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Construction Technology For Tall Buildings מאת Michael Chew Yit Lin This book introduces the latest construction practices and processes for tall buildings from foundation to roof. It attempts to acquaint readers with the methods, materials, equipment and systems used for the construction of tall buildings. The text progresses through the stages of site inv...

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Linear Regression Analysis: Theory and Computing מאת Xin Yan This volume presents in detail the fundamental theories of linear regression analysis and diagnosis, as well as the relevant statistical computing techniques so that readers are able to actually model the data using the methods and techniques described in the book. It covers the fundamental theories...

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An Introduction To Black Holes, Information And The String Theory Revolution: The Holographic Universe מאת Leonard Susskind Over the last decade the physics of black holes has been revolutionized by developments that grew out of Jacob Bekenstein s realization that black holes have entropy. Stephen Hawking raised profound issues concerning the loss of information in black hole evaporation and the consistency of quantum me...

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POWER MICROELECTRONICS: Device and Process Technologies מאת Yung C. Liang This descriptive textbook provides an in-depth look at the theories and process technologies necessary for understanding modern power semiconductor devices, i.e. from the fundamentals of junction electrostatics, p-n junction devices, unipolar MOSFET, bipolar IGBT, and superjunction devices to their ...

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Managing Customer Value מאת Dilip Soman This book is written for students - as well as employees of organizations - who have some previous exposure to principles of marketing. Its main objectives are to introduce the key marketing principles that govern the interactions between consumers and the goods and services being offered to them, t...

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The Light/Dark Universe: Light from Galaxies, Dark Matter and Dark Energy מאת James M. Overduin To the eyes of the average person and the trained scientist, the night sky is dark, even though the universe is populated by myriads of bright galaxies. Why this happens is a question commonly called Olbers' Paradox, and dates from at least 1823. How dark is the night sky is a question which preoccu...

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Classical Mechanics (5th Edition) מאת Tom W B Kibble This is the fifth edition of a well-established textbook. It is intended to provide a thorough coverage of the fundamental principles and techniques of classical mechanics, an old subject that is at the base of all of physics, but in which there has also in recent years been rapid development. The b...

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Energy And Mass In Relativity Theory מאת Lev B Okun Energy and Mass in Relativity Theory presents about 30 pedagogical papers published by the author over the last 20 years. They deal with concepts central to relativity theory: energy E, rest energy E0, momentum p, mass m, velocity v of particles of matter, including massless photons for w...

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A First Step to Mathematical Olympiad Problems (Mathematical Olympiad Series) מאת Derek Holton The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is an annual international mathematics competition held for pre-collegiate students. It is also the oldest of the international science olympiads, and competition for places is particularly fierce. This book is an amalgamation of the first 8 of 15 bookle...

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Nonlinear Wave Dynamics: Selected Papers of the Symposium Held in Honor of Philip L-F Liu's 60th Birthday מאת Patrick Lynett In September 2006, research leaders in the field of coastal engineering, fluid mechanics, and wave theory met at Cornell University to celebrate the 60th birthday of Prof. Philip L-F Liu. This volume is a compilation of the research papers presented at the symposium, and includes both review and new...

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Gauge Fields, Knots, and Gravity (Series on Knots and Everything, Vol. 4) John C. Baez

Gauge Fields, Knots, and Gravity (Series on Knots and Everything, Vol. 4) מאת John C. Baez This is an introduction to the basic tools of mathematics needed to understand the relation between knot theory and quantum gravity. The book begins with a rapid course on manifolds and differential forms, emphasizing how these provide a proper language for formulating Maxwell's equations on arb...

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Service Science: Design for Scaling and Transformation מאת Cheng Hsu Service science is an emerging field, but many still consider it lacking in substance. This book aims to change the situation by addressing the following questions: What is the big story about service? What are the main research problems in service? What does a connected world mean? Does service req...

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Nanoscale Processes on Insulating Surfaces מאת Enrico Gnecco Ionic crystals are among the simplest structures in nature. They can be easily cleaved in air and in vacuum, and the resulting surfaces are atomically flat on areas hundreds of nanometers wide. With the development of scanning probe microscopy, these surfaces have become an ideal playground to inves...

