegas and Pedro Guerreiro --- Chapter 6: Integrating Research and Knowledge Exchange in the Science Undergraduate Curriculum: Embedding Employability Through Research-Involved Teaching by Christopher Harvey, Emilia Bertolo and Lee Byrne --- Chapter 7: Professional Development of Adult Learners through Open and Distance Learning by Vimbi P. Mahlangu --- Chapter 8: Factors Influencing Access to Higher Education in Turkey by Tuncer Bülbül --- Chapter 9: Collaborative Contagion: A Case Study in Curriculum Development, Distribution, and Adoption by Ryan M. Yonk, James Harrigan and Neal Mason --- Chapter 10: Student Voice: Embracing Student Activism as a Quality Improvement Tool in Higher Education by Evelyn Chiyevo Garwe

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introductory Chapter: R&D Trends and Evolution - Emerging Concepts, Frameworks, Policies, Management Systems, and Applications by Soha Maad --- Chapter 2: Human Development and Research-Development-Extension Relationships by Orhan Özçatalbaş --- Chapter 3: SMEs Development through Public and Private Partnerships: The Key Role of Research Transfer and Patent Information Analysis by Henri Dou --- Chapter 4: Smart Microgrids: Optimizing Local Resources toward Increased Efficiency and a More Sustainable Growth by Wilfried Elmenreich, Tamer Khatib and Andrea Monacchi --- Chapter 5: Assessing the Possible Potential in Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emission: Application of a Proven Hybrid Method by Oludolapo Akanni Olanrewaju and Charles Mbohwa --- Chapter 6: Research and Devolopment about Metallurgical Industry of Romania by Adrian Ioana, Augustin Semenescu and Mihnea Costoiu

Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introductory Chapter: Smart Antennas and Beam-formation by Modar Shbat, Francisco C. Ordaz-Salazar and Javier S. González- Salas --- Chapter 2: The Design of a 360°-Switched-Beam-Base Station Antenna by Mohamed Aymen El Cafsi, Mourad Nedil, Lotfi Osman and Ali Gharsallah --- Chapter 3: Compressive Reflector Antenna Phased Array by Ali Molaei, Juan Heredia Juesas and Jose Angel Martinez Lorenzo --- Chapter 4: Detect and Pointing Algorithms Performance for a 2D Adaptive Antenna Array by Tiago Varum, João N. Matos and Pedro Pinho --- Chapter 5: Beamformer Based on Quaternion Processes by Jian-wu Tao and Wen-xiu Chang