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Renewable energy systems are playing an important role in the current discourse on energy security and sustainability. Scientific, engineering and economic solutions are adopted, and their is a constant effort to understand mechanisms and options to allow a faster penetration of renewable systems in the current energy mix and energy market. Read...

This volume attempts, for the first time, to link the science of risk analysis with the currently on-going movement on the use of stakeholders' processes. It is intended to assess the current practice of risk engineering, and to address the potential interactions with stakeholders' processes. New type models for risk screening and prioritisation...

This is the second volume of Charged Particle Traps devoted to applications, complementing the first volume?s comprehensive treatment of the theory and practice of charged particle traps, their many variants and refinements. In recent years, applications of far reaching importance have emerged ranging from the ultra-precise mass determinations o...

<DIV>IN THE FACE OF INCREASING FAILURES, COMMENTS ATTRIBUTED TO ALBERT EINSTEIN LOOM LARGE: “WE CANNOT SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME THINKING WE USED WHEN WE CREATED THEM.” THERE IS A PERVASIVE FEELING THAT ANY ATTEMPT TO MAKE SENSE OF THE CURRENT TERRAIN OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS MUST INVOLVE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AND ORIGINATING UNCONVENT...