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Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2015
This research topic was first established in China by Professor ShengZhao Long in 1981, with direct support from one of the greatest modern Chinese scientists, XueSen Qian. In a letter to ShengZhao Long from October 22nd, 1993, XueSen Qian wrote: “You have created a very important modern science...
by Guy Delorme, Lieven Van Hoe
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The 2nd edition of 'Radiology of the Pancreas'discusses and illustrates the normal radiological anatomy of the pancreas and the radiological features presented by both common and uncommon diseases. The role of the newest imaging modalities is fully considered. All the authors are recognized experts,...
Traffic Networks as Information Systems
A Viability Approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
This authored monograph covers a viability to approach to traffic management by advising to vehicles circulated on the network the velocity they should follow for satisfying global traffic conditions;. It presents an investigation of three structural innovations:
The objective is to broadcast...
Quantum Information, Computation and Cryptography
An Introductory Survey of Theory, Technology and Experiments
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
This multi-authored textbook addresses graduate students with a background in physics, mathematics or computer science. No research experience is necessary. Consequently, rather than comprehensively reviewing the vast body of knowledge and literature gathered in the past twenty years, this book concentrates...
Managing Democracies in Turbulent Times
Trust, Performance, and Governance in Modern States
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
This book discusses some of the main challenges that arise in the management of modern democracies, with a focus on the role of citizens and their perceptions of government. A theoretical and practical framework is suggested for dealing with some of the most urgent problems that governments face today:...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
The book contains a selection of papers focusing on the idea of crossing boundaries in literary and cultural texts composed in English. The authors come from different methodological schools and analyse texts coming from different periods and cultures, trying to find common ground (the theme of the...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
This is the first of two volumes on Gentianaceae. Comprising twelve chapters, it centres upon the characterization and ecology of Gentianaceae worldwide, with emphasis on the application of molecular and cytological approaches in relation to taxonomy. The first three chapters consider the classification...
Art, Cultural Heritage and the Market
Ethical and Legal Issues
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
In the age of economic globalisation, do art and heritage matter? Once the domain of elitist practitioners and scholars, the governance of cultural heritage and the destiny of iconic artefacts have emerged as the new frontier of international law, making headlines and attracting the varied interests...
Scientific Research II
The Search for Truth
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This volume is a logical sequel of Volume I, The Search for System: indeed, it concerns the ways theoretical systems are put to work and subjected to test. Yet it can be read independently by anyone familiar with some factual theories, referring back to Volume I when necessary. Special Symbols AS;B...
Mastering Your PhD
Survival and Success in the Doctoral Years and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2010
"Mastering Your PhD: Survival and Success in the Doctoral Years and Beyond" helps guide PhD students through their graduate student years. Filled with practical advice on getting started, communicating with your supervisor, staying the course, and planning for the future, this book is a...
Sport in the Modern World — Chances and Problems
Papers, Results, Materials Scientific Congress Munich, August 21 to 25, 1972
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Should scientific congresses take place in connection with Olympic Games, and should science be represented not only in the form of applied science engaged in the care of athletes, but also as an informing, reflecting and critical authority? The Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad...
by Robin J. Knops, L.E. Payne
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The classical result for uniqueness in elasticity theory is due to Kirchhoff. It states that the standard mixed boundary value problem for a homogeneous isotropic linear elastic material in equilibrium and occupying a bounded three-dimensional region of space possesses at most one solution in the...
by Patrick Hennig, Christoph Meinel, Philipp Berger
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2015
This book represents an attempt to fully review the phenomenon of the blogosphere. The intention is to provide a reliable guide to understanding and analyzing the world of the unimaginable number of diverse blogs, each consisting of innumerable posts, which in their entirety form the blogosphere....
Scientists in Search of Their Conscience
Proceedings of a Symposium on The Impact of Science on Society organised by The European Committee of The Weizmann Institute of Science Brussels, June 28–29, 1971
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
"Scientists in Search of Their Conscience" is the edited proceedings of the European Symposium on the effects of science on society held in Brussels in 1971. Organised by The European Committee of The Weizmann Institute, Israel, the Conference gave scientists from varied disciplines and...