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The generation of tridimensional tissues, assembled from scaffolding materials populated with biologically functional cells, is the great challenge and hope of tissue bioengineering and regenerative medicine. The generation of biomaterials capable of harnessing the immune system has been particularly successful. …
This book is the second volume of the proceedings of the 4th GeoShanghai International Conference that was held on May 27 - 30, 2018. This conference showcased the recent advances and technology in geotechnical engineering, geoenvironmental engineering and transportation engineering. …
View book details for Conscious Coastal Cities
Sustainability, Blue Green Growth, and The Politics of Imagination
In the age of urban geopolitics, in cooperation with the major city networks and initiatives, interconnected coastal cities lead towards a more resilient sustainable future. This book raises global awareness on the challenges and opportunities for coastal cities and the …
This book introduces the theoretical fundamentals for modeling queues in discrete-time, and the basic procedures for developing queuing models in discrete-time. There is a focus on applications in modern telecommunication systems. It presents how most queueing models in discrete-time can …
This book collects revised versions of papers first delivered at the Understanding Different Geographies Symposium held in Puchberg am Schneeberg, Austria in 2011. The Symposium focussed on Communicating Meaning with [Geo]Graphic Artefacts. The general topics of the chapters cover: - …
View book details for The Mathematics Teacher in the Digital Era
An International Perspective on Technology Focused Professional Development
This volume addresses the key issue of the initial education and lifelong professional learning of teachers of mathematics to enable them to realize the affordances of educational technology for mathematics. With invited contributions from leading scholars in the field, this …
View book details for New Employee Safety
Risk Factors and Management Strategies
This reference introduces an innovative new-employee safety risk model, keyed to a typical new worker becoming acclimated to a new job and workplace. It reviews risk factors, their root causes, and how they can be addressed and minimized through targeted …
View book details for Access to Justice in Transnational B2C E-Commerce
A Multidimensional Analysis of Consumer Protection Mechanisms
This book identifies institutional mechanisms that can be used to promote consumer confidence in direct online sales with businesses (B2C e-commerce). It argues that enhancing the access to justice in a multidimensional sense can potentially offer an effective means of …
This book analyzes the effects of power generated by renewable energy sources, renewable energy production technologies, energy efficiency, and market regulation of carbon emissions. It elaborates on how these parameters have direct and indirect effects on carbon emission reduction, such …
This original book provides readers with an overview of the latest developments in personalized medicine clinical trials in oncology. The topics covered range from the rationale behind this new generation of clinical trials and the latest statistical models for high-throughput …
This book explores how the contemporary threat of terrorism is eroding the concept of hospitality in the West. Going beyond the immediate effects of terrorism that are daily portrayed in the media and have shaped the foreign policy agenda of …
View book details for Natural Gas Markets in India
Opportunities and Challenges
This book shares the latest market developments and advances in natural gas demand, supply, transmission, distribution, and consumption, with a special emphasis on the Indian context. Chapters are written by researchers and industry professionals working in the field of natural …
This book examines one of the most important demographic changes facing the United States: an overall aging population and the increasing influence of Latinos. It also looks at the changing demographics in Mexico and its impact on the health and …
In the past two decades we have seen a surge forward in understanding the genetics and biochemistry underlying many pediatric orthopaedic disorders. A few projects have even progressed into the realm of clinical trials that are primarily aimed at controlling …
View book details for The Last Mufti of Iranian Kurdistan
Ethnic and Religious Implications in the Greater Middle East
Amidst changing notions of religion and identity in the modern Middle East, this book uncovers the hidden story of Ahmad Moftizadeh, the nonviolent religious leader of Irans Kurds during the Iranian Revolution. The characters of Ayatollah Khomeini and a number …
This thesis describes novel strategies for the rational design of several cutting-edge high-efficiency photocatalysts, for applications such as water photooxidation, reduction, and overall splitting using a Z-Scheme system. As such, it focuses on efficient strategies for reducing energy loss by …
View book details for Micro-scaled Products Development via Microforming
Deformation Behaviours, Processes, Tooling and its Realization
Micro-scaled Products Development via Microforming presents state-of-the-art research on microforming processes, and focuses on the development of micro-scaled metallic parts via microforming processes. Microforming refers to the fabrication of microparts via micro-scaled plastic deformation and presents a promising micromanufacturing process. …
This monograph addresses the spectrum-scarcity problem by providing a comprehensive overview of spectrum resource management in Cognitive Radio Sensor Networks (CRSNs). It shows a variety of CRSN applications covering Machine-to-Machine communications, cyber physical systems and Internet-of-Things. The authors explore the …
View book details for Sexual Orientation and Transgender Issues in Organizations
Global Perspectives on LGBT Workforce Diversity
Over the last decade workforce diversity has attracted much scientific attention. Given the shortage of literature on issues related to homosexual, bisexual and transgender employees, compared to other facets of workforce diversity, this book opens up new perspectives on this …
View book details for Esophageal Diseases
Evaluation and Treatment
This project will cover the diagnosis and treatment of esophageal diseases in a concise and easy-to-read format. Pathophysiology, diagnostic evaluation, treatment and strategies for avoiding and managing complications are included and based both on evidence-based data and the experience of …
View book details for Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect
Turkish Foreign Policy Discourse
This book offers a discursive analysis of the Turkish Foreign Policy on Humanitarian Interventions (HI) and the doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). Across the chapters the author addresses important questions, such as: what is the position of the …
Hepatitis C Virus and Liver Transplantation is designed to provide a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the major issues specific to the field of liver transplantation and hepatitis C virus infection. The sections of the book have been structured to …
This stimulating and comprehensive collection brings together multiple perspectives on the topic of personality in nonhuman animalslinking historical perspectives, theoretical approaches, methods, and cutting-edge discoveries. Experts from various fields describe their findings on species ranging from dogs, cats, chimpanzees, and …
View book details for XUV Pump-Probe Experiments on Diatomic Molecules
Tracing the Dynamics of Electron Rearrangement and Interatomic Coulombic Decay
This book explores the relaxation dynamics of inner-valence-ionized diatomic molecules on the basis of extreme-ultraviolet pump-probe experiments performed at the free-electron laser (FEL) in Hamburg. Firstly, the electron rearrangement dynamics in dissociating multiply charged iodine molecules is studied in an …
View book details for Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe
United in Sustainable Diversity
This book explores the current state of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in 24 European nations, examining the state of the development and practice of CSR and sustainability for organizations in these countries. The common denominator for all of the books …
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