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Lianwei Li's Ph.D. thesis solves a long-standing problem in polymer physics: how does a hyperbranched chain pass through a cylindrical pore smaller than its size under an elongational flow field? The question was asked by the Nobel Laureate, the late …
View book details for Internet of Things Based on Smart Objects
Technology, Middleware and Applications
The Internet of Things (IoT) usually refers to a world-wide network of interconnected heterogeneous objects (sensors, actuators, smart devices, smart objects, RFID, embedded computers, etc) uniquely addressable, based on standard communication protocols. Beyond such a definition, it is emerging a …
View book details for A New Chapter in US-Cuba Relations
Social, Political, and Economic Implications
This book explores the diverse consequences of Presidents Obama and Castro brokering a rapprochement between the United States and Cuba after more than half a century of estrangement. Economic, political, social, and cultural dynamics are analyzed in accessible fashion by …
During vertebrate hematopoiesis many specialized cell types are formed with vastly different functions such as B cells, T cells, granulocytes, macrophages, erythrocytes and megakaryocytes. To tightly control the enormous proliferative potential of developing blood cells, an intricately balanced signaling and …
This book introduces a number of recent developments on connectivity of communication networks, ranging from connectivity of large static networks and connectivity of highly dynamic networks to connectivity of small to medium sized networks. This book also introduces some applications …
This book covers the different aspects of modern 3D multimedia technologies by addressing several elements of 3D visual communications systems, using diverse content formats, such as stereo video, video-plus-depth and multiview, and coding schemes for delivery over networks. It also …
This book covers novel research results for process and techniques of materials characterization for a wide range of materials. The authors provide a comprehensive overview of the aspects of structural and chemical characterization of these materials. The articles contained in …
View book details for Ferroelectricity at the Nanoscale
Basics and Applications
The investigation of nanosized ferroelectric films and ferroelectric nanocrystals has attracted much attention during the past 15 20 years. There is interest in the fundamental and applied aspects. The theoretical basis is connected with the development of the Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire (LGD) …
View book details for Relativistic Electron Mirrors
from High Intensity LaserNanofoil Interactions
A dense sheet of electrons accelerated to close to the speed of light can act as a tuneable mirror that can generate bright bursts of laser-like radiation in the short wavelength range simply via the reflection of a counter-propagating laser …
In this thesis, the author describes versatile and easy-to-use methods to control the properties of thermoresponsive polyacrylamides by developing novel synthetic methods for end-functionalized poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) and block copolymers of poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide) (PDEAA). The synthesis of various urea end-functionalized PNIPAMs was …
View book details for AIDS in Pakistan
Bureaucracy, Public Goods and NGOs
This book is the first full-length study of HIV/AIDS work in relation to government and NGOs. In the early 2000s, Pakistans response to HIV/AIDS was scaled-up and declared an area of urgent intervention. This response was funded by international donors …
View book details for The Encapsulation Phenomenon
Synthesis, Reactivity and Applications of Caged Ions and Molecules
This fundamental book presents the most comprehensive summary of the current state of the art in the chemistry of cage compounds. It introduces different ways of how ions and molecules can be encapsulated by three-dimensional caging ligands to form molecular …
This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the structure and function of the right heart, comprising the right atrium, right ventricle, tricuspid valve and pulmonary circulation. Anatomy and physiology of …
This book considers how Samuel Becketts critical essays, dialogues and reflections drew together longstanding philosophical discourses about the nature of representation, and fostered crucial, yet overlooked, connections between these discourses and his fiction and poetry. It also pays attention to …
This monograph addresses the state of the art of reduced order methods for modeling and computational reduction of complex parametrized systems, governed by ordinary and/or partial differential equations, with a special emphasis on real time computing techniques and applications in …
This book offers means to handle interference as a central problem of operating wireless networks. It investigates centralized and decentralized methods to avoid and handle interference as well as approaches that resolve interference constructively. The latter type of approach tries …
Leading researchers are specially invited to provide a complete understanding of the key topics in these archetypal multidisciplinary fields. In a form immediately useful to scientists, this periodical aims to filter, highlight and review the latest developments in these rapidly …
View book details for Stressbewaltigung
Trainingsmanual zur psychologischen Gesundheitsforderung
Mit diesem Kursleiter-Manual werden Sie fit fur die Durchfuhrung des psychologischen Gesundheitsforderungsprogramms "Gelassen und sicher im Stress". Es wird seit uber 20 Jahren erfolgreich eingesetzt und von den gesetzlichen Krankenkassen als geprufte Praventionsmanahme gefordert. In Teil I finden Sie Hintergrundwissen …
View book details for Losungen zur Aufgabensammlung Technische Mechanik
Abgestimmt auf die 24. Auflage der Aufgabensammlung
Dieses Buch ist Teil des Lehr- und Lernsystems Technische Mechanik mit dem Lehrbuch als Basiswerk, der Aufgabensammlung und der Formelsammlung.Das Buch enthalt die ausfuhrlichen Losungswege der uber 900 Aufgaben und hilft zuverlassig beim Losen einer Aufgabe und beim Nachschlagen, wenn …
Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) consists of numerous physically distributed autonomous devices used for sensing and monitoring the physical and/or environmental conditions. A WSN uses a gateway that provides wireless connectivity to the wired world as well as distributed networks. There …
View book details for Microbial Inoculants in Sustainable Agricultural Productivity
Vol. 1: Research Perspectives
How to achieve sustainable agricultural production without compromising environmental quality, agro-ecosystem function and biodiversity is a serious consideration in current agricultural practices. Farming systems growing dependency on chemical inputs (fertilizers, pesticides, nutrients etc.) poses serious threats with regard to crop …
This book offers an excellent and comprehensive overview on the clinical use of fillers in aesthetic medicine that will assist both novice and advanced practitioners. Based on an evidence-based perspective, the book opens by describing the most common fillers, with …
View book details for Emotional Labour and Lesson Observation
A Study of England's Further Education
This book presents research on emotion work and the emotional labour of teaching and learning based in Englands further education sector, where an increasing emphasis on marketised systems means accountability and audit cultures have become embedded within everyday teaching practice. …
View book details for The Politics of Contaminated Sites Management
Institutional Regime Change and Actors' Mode of Participation in the Environmental Management of the Bonfol Chemical Waste Landfill in Switzerland
By the end of the 1970s, contaminated sites had emerged as one of the most complex and urgent environmental issues affecting industrialized countries. The authors show that small and prosperous Switzerland is no exception to the pervasive problem of sites …
View book details for Gelled Bicontinuous Microemulsions
A New Type of Orthogonal Self-Assembled Systems
Microemulsions and gels are well-known systems, which play a major role in colloidal and interfacial science. In contrast, the concept of gel microemulsions is still quite new. Gelled microemulsions are highly promising for microemulsion applications in which low viscosity is …
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