Springer Milan: 299 books
Lunar Domes
Properties and Formation Processes
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Lunar domes are structures of volcanic origin which are usually difficult to observe due to their low heights. The Lunar Domes Handbook is a reference work on these elusive features. It provides a collection of images for a large number of lunar domes, including telescopic images acquired with advanced...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2012
This volume is a selection of contributions offered by friends, collaborators, past students in memory of Enrico Magenes. The first part gives a wide historical perspective of Magenes' work in his 50-year mathematical career; the second part contains original research papers, and shows how ideas,...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Leon Ehrenpreis has been one of the leading mathematicians in the twentieth century. His contributions to the theory of partial differential equations were part of the golden era of PDEs, and led him to what is maybe his most important contribution, the Fundamental Principle, which he announced in...
by Bertrand Maury
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This book proposes an introduction to the mathematical modeling of the respiratory system. A detailed introduction on the physiological aspects makes it accessible to a large audience without any prior knowledge on the lung. Different levels of description are proposed, from the lumped models with...
Vitamin C
The state of the art in disease prevention sixty years after the Nobel Prize
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, has a long and multifaceted scientific history. In 1937, the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine was awarded to Albert Szent-Gyorgyi'in recognition of his discoveries concerning the biological oxida tion processes with special reference to vitamin C', and the Nobel...
From Basic Cardiac Imaging to Image Fusion
Core Competencies Versus Technological Progress
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
The recent development of three-dimensional imaging techniques has provided an enormous amount of information relevant to the clinical management of patients at low and high risk for coronary artery disease. However, while progress in each individual technique has been rapid, the correlation of findings...
Trauma Surgery
Volume 1: Trauma Management, Trauma Critical Care, Orthopaedic Trauma and Neuro-Trauma
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Trauma surgery has increasingly become a specialized field inspired by different principles and philosophy. A good trauma surgeon is a surgeon who knows how to perform abdominal vascular, thoracic, urologic, gynecologic, and orthopaedic procedures and is able to repair multiple traumatic injuries...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2014
Indications for central venous cannulation in critically ill patients have increased dramatically, but central venous access has the drawbacks of morbidity and a scarcity of experienced operators. Ultrasound-guided peripheral venous access offers a solution, in that it reduces morbidity and can be...
Atlas of Endoanal and Endorectal Ultrasonography
Staging and Treatment Options for Anorectal Cancer
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
With contributions by numerous experts
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Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
During recent decades, more than 100 surgical procedures have been proposed to treat pelvic organ prolapse, and surgeons are still searching for the ideal approach. Although generally accepted guidelines and algorithms are still lacking, careful preoperative work-up and patient selection can serve...
Italy and Japan: How Similar Are They?
A Comparative Analysis of Politics, Economics, and International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
This book provides an enlightening comparative analysis of Japan’s and Italy’s political cultures and systems, economics, and international relations from World War II to the present day. It addresses a variety of fascinating questions, ranging from the origins of the authoritarian regimes and...
Computing Qualitatively Correct Approximations of Balance Laws
Exponential-Fit, Well-Balanced and Asymptotic-Preserving
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2013
Substantial effort has been drawn for years onto the development of (possibly high-order) numerical techniques for the scalar homogeneous conservation law, an equation which is strongly dissipative in L1 thanks to shock wave formation. Such a dissipation property is generally lost when considering...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Aim of the volume is to describe the intensive control of the cardiologic patient. Mechanisms concerning cardiovascular emodynamics and interpretation of cardiovascular function in the perioperative period and in intensive care are described. Particular importance is given to diagnosis and treatment...
Nipple Sparing Mastectomy
Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Technique
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
This book describes in detail three different techniques for minimally invasive video-assisted breast surgery: nipple-sparing mastectomy with a hand-held external retractor, with a single-port device, and with robotic assistance. All three techniques can be employed for radical treatment of breast...