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Periodic Structures. Mode-Matching Approach and Applications in Electromagnetic Engineering
Ruey-Bing Hwang (Raybeam)
Provides readers an understanding of the basic physics underlying meta-materials, providing a powerful tool for analyzing their electromagnetic properties Periodic Structures: Mode-Matching Approach and Applications in Electromagnetic...
Earthquakes. Models, Statistics, Testable Forecasts
Yan Kagan Y.
This book is the first comprehensive and methodologically rigorous analysis of earthquake occurrence. Models based on the theory of the stochastic multidimensional point processes are employed to approximate the earthquake occurrence pattern and...
Wave Propagation in Fluids. Models and Numerical Techniques
Vincent Guinot
This second edition with four additional chapters presents the physical principles and solution techniques for transient propagation in fluid mechanics and hydraulics. The application domains vary including contaminant transport with or without...
Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity. Metaphysical Intimations of Modern Physics
Tim Maudlin
The third edition of Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity has been carefully updated to reflect significant developments, including a new chapter covering important recent work in the foundations of physics. A new edition of the premier...
Big Questions, Worthy Dreams. Mentoring Emerging Adults in Their Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Faith
Sharon Parks Daloz
Praise for Big Questions,Worthy Dreams «The things at stake in this tenth anniversary edition are even more profound and urgent than they were the first time around. This is not a little story about young people. It is a big story about humanity...
Lead-free Solders. Materials Reliability for Electronics
K. Subramanian
Providing a viable alternative to lead-based solders is a major research thrust for the electrical and electronics industries – whilst mechanically compliant lead-based solders have been widely used in the electronic interconnects, the risks to...
The H.264 Advanced Video Compression Standard
Iain Richardson E.
H.264 Advanced Video Coding or MPEG-4 Part 10 is fundamental to a growing range of markets such as high definition broadcasting, internet video sharing, mobile video and digital surveillance. This book reflects the growing importance and...
Biological Chemistry of Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth
Hongzhe Sun
Arsenic, antimony and bismuth, three related elements of group 15, are all found in trace quantities in nature and have interesting biological properties and uses. While arsenic is most well known as a poison – and indeed the contamination of...
Advances in Enzymology and Related Areas of Molecular Biology
Eric Toone J.
This book covers important advances in enzymology, explaining the behavior of enzymes and how they can be utilized to develop novel drugs, synthesize known and novel compounds, and understand evolutionary processes.
Eportfolios for Lifelong Learning and Assessment
Darren Cambridge
This book clearly articulates the foundations of an educational vision that is distinctively supported by eportfolio use, drawing on work in philosophy, sociology, higher and adult education, and elearning research. It is academically rigorous...
Colloids and Interfaces with Surfactants and Polymers
James Goodwin
From blood to milk, pumice to gelatine, most scientists interact with colloids on a daily basis without any real knowledge of their nature. Building on the success of the first edition, Colloids and Interfaces with Surfactants and Polymers...
Dictionary of DNA and Genome Technology
Paul Singleton
DNA technology has a vital role in diverse fields such as criminal investigation and gene therapy – dynamic areas involving many specialised terms and techniques. This unique dictionary offers current, detailed, accessible information to...
Basics of Biomedical Ultrasound for Engineers
Haim Azhari
A practical learning tool for building a solid understanding of biomedical ultrasound Basics of Biomedical Ultrasound for Engineers is a structured textbook that leads the novice through the field in a clear, step-by-step manner. Based on twenty...
Ideas in Chemistry and Molecular Sciences. Where Chemistry Meets Life
Bruno Pignataro
Ideas in Chemistry and Molecular Sciences gives an account of the most recent results of research in life sciences in Europe based on a selection of leading young scientists participating in the 2008 European Young Chemists Award competition. In...
Linear and Non-Linear Video and TV Applications. Using IPv6 and IPv6 Multicast
Daniel Minoli
Provides options for implementing IPv6 and IPv6 multicast in service provider networks New technologies, viewing paradigms, and content distribution approaches are taking the TV/video services industry by storm. Linear and Nonlinear Video and TV...
Introduction to Psycholinguistics. Understanding Language Science
Matthew Traxler J.
This textbook offers a cutting edge introduction to psycholinguistics, exploring the cognitive processes underlying language acquisition and use. Provides a step-by-step tour through language acquisition, production, and comprehension, from the...
Nonequilibrium Magnons. Theory, Experiment and Applications
Vladimir Safonov L.
This much-needed book addresses the concepts, models, experiments and applications of magnons and spin wave in magnetic devices. It fills the gap in the current literature by providing the theoretical and technological framework needed to...
