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In the 50 years since the first volume of Progress in Optics was published, optics has become one of the most dynamic fields of science. The volumes in this series that have appeared up to now conta……続きを見る

In this volume, six review articles which cover a broad range of topics of current interest in modern optics are included. The first article by S. Saltiel, A.A. Sukhorukov and Y.S. Kivshar presents ……続きを見る

Urodynamics: Hydrodynamics of the Ureter and Renal Pelvis summarizes the present status of urodynamics in progression. The book presents papers on ureteral morphology as a basis for peristaltic acti……続きを見る

Natural phenomena consist of simultaneously occurring transport processes and chemical reactions. These processes may interact with each other and lead to instabilities, fluctuations, and evolutiona……続きを見る

The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniq……続きを見る

This book offers refineries a practical guide for implementing environmental management systems (EMS).The author, who has implemented hundreds of successful EMS programs throughout North America, Eu……続きを見る

Es ist wahrscheinlicher geworden, dass wir zu "MenschenMachern" werden. In ihrem Buch widmen sich Hans-Günter Gassen und Sabine Minol diesem faszinierenden Thema, das uns alle angeht. Sie erörtern d……続きを見る

Praise for the First Edition “This book will serve to greatly complement the growing number of texts dealing with mixed models, and I highly recommend including it in one’s personal library.” ーJour……続きを見る

An understanding of organizational change management (OCM) - an often overlooked subject - is essential for successful corporate decision making with little adverse effect on the health and safety o……続きを見る

This book is a contribution to the definition of a model based system engineering (MBSE) approach, designed to meet the objectives laid out by the INCOSE. After pointing out the complexity that jeop……続きを見る

The first volume of this text was published in 1961, only a few months after the invention of the laser. This event triggered a wealth of developments, many of which were reported in the 240 review ……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: Les conditions d’existence auxquelles les êtres sont soumis offrent une diversité prodigieuse, en harmonie avec la diversité même des formes animales. Il y a en effet entre l’organisation, ……続きを見る

In den letzten Jahren sind zu allen wichtigen Frisch- und Festbetonprüfungen sowie zu Prüfungen der Ausgangsstoffe neue Normen erschienen. Darüber hinaus machten neue Betonarten und Anforderungen di……続きを見る

In 2004 Canadian farmers led an international coalition to a major victory for the anit-GM movement by defeating the introduction of Monsanto's genetically modified wheat. Canadian farmers' strong o……続きを見る

Makers around the globe are building low-cost devices to monitor the environment, and with this hands-on guide, so can you. Through succinct tutorials, illustrations, and clear step-by-step instruct……続きを見る

The growing use of polymer composites is leading to increasing demand for fractographic expertise. Fractography is the study of fracture surface morphologies and it gives an insight into damage and ……続きを見る

The seven reviews articles presented in this volume cover a broad range of subjects. The first article is concerned with the use of active optics in modern, large telescopes. The second article disc……続きを見る

The euphoria of discovery is the only motivation many scientists need for studying nature and its secrets. Yet euphoria is rarely expressed in scientific publications. This book, a personal account ……続きを見る

This volume is based on the successful 6th China-Japan Seminar on number theory that was held in Shanghai Jiao Tong University in August 2011. It is a compilation of survey papers as well as origina……続きを見る

'What does it mean for the environment?' is a strategic corollary of almost any significant business decision today, and companies must take seriously their responsibilities to regulators, customers……続きを見る

This brief monograph on the gamma function was designed by the author to fill what he perceived as a gap in the literature of mathematics, which often treated the gamma function in a manner he descr……続きを見る

". . . infuses into the reader the conviction that science is exciting and can be understood by everyone." --American Scientist This new edition of the critically acclaimed Scientific Companion offe……続きを見る

This brief focuses on network planning and resource allocation by jointly considering cost and energy sustainability in wireless networks with sustainable energy. The characteristics of green energy……続きを見る

I. J’entends par cause de soi ce dont l’essence enveloppe l’existence, ou ce dont la nature ne peut être conçue que comme existante. II. Une chose est dite finie en son genre quand elle……続きを見る

This volume provides a systematic survey of almost all the equivalent assertions to the functional equations ー zeta symmetry ー which zeta-functions satisfy, thus streamlining previously published ……続きを見る

A map is a snapshot of a place, a city, a nation or even the world at a given point in time - fascinating for what they tell us about the way our ancestors saw themselves, their neighbours and their……続きを見る

First published in 1888. " The sketches of bird manners and customs in this little collection are the record of careful observation, and scrupulously true in every particular. The facts may not all ……続きを見る

First published in 1892. Detailed descriptions of various bird species. " Some of the chapters of this little book were written in 1888, on the shore of the Great South Bay, Long Island; others in t……続きを見る

With Application of Nonlinear Systems in Nanomechanics and Nanofluids the reader gains a deep and practice-oriented understanding of nonlinear systems within areas of nanotechnology application as w……続きを見る

Based on the successful 7th China-Japan seminar on number theory conducted in Kyushu University, this volume is a compilation of survey and semi-survey type of papers by the participants of the semi……続きを見る