Just over 100 papers consider VRLA design, power system design and control, cooling requirements, battery charging effects, power factor control, Ni-Cad and Ni-MH developments, power conversion, battery component design, co-location and external cabinets, battery monitoring, electronic reliability and response times, three-phase power conversion, data centers and power stability, rectifier control, lightning protection, inverter design, future architectures, energy control and storage, operations and management, mechanical and hybrid generation, exotic battery elements, alternative power sources, and other topics. They are not indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)