Merchants of Culture. The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century
John Thompson B.
These are turbulent times in the world of book publishing. For nearly five centuries the methods and practices of book publishing remained largely unchanged, but at the dawn of the twenty-first century the industry finds itself faced with...
Environmental Trace Analysis. Techniques and Applications
John Dean R.
This book covers all aspects of environmental trace analysis from sampling through to preparation of the sample to the analytical techniques used to quantify the level of trace metals or organic compounds. The book is divided into two areas:...
Thermal Energy Storage. Systems and Applications
Ibrahim Dincer
The ability of thermal energy storage (TES) systems to facilitate energy savings, renewable energy use and reduce environmental impact has led to a recent resurgence in their interest. The second edition of this book offers up-to-date coverage...
Handbook of Biological Dyes and Stains. Synthesis and Industrial Applications
R. Sabnis W.
A complete, up-to-date resource of information on more than 200 dyes and stains Handbook of Biological Dyes and Stains is the most comprehensive volume available on the subject, covering all the available dyes and stains known to date in the...
Europe's Uncertain Path 1814-1914. State Formation and Civil Society
R. Alexander S.
Europe’s Uncertain Path is an introduction to Europe’s turbulent history from 1814 to 1914. It presents a clear narrative of the major political events, set against the backdrop of social, economic, and cultural change. An introduction to...
Generalizations of Cyclostationary Signal Processing. Spectral Analysis and Applications
Antonio Napolitano
The relative motion between the transmitter and the receiver modifies the nonstationarity properties of the transmitted signal. In particular, the almost-cyclostationarity property exhibited by almost all modulated signals adopted in...
Ionic Liquids in Biotransformations and Organocatalysis. Solvents and Beyond
Pablo Dom?nguez de Mar?a
This book addresses the use of ionic liquids in biotransformation and organocatalysis. Its major parts include: an overview of the fundamentals of ionic liquids and their interactions with proteins and enzymes; the use of ILs in...
Solid-Phase Organic Syntheses, Volume 2. Solid-Phase Palladium Chemistry
Peter J. H. Scott
Integrates solid-phase organic synthesis with palladium chemistry The Wiley Series on Solid-Phase Organic Syntheses keeps researchers current with major accomplishments in solid-phase organic synthesis, providing full experimental details....
Ammonium Nitrate Explosives for Civil Applications. Slurries, Emulsions and Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oils
Erode Mahadevan G.
The book describes the science and technology of formulation and manufacturing of non-nitroglycerine explosives with ammonium nitrate as the main ingredient. Based on the author's industry experience of more than thirty years, it provides an...
A Bird's-Eye View of Assessment. Selections from Editor's Notes
Trudy Banta W.
Here, pioneer Trudy Banta illuminates the many facets of assessment in colleges and universities during the past two decades. Addressing the principles of good assessment practice, she gives an insider?s perspective and shares the larger...
Introduction to Plasma Technology. Science, Engineering, and Applications
John Harry Ernest
Written by a university lecturer with more than forty years experience in plasma technology, this book adopts a didactic approach in its coverage of the theory, engineering and applications of technological plasmas. The theory is developed in a...
Ullmann's Energy. Resources, Processes, Products
Wiley-VCH
This three-volume handbook contains a wealth of information on energy sources, energy generation and storage, fossil and renewable fuels as well as the associated processing technology. Fossil as well as renewable fuels, nuclear technology,...
Molecular Orbitals and Organic Chemical Reactions. Reference Edition
Ян Флеминг
Winner of the PROSE Award for Chemistry & Physics 2010 Acknowledging the very best in professional and scholarly publishing, the annual PROSE Awards recognise publishers' and authors' commitment to pioneering works of research and for...
Global Trade Policy. Questions and Answers
Pamela Smith J.
Using a unique, question-based format, Global Trade Policy offers accessible coverage of the key questions in trade and policy; it charts the changing policy landscape and evolving institutional arrangements for trade policies, examines trade...
Spin-Crossover Materials. Properties and Applications
Malcolm Halcrow A.
The phenomenon of spin-crossover has a large impact on the physical properties of a solid material, including its colour, magnetic moment, and electrical resistance. Some materials also show a structural phase change during the transition....
Contemporary Health Physics. Problems and Solutions
Joseph Bevelacqua John
This is the first text specifically designed to train potential health physicists to think and respond like professionals. Written by a former chairman of the American Board of Health Physics Comprehensive Panel of Examiners with more than 20...
