Increasing complexity, performance & reliability expectations make effective modeling of automotive systems both more difficult & more urgent. This book contains cutting-edge research & examines the issue from both industrial & academic perspectives. ...

Niccolo needs a female character for his next film project, but his ideas for both project & protagonist are somewhat vague. As his relationship with his girlfriend dissolves
- she leaves him to move in with another woman
- he embarks on an affair with a young actress, but she, too eventually eludes him. His physical union with his lovers is no more than that & his desertion by the two women echoes his search for both a female character & his own identity.

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Serves as a reference guide to gem & ornamental materials, & outlines the features a gem tester has to know before making an identification. This book describes not only each natural gem species, but also their synthetic counterparts, & the materials used as imitations, demonstrating how to avoid costly mistakes. ...