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View book details for Rural Education Research in the United States
State of the Science and Emerging Directions
This volume represents current and futuristic thinking of seminal rural education researchers, with the goal of providing perspectives and directions to inform the work of rural education research, practice, and policy. With an emphasis on leveraging collaboration among key rural …
View book details for Democracy, Constitutionalism, and Politics in Africa
Historical Contexts, Developments, and Dilemmas
This volume explores contemporary political developments in various parts of Africa in the age of democracy, constitutionalism, the securitization of development, and global terrorism. The contributions by leading observers of constitutionalism and African politics in the context of a global …
View book details for Coherent Atomic Manipulation and Cooling
Interferometric Laser Cooling and Composite Pulses for Atom Interferometry
This work unites the concepts of laser cooling and matter-wave interferometry to develop an interferometric laser cooling technique in an experimental system of cold rubidium atoms. Serving as an introduction to graduate level coherent optical atomic manipulation, the thesis describes …
View book details for Chancen- und Risikomanagement in der Bauwirtschaft
Fur Auftraggeber und Auftragnehmer in Projektmanagement, Baubetrieb und Bauwirtschaft
Das Buch befasst sich mit der Kalkulation von Baukosten und Bauzeiten fur Auftraggeber und Auftragnehmer in verschiedenen Projektphasen. Am Ende jeder Projekt- und Bauwerksanalyse sind moglichst genaue Angaben zu Zeiten, Kosten und Preisen vorzulegen, die in Abhangigkeit von der Komplexitat …
This book outlines the state of the art in transradial intervention and illustrates case-based learning for the transradial access (TR access) technique, especially in complex lesions. Offering a practical guide, it includes essential tips and tricks on how to overcome …
View book details for The Malaysia-Japan Model on Technology Partnership
International Proceedings 2013 of Malaysia-Japan Academic Scholar Conference
The selected papers included in this proceedings on Malaysia-Japan Academic Scholar Conference (MJASC) 2013, are related to nano-science engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, computer science, information technology etc. This proceedings will be a source of research findings for …
This title is a comprehensive text that addresses key aspects of nanomedicine such as properties occurring at the nanoscale that have unique medical effects, great molecular knowledge of the human body and disease processes, and apparent clinical translation as opposed …
View book details for The Palgrave Handbook of Quantum Models in Social Science
Applications and Grand Challenges
It is not intuitive to accept that there exists a link between quantum physical systems and cognitive systems. However, recent research has shown that cognitive systems and collective (social) systems, including biology, exhibit uncertainty which can be successfully modelled with …
This book provides up-to-date information on all aspects of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast, including epidemiology, imaging, pathologic and biologic features, interventional diagnostics, nonpalpable lesion localization, and treatment. Surgical procedures are described in detail, covering breast conservation techniques, …
View book details for Decoding Complexity
Uncovering Patterns in Economic Networks
Today it appears that we understand more about the universe than about our interconnected socio-economic world. In order to uncover organizational structures and novel features in these systems, we present the first comprehensive complex systems analysis of real-world ownership networks. …
View book details for 6th International Munich Chassis Symposium 2015
chassis.tech plus
Connectivity has arrived in the vehicle - whether it is in-car internet or car-to-car communication. For the chassis too, the connected car is increasingly becoming a driver of innovation. Predictive and intelligent chassis systems and automated driving are just some …
This volume presents studies on pronouns in embedded contexts, and offers fundamental insights into this central area of research. Much of the recent research on pronouns has shown that embedded environments, such as clausal complements of attitude predicates, provide a …
View book details for Thom H. Dunning, Jr.
A Festschrift from Theoretical Chemistry Accounts
In this Festschrift celebrating the career of Thom H. Dunning, Jr., selected researchers in theoretical chemistry present research highlights on major developments in the field. Originally published in the journal Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, these outstanding contributions are now available in …
View book details for Infranomics
Sustainability, Engineering Design and Governance
This book provides a rough entry into the interdisciplinary field of Infranomics. It enables better decision making in an increasing ambiguous, complex, emergent, interdependent, and uncertain world where we attempt to anticipate modern society trends and patterns in order to …
Elastomers are found in many applications ranging from technology to daily life applications for example in tires, drive systems, sealings and print rollers. Dynamical operation conditions put extremely high demands on the performance and stability of these materials and their …
View book details for Wood Polymer Nanocomposites
Chemical Modifications, Properties and Sustainable Applications
This book shows how chemical modifications influence some properties of wood nanocomposites. It describes suitable and effective chemical modifications that strengthen the physico-mechanical, thermal and morphological properties of wood. The authors provide intuitive explanation of the various types of chemical …
View book details for 9th Congress on Electronic Structure: Principles and Applications (ESPA 2014)
A Conference Selection from Theoretical Chemistry Accounts
This volume collects research findings presented at the 9th Edition of the Electronic Structure: Principles and Applications (ESPA-2014) International Conference, held in Badajoz, Spain, on July 24, 2014. The contributions cover research work on theory, methods and foundations, materials science, …
This book covers recent advances in all aspects of bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMSCs) for stroke treatment, while also providing comprehensive information on human clinical trials and animal models of stroke. In addition, it reviews the optimal conditions of transplantation …
This volume shows how collective magnetic excitations determine most of the magnetic properties of itinerant electron magnets. Previous theories were mainly restricted to the Curie-Weiss law temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibilities. Based on the spin amplitude conservation idea including the …
View book details for Molecular Simulation Studies on Thermophysical Properties
With Application to Working Fluids
This book discusses the fundamentals of molecular simulation, starting with the basics of statistical mechanics and providing introductions to Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulation techniques. It also offers an overview of force-field models for molecular simulations and their parameterization, …
This book is a treatise on microbial ecotoxicology, discussing the effect of pollutants on microbial ecosystems and the role of microorganisms in ecosystems services. Emphasizing the microbial responses to pollution at different biological levels, it focuses on metabolic pathways, genetic …
This book discusses the use of microorganisms for improving nutrient quality and producing healthier foods. Conventional roles of microbes in food preservation and in producing more readily digestible nutrients via natural fermentation processes are also examined.Individual chapters explore topics such …
View book details for Artificially Controllable Nanodevices Constructed by DNA Origami Technology
Photofunctionalization and Single-Molecule Analysis
In this book, the author deals mainly with two topics: (1) single-molecule visualization of switching behaviors in the DNA nanoframe system utilizing different kinds of molecular switches through the use of high-speed atomic force microscope (AFM); (2) construction of photocontrollable …
View book details for The Corporate Financiers
Williams, Modigliani, Miller, Coase, Williamson, Alchian, Demsetz, Jensen, Meckling
The Corporate Financiers is the fifth book in a series of discussions about the great minds in the history and theory of finance. While the series addresses the contributions of scholars in our understanding of modern finance, this volume presents …
View book details for Agent-Based Approaches in Economic and Social Complex Systems VIII
Post-Proceedings of The AESCS International Workshop 2013
Agent-based modeling/simulation is an emergent approach to the analysis of social and economic systems. It provides a bottom-up experimental method to be applied to social sciences such as economics, management, sociology and politics as well as some engineering fields dealing …
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