Massimiliano Fabbricino, Roberto Andreozzi, Laura Clarizia, Alessandra Cesaro, Grazia Policastro, Concetta Di Giovanni
When we look at the quality management issues that have faced, both, in Japan and the rest of the world recently, it is clear that a next-generation quality management practice is require...[view complete introduction]
Scientific Natural Philosophy explains the nature and content of scientific natural philosophy, particularly qualitative modeling, a...[view complete introduction]
This book surveys the major and newly developed techniques for semiconductor strain metrology. Semiconductor strain metrology has emerged in recent years as a topic of great interest to r...[view complete introduction]
Serial Killers Around the World: The Global Dimensions of Serial Murder compiles serial murder case studies from several countries -...[view complete introduction]
The removal of contaminants and pollutants from natural or valuable materials is a critical issue in environmental management and conservation. Fundamentally, the procedure consists of me...[view complete introduction]
This e-book presents several basic methods and results of order theory that are currently used in various branches of mathematics. It presents topics that require a broad explanation in a...[view complete introduction]
This eBook presents a summary of central aspects of sialobiology (i.e., the study of sialic acid and its relevance to biology). The importance of substitution by the sugar sialic acid and...[view complete introduction]
Single and two-phase flows are ubiquitous in most natural process and engineering systems. Examples of systems or process include, packed bed reactors, either single phase or multiphase, ...[view complete introduction]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that upto 4 percent of all fatal crashes are caused by drowsy driving and as many as 100,000 patients deaths per year ...[view complete introduction]
Praveen Kumar Malik, Pradeep Kumar, Sachin Kumar, Dushyant Kumar Singh
There is considerable interest in reliable and affordable sensor and detection systems. Recent concerns about environmental exposure to both biological and chemical agents have been criti...[view complete introduction]
A refreshing and useful resource for understanding the multidimensional aspects linking social determinants to health equity and development. The book is written for researchers, students...[view complete introduction]
Sundeep K. Dhawan, Avanish Pratap Singh, Anil Ohlan, Kuldeep Singh Kakran, Pradeep Sambyal
This brief textbook explains the principles of social network analysis. The book goes beyond theoretical concepts and gives the reader complete knowledge about how to apply analytical tec...[view complete introduction]
Current global economic crises call for social responsibility to replace neo-liberalistic, one-sided and short-term criteria causing monopolies of global enterprises. The triad ‘freedom...[view complete introduction]
Current global economic crises call for social responsibility to replace neo-liberalistic, one-sided and short-term criteria causing monopolies of global. ...[view complete introduction]
Sunipa Roy, Chandan Kumar Ghosh, Sayan Dey, Abhijit Kumar Pal
Since the first description by John Scott Russel in 1834, the solitary wave phenomenon has attracted considerable interests from scientists. The most interesting discovery since then has ...[view complete introduction]
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection represents one of the biggest challenges of current years. However, scientists and physicians still do not have an efficient therapy for preve...[view complete introduction]
This comprehensive ebook covers all the aspects of ADME/PK modeling including solubility, absorption, formulation, metabolic stability, drug-drug interaction potential and a special deliv...[view complete introduction]
In recent times the idea of cloaking has become very popular. After radar and sonar were discovered, problems of “visibility” reduction for physical bodies in air (by electromagnetic ...[view complete introduction]
Lately there is an increasing interest in partial difference equations demonstrated by the enormous amount of research papers devoted to them. The initial reason for this increasing inter...[view complete introduction]
Spatial Ecology elucidates processes and mechanisms which structure dynamics of real world systems; these include lakes, ponds, forests and rivers. Readers are introduced...[view complete introduction]
Sperm-mediated gene transfer (SMGT) represents a novel set of technologies for animal (or in the future, human) genetic modification using the sperm as a vector, as opposed to more tradit...[view complete introduction]
The book presents methods of approximate solution of the basic problem of elasticity for special types of solids. Engineers can apply the approximate methods (Finite Element Method, Bound...[view complete introduction]
Stainless Steels: An Introduction and Their Recent Developments explains issues related to surface treatment, grain refinement, colo...[view complete introduction]
Energy is vital to global prosperity, yet dependence on fossil fuels as our primary energy source contributes to global climate change, environmental degradation, and health problems. Hyd...[view complete introduction]
The potential use of stem cells in transplantation for the purpose of tissue regeneration is an exciting area of research currently undergoing rapid development. Implantation of human emb...[view complete introduction]
Understanding the dispersion and the deposition of inertial particles convected by turbulent flows is a domain of research of considerable industrial interest. Inertial particle transport...[view complete introduction]
NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) Spectroscopy has found significant applications in drug discovery based on its capacity to map molecular interactions at the atomic level. Chemical shifts...[view complete introduction]
This book deals with structural failure (induced by mechanical, aerodynamic, acoustic and aero-thermal, loads, etc.) of modern aerospace vehicles, in particular high-speed aircraft, solid...[view complete introduction]
From the beginning of this century, there has been a dramatic increase in interest in the study of surface plasmon polaritons-based metallic subwavelength structures and learning. This is...[view complete introduction]
In the year 2000, approximately one million people died from suicide: a "global" mortality rate of 16 per 100,000, or one death every 40 seconds. In the last 45 years suicide ...[view complete introduction]
"Suicide and Predicament: the medical model of suicide is incomplete" takes a broad view of suicide. It argues that a large proportion of people who suicide do not have a mental disorder,...[view complete introduction]
The theory of summability has many uses throughout analysis and applied mathematics. Engineers and physicists working with Fourier series or analytic continuation will also find the conce...[view complete introduction]
The considerable increase in numbers of students required to complete undergraduate dissertations as part of their curricula demonstrates a clear need for supporting academic staff from a...[view complete introduction]
Inorganic materials have been used for biomedical applications since many decades. They have been utilized successfully because of easy and economic methods for bulk preparation and indus...[view complete introduction]
"This monograph offers the reader an integrated point-of-view about the inflammatory response related to injury, infections and tumors. This integration is based on the hypothesis that th...[view complete introduction]
The concept of sustainability is inherently multi-disciplinary because it concerns a complex system having economic, technological, ecological, political, and other perspectives. Conseque...[view complete introduction]
Shanthipriya Ajmera, B. Bhima, Krishnappa M., Ramchander Merugu
The interactions between carbohydrates and proteins have been extensively explored in a wide range of physiological and pathological processes over several decades. The recent emergence o...[view complete introduction]
