Geopolitics and ‘Development’: An Introduction

development and implementation of an optimized control strategy for induction machine in an electric vehicle

in the area of automotive engineering there is a tendency to more electrification of power train. in this work control of an induction machine for the application of electric vehicle is investigated. through the changing operating point of the machine, adapting the rotor magnetization current seems to be useful to increase the machines efficiency. in the literature there are many approaches wh...

Introduction to the Geopolitics of Foreign Aid

Introduction: Geopolitics and aid Foreign aid is an essential element of foreign policy for many countries. Since World War I, the richest states in the world have used transfers of goods, services, and funds as a means of interacting with other countries. Over time, increasing numbers of states have given increasing amounts of resources to other states. Aid has come in the form both of loans, ...

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

Semiotics and Intelligent Systems Development: An Introduction

Sometimes, in order to mature, a methodology operates outside the mainstream for a period of time; it becomes the mainstream methodology only after this phase. This happened, for example, with neural networks, which appeared in the early 60's, but became the mainstream in research only 25 years later, after the development of the backpropagation algorithm as its learning algorithm. It happened ...

Indian Skilled Migration and Development: An Introduction

Any reflection on the impact of skilled migration must be set against the backdrop of the wider debate on migration and development, in which we must give consideration to the uneven development that results from the current climate of neoliberal globalisation and the internationalisation of capital (Castles and Delgado Wise 2012; Bagchi 2011; Caloz-Tschopp 2010). According to this perspective,...