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Balancing Your Life: Executive Lessons for Work, Family and Self מאת James G. S. Clawson The balance between work and family life is the single most commonly mentioned issue among senior executives worldwide. This book provides a framework for analyzing immediate and long-term balance. Using case studies of how twelve or more executives in various industries have handled the challenge, ...

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Introduction to Geometrical Optics מאת Milton Katz A culmination of twenty-five years of teaching Geometrical Optics. For graduate students, researchers, lecturers and practitioners of optometry and ophthalmology, optomechanical and optoelectronic engineers. Softcover. Hardcover available. ...

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Optimal Crossover Designs מאת Mausumi Bose This monograph presents a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the developments in optimality aspects of crossover designs. Crossover designs are immensely useful in various areas of human investigation including agriculture, animal nutrition, clinical trials, pharmaceutical studies, biological a...

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Statistical Physics of Crystal Growth מאת Yukio Saito This book gives a systematic overview on the scientific fundamentals of crystal growth from the classical phenomenological description to the recent theoretical contributions of statistical physics such as studies on surface roughening and on the pattern formation in the diffusion-limited growth...

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Oil in China: From Self-reliance to Internationalization (Series on Contemporary China) מאת Lim Tai Wei This book examines the political and conceptual metamorphosis of China's oil industry from self-reliance to internationalization. Through the empirical case study of Daqing, the premiere oilfield of the People's Republic of China (PRC) for most of the postwar period and a symbol of industrialization...

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Advanced Numerical Models For Simulating Tsunami Waves And Runup (Advances in Coastal & Ocean Engineering) מאת Philip L. F. Liu This review volume is divided into two parts. The first part includes five review papers on various numerical models. Pedersen provides a brief but thorough review of the theoretical background for depth-integrated wave equations, which are employed to simulate tsunami runup. LeVeque and George desc...

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Computational Methods For Reliability And Risk Analysis (Series on Quality, Reliability and Engineering Statistics) מאת Enrico Zio This book illustrates a number of modelling and computational techniques for addressing relevant issues in reliability and risk analysis. In particular, it provides: i) a basic illustration of some methods used in reliability and risk analysis for modelling the stochastic failure and repair behaviou...

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Satyendra Nath Bose -- His Life And Times: Selected Works (With Commentary) מאת Kameshwar C. Wali Satyendra Nath Bose became a legendary figure of science in the 20th century in India with his revolutionary discovery on the nature of radiation. Despite the association with Einstein, however, little is known about him outside of India. This book highlights the remarkable intellect and the extraor...

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History of Russian Underwater Acoustics מאת Oleg A. Godin This book describes, using first-person accounts, the history of the development in the Soviet Union and, later, in Russia of an extremely important technical field and how that history was influenced by WWI, WWII, and the Cold War, by government bureaucracy, in both positive and negative ways, by t...

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Multiphysics Modeling With Finite Element Methods (Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems, Serie) (Series on Stability, Vibration and Control of Systems: Series a) מאת William B. J. Zimmerman Finite element methods for approximating partial differential equations that arise in science and engineering analysis find widespread application. Numerical analysis tools make the solutions of coupled physics, mechanics, chemistry, and even biology accessible to the novice modeler. Nevertheless, m...

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The Origin of Individuals מאת Jean-jacques Kupiec In the 17th century, Descartes put forth the metaphor of the machine to explain the functioning of living beings. In the 18th century, La Mettrie extended the metaphor to man. The clock was then used as the paradigm of the machine. In the 20th century, this metaphor still held but the clock was repl...

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Building Acoustics and Vibration: Theory and Practice מאת Osama A. B. Hassan As a comprehensive reference dedicated to sound and vibration in buildings, Building Acoustics and Vibration addresses the basic and advanced principles that can be used to solve practical and theoretical problems typically encountered in building and architectural acoustic practices. In addition, p...

