Icp imprint: 267 books
by Andrzej Wolski
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Particle accelerators are essential tools for scientific research in fields as diverse as high energy physics, materials science and structural biology. They are also widely used in industry and medicine. Producing the optimum design and achieving the best performance for an accelerator depends on...
The Malaria Genome Projects
Promise, Progress, and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
The year 2012 marks the tenth anniversary of the announcement of the genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and that of its mosquito vector Anopheles. The genome sequences were a result of the Plasmodium falciparum Genome Project.
This book covers in detail the...
Investigating the Pedagogy of Mathematics
How Do Teachers Develop Their Knowledge?
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
This book responds to the growing interest in the scholarship of mathematics teaching; over the last 20 years the importance of teachers' knowledge for effective teaching has been internationally recognised. For many mathematics teachers, the critical link between practice and knowledge is implied...
by Jin Keun Seo, Eung Je Woo, Ulrich Katscher;Yi Wang
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
This is the first book that presents a comprehensive introduction to and overview of electro-magnetic tissue property imaging techniques using MRI, focusing on Magnetic Resonance Electrical Impedance Tomography (MREIT), Electrical Properties Tomography (EPT) and Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping...
The Father of Jihad
'Abd Allāh 'Azzām's Jihad Ideas and Implications to National Security
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
This study revolves around the jihad ideas of 'Abd Allāh 'Azzām — an iconic figure in the study of militant jihad in the 20th century, history of Afghan jihad against the Soviet Union, Al-Qaeda and current threat of terrorism.
This study has several objectives:
to render an in-depth...
Contested Epidemics
Policy Responses in Brazil and the US and What the BRICS Can Learn
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
Despite their similar political and economic structures, Brazil and the United States have contrasting relationships with the international community as well as different policy approaches to the prevention and treatment of epidemics. In this regard, an interesting empirical puzzle arises: how and...
Women's Cancers
Pathways to Living
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Taking patients through all aspects of cancer care, this book provides specific, accurate information on various tumour types and treatment modalities, surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and complementary therapy. Unlike many patient guides, it explores holistic health and wellbeing as well as psychological...
Beamforming
Sensor Signal Processing for Defence Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Beamforming: Sensor Signal Processing for Defence Applications presents a range of important research contributions concerned with sensor array signal processing and, in particular, with the superresolution beamformers fundamental to many civilian and defence applications. Both space and space-time...
Global School Feeding Sourcebook
Lessons from 14 Countries
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Compiled by the Partnership for Child Development at Imperial College London, the World Food Programme, the World Bank and the African Union's New Partnership for Africa's Development, this is the first sourcebook of its kind to document government-led school feeding programmes in low and middle income...
by Shlomo Engelberg
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
Striking a nice balance between mathematical rigor and engineering-oriented applications, this second edition covers the bedrock parts of classical control theory — the Routh-Hurwitz theorem and applications, Nyquist diagrams, Bode plots, root locus plots, and the design of controllers (phase-lag,...
Modular Forms
A Classical and Computational Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Modular Forms is a graduate student-level introduction to the classical theory of modular forms and computations involving modular forms, including modular functions and the theory of Hecke operators. It also includes applications of modular forms to various subjects, such as the theory of quadratic...
Plasma Research at the Limit
From the International Space Station to Applications on Earth(With DVD-ROM)
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2013
This book looks behind the scenes at the Plasma Crystal laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS) to see how science and research is carried out on the first physical science laboratory in space. As well as the background story of the ISS and the many scientific discoveries that were made,...
Climate Change and Energy
Japanese Perspectives on Climate Change Mitigation Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
Within the contexts of the global warming crisis facing the world, climate change mitigation strategies must be developed with a deep understanding of the science behind the impact of climate change and adaptations that must be made. This book discusses the mitigation strategy of climate change from...
by Stephen H Muggleton, Hiroaki Watanabe
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
This book represents a selection of papers presented at the Inductive Logic Programming (ILP) workshop held at Cumberland Lodge, Great Windsor Park. The collection marks two decades since the first ILP workshop in 1991. During this period the area has developed into the main forum for work on logic-based...