World Scientific Publishing Company: 3040 books
by Zhe Chuan Feng
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
Group III-Nitrides semiconductor materials, including GaN, InN, AlN, InGaN, AlGaN and AlInGaN, i.e. (Al, In, Ga)N, are excellent semiconductors, covering the spectral range from deep ultraviolet (DUV) to UV, visible and infrared, with unique properties very suitable for modern electronic and optoelectronic...
An Introduction to Second Order Partial Differential Equations
Classical and Variational Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
The book extensively introduces classical and variational partial differential equations (PDEs) to graduate and post-graduate students in Mathematics. The topics, even the most delicate, are presented in a detailed way. The book consists of two parts which focus on second order linear PDEs. Part I...
Probing the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics
Superpositions, Dynamics, Semantics and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
This book provides an interdisciplinary approach to one of the most fascinating and important open questions in science: What is quantum mechanics really talking about? In the last decades quantum mechanics has given rise to a new quantum technological era, a revolution taking place today especially...
Handbook of Porphyrin Science (Volumes 31 35)
With Applications to Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Engineering, Biology and Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
This is the seventh set of Handbook of Porphyrin Science.
Porphyrins, phthalocyanines and their numerous analogue and derivatives are materials of tremendous importance in chemistry, materials science, physics, biology and medicine. They are the red color in blood (heme) and the green in leaves...
Topological Polymer Chemistry
Progress of Cyclic Polymers in Syntheses, Properties and Functions
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
There are examples aplenty in the macroscopic world that demonstrate the form of objects directing their functions and properties. On the other hand, the fabrication of extremely small objects having precisely defined structures has only recently become an attractive challenge, which is now opening...
Mathematics and Its Teaching in the Southern Americas
with An Introduction by Ubiratan D'Ambrosio
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
This anthology presents a comprehensive review of mathematics and its teaching in the following nations in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, México, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, Puerto Rico, Trinidad...
by Junru Wu
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Modern acoustics has blossomed rapidly in the past decades. Beginning as a branch off from the classical physics, modern acoustics has become an interdisciplinary science that has exceeded the boundaries of its origins. As a result, the demand for graduate students, professionals and specialists who...
Auditory Processing of Temporal Fine Structure
Effects of Age and Hearing Loss
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
The book is concerned with changes in the perception of sound that are associated with hearing loss and aging. Hearing loss affects about 7% of the population in developed countries, and the proportion is increasing as the average age of the population increases. The audiogram is the most widely used...
by James E Zins, Chad R Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
This concise handbook covers a diversity of subjects encompassing the broad spectrum of craniofacial surgery. As a quick reference guide intended for the less experienced craniofacial audience (i.e., the medical students, residents and fellows), fundamental concepts and techniques in craniomaxillofacial...
by Nadey Hakim, Vassilios Papalois, Miran Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Over the last quarter of a century, the fields of medical ethics and of legal issues related to medical practice have rapidly developed for a number of reasons. Firstly, the provision of healthcare nowadays is based on a complicated partnership between healthcare providers, patients, administrators...
Gastrointestinal Malignancies
New Innovative Diagnostics and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Gastrointestinal Malignancies: New Innovative Diagnostics and Treatment summarizes new advantages in the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal malignancies, thereby providing the most current and up-to-date knowledge on gastrointestinal malignancies to medical students, gastroenterologists,...
Bioengineering in Wound Healing
A Systems Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2017
What is a wound, how does it heal, and how can we prevent scarring? The concept of wound healing has puzzled humans even before the advent of modern medicine.
In recent years, bioengineering has tackled the problems of cancer, tissue engineering and molecular manufacturing. The broad spectrum...
Questions and Answers in Neuro-ophthalmology
A Case-Based Approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
The book presents the most common problems seen in neuro-ophthalmology in a case-based learning format that provides rapid access and is easy to read. The user friendly format guides and stimulates the reader to identify the distinctive symptoms in the main complaint and history; to define the differentiating...
Hybrid Metaheuristics
Research and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2018
A metaheuristic is a higher-level procedure designed to select a partial search algorithm that may lead to a good solution to an optimization problem, especially with incomplete or imperfect information.
This unique compendium focuses on the insights of hybrid metaheuristics. It illustrates...