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Who Shall Live? (Health, Economics, and Social Choice) (Economic Ideas Leading to the 21st Century, 3) מאת Victor R. Fuchs In this work, the author aims to help readers understand the problems every nation faces in trying to allocate health resources efficiently and equitably. Six complementary papers deal with national health insurance, poverty and health, and other policy issues....

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Selected Works Of Kai Lai Chung מאת Farid Aitsahlia This unique volume presents a collection of the extensive journal publications written by Kai Lai Chung over a span of 70-odd years. It is produced to celebrate his 90th birthday. The selection is only a subset of the many contributions that he has made throughout his prolific career. Another vol...

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Polymers, Liquids And Colloids In Electric Fields (Series in Soft Condensed Matter) מאת Yoav Tsori This unique book aims to expose the reader to a wide range of phenomena occurring when soft matter systems are put under the influence of an external electric field. The book shows how an electric field can be used to affect objects at the submicron scale, and how it controls the phase behavior of l...

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Differential Geometry Applied to Dynamical Systems (World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science, Series a) מאת Jean-marc Ginoux This book aims to present a new approach called Flow Curvature Method that applies Differential Geometry to Dynamical Systems. Hence, for a trajectory curve, an integral of any n-dimensional dynamical system as a curve in Euclidean n-space, the curvature of the trajectory -- or the flow -- may be an...

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An Anthology of Structural Morphology מאת Rene Motro The structural morphology working group of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures, founded in 1991, has helped to launch several international seminars, newsletters and specific sessions of international conferences devoted to structural morphology. This book contains papers ...

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China Rising: Will the West Be Able to Cope?: The Real Long-term Challenge to the Rise of China — and Asia in General (World Scientific Series on 21st Century Business) מאת Jan Willem Blankert Why do some countries get rich and other countries don't? Does one country's gain mean another country's loss? How do we address the biggest challenge of all: the fact that our environment suffers when we all want to have our share of the cake? These key questions in international economics and busi...

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AN ELEMENTARY INTRODUCTION TO STOCHASTIC INTEREST RATE MODELING (Advanced Series on Statistical Science and Applied Probability) מאת Nicolas Privault This textbook is written as an accessible introduction to interest rate modeling and related derivatives, which have become increasingly important subjects of interest in financial mathematics. The models considered range from standard short rate to forward rate models and include more advanced ...

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An Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms מאת Michael Soltys This textbook covers the mathematical foundations of the analysis of algorithms. The gist of the book is how to argue, without the burden of excessive formalism, that a given algorithm does what it is supposed to do. The two key ideas of the proof of correctness, induction and invariance, are employ...

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Handbook of Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision מאת C. H. Chen Both pattern recognition and computer vision have experienced rapid progress in the last twenty-five years. This book provides the latest advances on pattern recognition and computer vision along with their many applications. It features articles written by renowned leaders in the field while topics...

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Globalization and International Trade Policies (Studies in Intl Economics) (World Scientific Studies in International Economics) מאת Robert M. Stern This book brings together a collection of papers that Robert M Stern and his co-authors have written in recent years. The collection addresses a variety of issues pertinent to the global trading system. One group of papers deals with globalization in terms of what the public needs to know about this...

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Remembering Sir J C Bose מאת D. P. Gupta The year 2008 marks the centennial birth anniversary of Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose who, at a relatively young age, established himself among the ranks of European scientists during the heyday of colonial rule in India. He was one of those great Indian scientists who helped to introduce western scienc...

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High Accuracy Non-Centered Compact Difference Schemes for Fluid Dynamics Applications (Series on Advances in Mathematics for Applied Sciences) מאת Andrei I. Tolstykh This text describes the family of non-traditional difference schemes which combine the ideas of Pade-type approximation and upwind differencing. It presents the theory of the schemes and provides algorithms for different computational fluid dynamics problems....

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Modeling by Nonlinear Differential Equations: Dissipative and Conservative Processes (World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science, Series a) מאת Paul E. Phillipson This book aims to provide mathematical analyses of nonlinear differential equations, which have proved pivotal to understanding many phenomena in physics, chemistry and biology. Topics of focus are nonlinear oscillations, deterministic chaos, solitons, reaction-diffusion-driven chemical pattern form...

