Note from the Editor

As you may notice as you go from one chapter to another, this book is a composite document written by various authors. Even though much care has been taken in insuring technical and vocabulary consistency, the style of each author is somewhat preserved.

Some of the authors write in English even though it is not their native language. Therefore you may notice strange sentence constructions. Do not hesitate to let us know if something is not clear to you.

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