Wireless Communications. Principles, Theory and Methodology
Keith Q. T. Zhang
Understand the mechanics of wireless communication Wireless Communications: Principles, Theory and Methodology offers a detailed introduction to the technology. Comprehensive and well-rounded coverage includes signaling, transmission, and...
Colloid Science. Principles, Methods and Applications
Terence Cosgrove
Colloidal systems are important across a range of industries, such as the food, pharmaceutical, agrochemical, cosmetics, polymer, paint and oil industries, and form the basis of a wide range of products (eg cosmetics & toiletries, processed...
Mindfulness-integrated CBT. Principles and Practice
Bruno Cayoun A.
Mindfulness-integrated CBT: Principles and Practice represents the first set of general principles and practical guidelines for the integration of mindfulness meditation with well-documented and newly developed CBT techniques to address a broad...
Vibrational Optical Activity. Principles and Applications
Laurence Nafie A.
This unique book stands as the only comprehensive introduction to vibrational optical activity (VOA) and is the first single book that serves as a complete reference for this relatively new, but increasingly important area of molecular...
Biophysical Bone Behaviour. Principles and Applications
Jitendra Behari
Biophysical Bone Behaviour: Principles and Applications is the culmination of efforts to relate the biophysical phenomena in bone to bone growth and electrical behavior. Behari develops a bridge between physics and biology of bone leading to its...
Semiconductor Disk Lasers. Physics and Technology
Oleg Okhotnikov G.
This timely publication presents a review of the most recent developments in the field of Semiconductor Disk Lasers. Covering a wide range of key topics, such as operating principles, thermal management, nonlinear frequency conversion,...
A Grammar of Old English, Volume 1. Phonology
Richard Hogg M.
First published in 1992, A Grammar of Old English, Volume 1: Phonology was a landmark publication that in the intervening years has not been surpassed in its depth of scholarship and usefulness to the field. With the 2011 posthumous publication...
Innovative Catalysis in Organic Synthesis. Oxidation, Hydrogenation, and C-X Bond Forming Reactions
Pher Andersson G.
C-H, C-O, C-C, and C-Heteroatom bond forming processes by using metal-ligand approaches for the synthesis of organic compounds of biological, pharmacological and organic nanotechnological utility are the key areas addressed in this book....
Adolescent Emotions: Development, Morality, and Adaptation. New Directions for Youth Development, Number 136
Tina Malti
Take an in depth look at how emotions relate to adolescents’ decision making, reasoning, and behavior in morally relevant situations. It provides a summary of current research on emotions, morality, and adaptive behaviors. Furthermore, it...
Framing Youth Development for Public Support. New Directions for Youth Development, Number 124
Lynn Davey
Since 1999, the nonprofit FrameWorks Institute has investigated how Americans think about social issues–from children and youth to education and race–and how scientists, policy experts, and advocates can do a better job of engaging the public in...
Strategic Directions for Career Services Within the University Setting. New Directions for Student Services, Number 148
Kelli Smith K.
Filled with strategic directions, practical advice and best practices, this volume delivers an overview of emerging trends for the career services profession. Hot topics include: a blend of research, case studies, and personal experiences that...
Selected Contemporary Assessment Issues. New Directions for Student Services, Number 142
John Schuh H.
As demands for accountability escalate, assessment continues to evolve as a central aspect of student affairs administration. Experience clearly indicates that without a robust portfolio of assessment activities, the services, programs, and...
Strategic Planning in Student Affairs. New Directions for Student Services, Number 132
Shannon Ellis E.
Here, finally, is a publication completely dedicated to strategic planning in student affairs. This volume applies business and nonprofit techniques to higher education, bringing the topic of strategic thinking, planning, and acting to the daily...
Strengthening Community Colleges Through Institutional Collaborations. New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 165
Michael Roggow J.
This issue illustrates examples of effective collaborations written by community college presidents, administrators, faculty, and leaders of state governments and national organizations. Each has contributed a story illustrating a successful...
Technology Management. New Directions for Community Colleges, Number 154
Tod Treat
Gain a greater understanding of technology management and what it means to the community college campus today. Effective planning, directing, control, and coordination of technological capabilities can shape and help accomplish your...
Biohybrid Systems. Nerves, Interfaces and Machines
Ranu Jung
The discipline of neurodesign is a highly interdisciplinary one, while at the same time in the process of maturing towards real-life applications. The breakthrough about to be achieved is to close the loop in communication between neural systems...
Immunology. Mucosal and Body Surface Defences
Andrew Williams E.
2012 PROSE Award, Clinical Medicine: Honorable Mention The vast majority of medically important pathogens infect their host across a body surface such as the skin, or across a mucosal tissue such as the respiratory tract or intestines, as these...