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Enterprise Information Systems: Contemporary Trends and Issues מאת David L. Olson This book analyzes various aspects of enterprise information systems (EIS), including enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, supply chain management systems, and business process reengineering. It describes the evolution and functions of these systems, focusing on issues rel...

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Biomechanical Systems Technology: General Anatomy מאת Cornelius T. Leondes Because of rapid developments in computer technology and computational techniques, advances in a wide spectrum of technologies, coupled with cross-disciplinary pursuits between technology and its application to human body processes, the field of biomechanics continues to evolve. Many areas of signif...

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A Manual For Laboratory Animal Management (Manuals in Biomedical Research-Vol. 5) מאת Jonathan David Ward Laboratory animal research remains a very important part of basic research and drug development. With the worldwide increase in biotechnology, more and more researchers are required to use animals for research. However, many have basic or little training in experimental techniques or in the backg...

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Encyclopedia On Ad Hoc And Ubiquitous Computing: Theory and Design of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Mesh Networks מאת Dharma P. Agrawal Ad hoc and ubiquitous computing technologies have received extensive attention in both the academia and industry with the explosive growth of wireless communication devices. These technologies are beneficial for many applications, such as offering futuristic high bandwidth access for users, and are ...

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100 Diagnostic Challenges In Clinical Medicine מאת David R. Ramsdale 100 Diagnostic Challenges in Clinical Medicine is composed of one hundred well-illustrated clinical scenarios and their appropriate investigations. A wide variety of specialties are covered including cardiology, neurology, dermatology, endocrinology, tropical medicine, haematology, metabolic medicin...

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Chaos: From Simple Models to Complex Systems (Series on Advances in Statistical Mechanics) מאת Massimo Cencini "Chaos: From Simple Models to Complex Systems" aims to guide science and engineering students through chaos and nonlinear dynamics from classical examples to the most recent fields of research. The first part, intended for undergraduate and graduate students, is a gentle and self-contained introduct...

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Wealth Doesn't Last 3 Generations: How Family Businesses Can Maintain Prosperity מאת Jean Lee With 175 family businesses on the Fortune 500 list, from DuPont and Motorola to IBM, there is no doubt that family-run enterprises play an important role in global economic development. Their role is no less significant in China where, in keeping with the country s rapid economic growth, family ...

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Introduction To Micromechanics And Nanomechanics מאת Shaofan Li This book provides both the theoretical foundation, as well as the authors' latest contributions to micromechanics and its applications in nanomechanics, nanocomposites, dislocation and thin film theories, and configurational mechanics theory. It serves primarily as a graduate level textbook, ...

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Towards Individualized Therapy for Multiple Myeloma: A Guide for Choosing Treatment That Best Fits Patients מאת Gerrard Teoh This very provocative book takes the reader on a 'think-out-of-the-box' journey through the development of a treatment regimen for multiple myeloma called 'dtZ'. It is a firsthand account of how more than 50 patients with myeloma were given a non-toxic, precisely-targeted, anti-cancer treatment that...

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Advances in Multivariate Statistical Methods (Statistical Science and Interdisciplinary Research) (Statistical Science and Interdisciplinary Research: Platinum Juliee Series) מאת Ashis Sengupta This volume contains a collection of research articles on multivariate statistical methods, encompassing both theoretical advances and emerging applications in a variety of scientific disciplines. It serves as a tribute to Professor S N Roy, an eminent statistician who has made seminal contributions...

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Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World (Series on Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics) מאת Athena Coustenis Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World presents the most comprehensive description in book form of what is currently known about Titan, the largest satellite of the planet Saturn and arguably the most intriguing and mysterious world in the Solar System. Because of its resemblance to our own planet, Tit...

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Coastal Processes: Concepts in Coastal Engineering and Their Application to Multifarious Environment (Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering ?????? Vol. 28) מאת Tomoya Shibayama This book provides us with important concepts in coastal engineering, their applications to coastal processes and disaster prevention works. It is designed for graduate students pursuing advanced studies in coastal processes and for engineers and managers of coastal zone management. The first par...

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The Rainbow and the Worm: The Physics of Organisms מאת Mae-Wan Ho This unusual book is a serious, in-depth enquiry into Schrodinger's question, "What is Life?" and at the same time, a celebration of life itself. It takes the reader on a voyage of discovery through many areas of contemporary physics from non-equilibrium thermodynamics to quantum optics, all necessa...

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Quantum Themes: The Charms of the Microworld מאת T. Padmanabhan Quantum theory is one of the more abstract branches of theoretical physics, yet it makes clear and concrete predictions which are repeatedly verified experimentally. More recently, there has been some confluence between the concepts of microphysics and those of macrophysics. Currently fashionable id...

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Universal Algebra and Coalgebra מאת Klaus Denecke The purpose of this book is to study the structures needed to model objects in universal algebra, universal coalgebra and theoretical computer science. Universal algebra is used to describe different kinds of algebraic structures, while coalgebras are used to model state-based machines in computer s...

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Creating Entrepreneurs: Making Miracles Happen מאת Fred Kiesner This book gives short, action-oriented snippets of thoughts and ideas from some of the finest thinkers of entrepreneurship. It provides insights into educational activities, entrepreneurial thinking and on-the-streets operational methodologies of entrepreneurship. The thoughts, experiences, ideas an...

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Design Reuse in Product Development Modeling, Analysis and Optimization (Series on Manufacturing Systems and Technology) מאת S. K. Ong Efficient management of product information is vital for manufacturing enterprises in this information age. Considering the proliferation of product information, tight production schedules, and intense market competition, human intelligence alone cannot meet the requirements of efficient product ...

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A Practical Guide To Computer Simulation (Book & CD Rom) מאת Alexander K. Hartmann This book presents all the computational techniques and tools needed to start doing scientific research using computer simulations. After working through this book, the reader will possess the necessary basic background knowledge, from program design, programming in C, fundamental algorithms and dat...

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The Holographic Anthropic Multiverse: Formalizing the Complex Geometry of Reality (Series on Knots and Everything) מאת Richard L. Amoroso Every hundred years or so, a unique groundbreaking Copernican class volume arises unexpectedly. From ashes long thought cold of Einstein's static universe model, for the first time technically viable alternative interpretations to all pillars of Big Bang cosmology are presented in the context of a p...

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Technological Know-How, Organizational Capabilities, And Strategic Management: Business Strategy And Enterprise Development in Competitive Environments מאת David J. Teece This book explores factors which impact the viability and growth of business enterprises. In particular, the role of entrepreneurship, organizational learning, and business strategy - including licensing strategy - are considered in some detail. It presents fundamental thinking about business organi...

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How to Succeed in Breastfeeding Without Really Trying, Or Ten Steps to Laugh Your Way Through מאת Natasha Shur "How to Succeed in Breastfeeding Without Really Trying, or Ten Steps to Laugh Your Way Through" provides new mothers with humorous, easy-to-use, hands-on advice and step-by-step instructions on how to initiate, sustain, and actually succeed in breastfeeing. After giving birth, many women are s...

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Aspects Of Polaron Theory: Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Problems מאת N. N. Bogolubov The linear polaron model is an excellent example of an exactly soluble, yet nontrivial polaron system. It serves as a trial system or zero-level approximation in many sophisticated methods of polaron investigation. This book analyzes, in particular, the possibility of reduction of the full polaron H...

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Axioms For Lattices And Boolean Algebras מאת R. Padmanabhan The importance of equational axioms emerged initially with the axiomatic approach to Boolean algebras, groups, and rings, and later in lattices. This unique research monograph systematically presents minimal equational axiom-systems for various lattice-related algebras, regardless of whether they ar...

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Coastal and Estuarine Processes (Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering) מאת Peter Nielsen This book is an introductory treatment to coastal and estuarine processes for earth scientists or engineers. Suitable for a first course on the subject, it covers water waves, surf zone hydrodynamics, tides in oceans and estuaries, storm surges, estuarine mixing, basic sediment transport, coastal mo...

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Intercultural Relations in Asia: Migration and Work Effectiveness מאת Chan-hoong Leong This book showcases some of the key thematic issues reported by Asian migrants and sojourners residing abroad, as well as non-Asians living in the Far East. The diverse range and scope of the papers demonstrate the interdisciplinary, convoluted and intertwined perspectives in human transnational mov...

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Molecular Targets and Therapeutic Uses of Spices: Modern Uses for Ancient Medicine מאת Bharat B. Aggarwal Most therapeutics available today are highly toxic, very expensive and exhibit minimum efficacy. The issue of toxicity is even more critical for prevention than for therapy because the former involves normal subjects. Thus, therapeutics that are safe and affordable are needed for both prevention and...

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Advanced Mathematical and Computational Tools in Metrology and Testing: Amctm VIII (Series on Advances in Mathematics for Applied Sciences) מאת Franco Pavese he main theme of the AMCTM 2008 conference, reinforced by the establishment of IMEKO TC21, was to provide a central opportunity for the metrology and testing community worldwide to engage with applied mathematicians, statisticians and software engineers working in the relevant fields. This rev...

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Drought Frontiers in Rice: Crop Improvement for Increased Rainfed Production מאת Rachid Serraj The success of the Green Revolution in closing the gap between world population and food production was principally achieved by increasing crop productivity in favorable areas. However, this success has been limited in the rainfed systems, which are prone to frequent droughts and other abiotic stres...

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Index Theory, Determinants and Torsion for Open Manifolds מאת Jurgen Eichhorn For closed manifolds, there is a highly elaborated theory of number-valued invariants, attached to the underlying manifold, structures and differential operators. On open manifolds, nearly all of this fails, with the exception of some special classes. The goal of this monograph is to establish for o...

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The Making Of The Asean Charter מאת Tommy Koh On the historic occasion of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2007, the leaders of the ten-member countries signed the ASEAN Charter. This is an important milestone for the regional group as the Charter will make ASEAN stronger, more united...

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China's Economy: Rural Reform and Agricultural Development (Series on Developing China Translated Research from China) מאת Zhenglai Deng Containing ten quality chapters on China's rural reforms and agricultural development, this first volume from the Series on "Developing China: Translated Research from China" emphasizes the importance of countryside, agriculture and the role of peasants in China's economy. While the Chinese revoluti...

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Brain-Mind Machinery: Brain-inspired Computing and Mind Opening מאת Gee-wah Ng Brain and mind continue to be a topic of enormous scientific interest. With the recent advances in measuring instruments such as two-photon laser scanning microscopy and fMRI, the neuronal connectivity and circuitry of how the brain's various regions are hierarchically interconnected and organized a...

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Handbook of Business Practices and Growth in Emerging Markets מאת Satyendra Singh The Handbook of Business Practices and Growth in Emerging Markets consists of a collection of specially commissioned chapters that describe the current business environment, organizational culture, consumer behavior, financial investment climate, and examples of best prevailing practices in emerging...

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Methods of Wave Theory in Dispersive Media מאת M. V. Kuzelev This book presents the main mathematical methods of description and general problems in the theory of linear waves in dispersive systems and media, including equilibrium and nonequilibrium waves. To show how the general theory can be applied in practice, the authors give a unified description of the...

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An Introduction to Turbulent Reacting Flows מאת R. S. Cant This book provides physical intuition and key entries to the ever-growing body of literature on turbulent reacting flows. It is of a tutorial nature and includes some historical perspective of the theories developed over the past 30 years. A selection of basic and advanced materials is used to build...

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Invention Of Integrated Circuits: Untold Important Facts (International Series on Advances in Solid State Electronics) (International Series on Advances ... State Electronics and Technology (Asset)) מאת Arjun N. Saxena This book is the first to give an authoritative and comprehensive account of the invention of Integrated Circuits (ICs) from an insider who had participated and contributed from the beginning of their invention and advancement to the Ultra Large Scale ICs (ULSICs) of today. It reads like a mystery n...

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High Density Data Storage: Principle, Technology, and Materials מאת Yanlin Song The explosive increase in information and the miniaturization of electronic devices demand new recording technologies and materials that combine high density, fast response, long retention time and rewriting capability. As predicted, the current silicon-based computer circuits are reaching their phy...

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Biomechanical Systems Technology: Muscular Skeletal Systems מאת Cornelius T. Leondes Because of rapid developments in computer technology and computational techniques, advances in a wide spectrum of technologies, coupled with cross-disciplinary pursuits between technology and its application to human body processes, the field of biomechanics continues to evolve. Many areas of signif...

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Industrial and Applied Mathematics in China (Series in Contemporary Applied Mathematics) מאת Tatsien Li This new volume introduces readers to the current topics of industrial and applied mathematics in China, with applications to material science, information science, mathematical finance and engineering. The authors utilize mathematics for the solution of problems. The purposes of the volume are to p...

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Modeling and Dynamics of Infectious Diseases (Series in Contemporary Applied Mathematics) מאת Zhien Ma This book provides a systematic introduction to the fundamental methods and techniques and the frontiers of -- along with many new ideas and results on -- infectious disease modeling, parameter estimation and transmission dynamics. It provides complementary approaches, from deterministic to statisti...

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Southeast Asia: The Long Road Ahead מאת Lim Chong Yah Southeast Asia is going through tremendous changes. The market-oriented economies of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand have been showing robust growth, particularly before the Asian financial crisis of 1997/98. The transitional economies of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar ...

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Time, Space, Stars and Man: The Story of the Big Bang מאת Michael M. Woolfson Most well-read, but non-scientific, people will have heard of the term 'Big Bang' as a description of the origin of the Universe. They will recognize that DNA identifies individuals and will know that the origin of life is one of the great unsolved scientific mysteries. This book brings together all...

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DNA Microaray Technology and Data Analysis in Cancer Research מאת Shaoguang Li DNA microarray technology has become a useful technique in gene expression analysis for the development of new diagnostic tools and for the identification of disease genes and therapeutic targets for human cancers. Appropriate control for DNA microarray experiment and reliable analysis of the array ...

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Nobel Lectures in Peace 2001-2005 מאת Irwin Abrams In addition to the presentation speeches and the Nobel lectures, this volume also includes an introduction to each lecture, endnotes of explanation and selected bibliographies. The introduction takes note of any relevant developments since the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded as well as any new biograp...

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Introduction To Micromechanics and Nanomechanics מאת Shaofan Li This book provides both the theoretical foundation, as well as the authors' latest contributions to micromechanics and its applications in nanomechanics, nanocomposites, dislocation and thin film theories, and configurational mechanics theory. It serves primarily as a graduate level textbook, ...

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Saturated Model Theory מאת Gerald E. Sacks This book contains the material for a first course in pure model theory with applications to differentially closed fields. Topics covered in this book include saturated model criteria for model completeness and elimination of quantifiers; Morley rank and degree of element types; categoricity in powe...

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A Second Genesis: Stepping-stones Towards the Intelligibility of Nature מאת Julian Chela-Flores A Second Genesis enquires why nature is intelligible. The fast growth of technology and deeper understanding of the humanities have provided significant clues. Answering the question why nature can be understood requires an introduction to the new science of astrobiology and the explorati...

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Introduction to Mathematical Elasticity מאת Leonid P. Lebedev This book provides the general reader with an introduction to mathematical elasticity, by means of general concepts in classic mechanics, and models for elastic springs, strings, rods, beams and membranes. Functional analysis is also used to explore more general boundary value problems for three-dim...

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Playing With Planets מאת Gerard 't Hooft If you think the future is a mystery, think again. With a solid foothold in realism, an extraordinary insight into scientific and technological developments, and a dry sense of humor, Nobel laureate Professor Gerard t Hooft confidently dissects fact from fiction and shows us what our future migh...

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Textbook Of Structural Biology מאת Anders Liljas This is an important textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in structural biology, chemistry, biochemistry, biology and medicine. Written by a team of leading scientists in the field, it covers all the essential aspects of proteins, nucleic acids and lipids, including the rise and fall of ...

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Spectral Sensing Research for Surface and Air Monitoring in Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense and Security Applications (Selected Topics in Electronics and Systems) מאת Jean-marc Theriault This book provides unique perspectives on the state of the art in multispectral/hyperspectral techniques for early-warning monitoring against chemical, biological and radiological (CB&R) contamination of both surface (e.g. land) and air (e.g. atmospheric) environments through the presentation of a c...

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Economic Models: Methods, Theory and Applications מאת Dipak Basu Model Building is the most fruitful area of economics, designed to solve real-world problems using all available methods such as mathematical, computational and analytical, without distinction. Wherever necessary, we should not be reluctant to develop new techniques, whether mathematical or computat...

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Applications of Automata Theory and Algebra: Via the Mathematical Theory of Complexity to Biology, Physics, Psychology, Philosophy, and Games מאת John L. Rhodes This book was originally written in 1969 by Berkeley mathematician John Rhodes. It is the founding work in what is now called algebraic engineering, an emerging field created by using the unifying scheme of finite state machine models and their complexity to tie together many fields: finite group th...

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The Well-being of Singaporeans: Values, Lifestyles, Satisfaction and Quality of Life מאת Tambyah Siok Kuan This book is part of the authors' continuing research on quality of life issues in Singapore. It builds on past research into the values and lifestyles of Singaporeans and focuses on their well-being. In addition, the findings of the 2006 Asia Barometer Survey (for Singaporean respondents) are prese...

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Classical Mechanics And Relativity מאת Harald J. W. Muller-Kirsten This text provides a pedagogical tour through mechanics from Newton to Einstein with detailed explanations and a large number of worked examples. From the very beginning relativity is kept in mind, along with its relation to concepts of basic mechanics, such as inertia, escape velocity, Newton's pot...

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A Practical Guide To Computer Simulation מאת Alexander K. Hartmann This book presents all the computational techniques and tools needed to start doing scientific research using computer simulations. After working through this book, the reader will possess the necessary basic background knowledge, from program design, programming in C, fundamental algorithms and dat...

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Lectures on the Free Electron Laser Theory and Related Topics G. Dattoli

Lectures on the Free Electron Laser Theory and Related Topics מאת G. Dattoli Aimed at laser physicists, this book presents recent lectures on the free electron laser theory and related topics....

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Biomechanical Systems Technology: Computational Methods מאת Cornelius T. Leondes Because of rapid developments in computer technology and computational techniques, advances in a wide spectrum of technologies, coupled with cross-disciplinary pursuits between technology and its application to human body processes, the field of biomechanics continues to evolve. Many areas of signif...

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Playing With Planets מאת Gerard 't Hooft If you think the future is a mystery, think again. With a solid foothold in realism, an extraordinary insight into scientific and technological developments, and a dry sense of humor, Nobel laureate Professor Gerard t Hooft confidently dissects fact from fiction and shows us what our future migh...

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Praise Of Chromosome Folly: Confessions of an Untamed Molecular Structure מאת Antonio Lima-de-faria When examined carefully at the molecular level, the chromosome turns out to have created its own private world full of tricks, back door exits and novel solutions. This "folly" makes it an untamed innovator. Geneticists have been bewildered for decades. What kind of creature was actually the chromos...

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Allergic Diseases in Children: The Sciences, the Superstition and the Stories מאת Hugo Van Bever The purpose of this book is to share information and knowledge on allergic disorders in children with everybody, especially parents. Allergies in children are a common and growing problem. From the author's experience, many parents lack correct information on allergy. This has led to wrong approache...

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Neutron Scattering in Condensed Matter Physics (Neutron Techniques and Applications) (Series on Neutron Techniques and Applications) מאת Albert Furrer Neutron scattering has become a key technique for investigating the properties of materials on an atomic scale. The uniqueness of this method is based on the fact that the wavelength and energy of thermal neutrons ideally match interatomic distances and excitation energies in condensed matter, and t...