Hardcover Books

Includes recent original research on abstract fractional calculus, inequalities, and approximations Presents the strong left and right calculus for Banach space valued functions Offers a valuable resource for researchers and graduate students alikeAuthor: George A. AnastassiouISBN-10: 3319669354ISBN-13: 9783319669359Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/12/2017Pages: 319Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.41lbsSize:...

Highlights various challenges and opportunities for regional cooperation and development in South AsiaOffers an interdisciplinary approach to study the regional effects of the globalization processFocuses on economic, environmental, infrastuctural and institutional aspectsAuthor: Sumana BandyopadhyayISBN-10: 3319567462ISBN-13: 9783319567464Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/06/2017Pages: 368Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.56lbsSize: 9.21h x...

Empirically analyses how academic peer review panels operate and assess research excellence and impact Draws on in-depth interviews with applicants, organisations and panelists to explore peer review based research assessment Examines the recommendations fuelling the wider adoption of impact criteria in peer review based...

This book explores new approaches towards developing memorial and heritage sites, moving beyond the critique of existing practices that have been the traditional focus of studies of commemoration. Offering understandings of the effects of conflict on memories of place, as manifested in everyday lives...

Author: Georg D. BlindISBN-10: 3319627783ISBN-13: 9783319627786Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/29/2017Pages: 220Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.14lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d

Learn the basics and more of gastrointestinal diseases.Gastrointestinal diseases have become a major medical, social and economic burden worldwide. The larger the number of patients suffering from gastric ulcer and colorectal cancer, the greater the need to properly diagnose and cure.This book is a...

This book explores the politics of local economic development in Northern England. Socio-economic conditions in the North - and its future prospects - have become central to national debates in the UK. The status of Northern regions and their local economies is intimately associated...

The contributions gathered here provide an overview of current research projects and selected software products of the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI. They show the wide range of challenges that scientific computing currently faces, the solutions it offers, and its important...

This book is the first scholarly analysis that considers the specificity of situated experiences of the maternal from a variety of theoretical perspectives. From "Fertility Day" to "Family Day," the concept of motherhood has been at the center of the public debate in contemporary...

This book discusses challenges and solutions for the required information processing and management within the context of multi-disciplinary engineering of production systems. The authors consider methods, architectures, and technologies applicable in use cases according to the viewpoints of product engineering and production system engineering,...

The book gives a systematic and detailed description of a new integrated product and process development approach for sheet metal manufacturing. Special attention is given to manufacturing that unites multidisciplinary competences of product design, material science, and production engineering, as well as mathematical optimization...

This volume focuses on practical aspects of sustainable water management in urban areas and presents a discussion of key concepts, methodologies, and case studies of innovative and evolving technologies. Topics include: (1) challenges in urban water resiliency; (2) water and energy nexus; (3) integrated...

This textbook is intended for an introductory graduate level on process control, taught in most engineering curricula. It focuses on the statistical techniques and methods of control and system optimization needed for the mathematical modeling, analysis, simulation, control and optimization of multivariable manufacturing processes....

This book presents state-of-the-art research on forming processes and formed metal product development aided by the Finite Element Method (FEM). Using extensive and informative illustrations, tables and photographs, it systematically presents real-life case studies and established findings regarding various forming processes and methods aided...

Author: Souichirou KozukaISBN-10: 331946468XISBN-13: 9783319464688Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/02/2017Pages: 380Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.59lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d

Author: Eli NathansISBN-10: 3319506145ISBN-13: 9783319506142Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/17/2017Pages: 334Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.27lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.81d

This book presents innovative and high-quality research on the implementation of conceptual frameworks, strategies, techniques, methodologies, informatics platforms and models for developing advanced knowledge-based systems and their application in different fields, including Agriculture, Education, Automotive, Electrical Industry, Business Services, Food Manufacturing, Energy Services, Medicine...

This volume offers a review of measures taken at different levels to prevent oil inputs to the North Sea from sources such as shipping and oil installations. A range of data from satellites, remote sensing, aerial surveillance, in-situ monitoring, oil spill sampling and beached...

China is entering a new stage of economic and societal development, called China 2.0, a new era that is characterized by China's diminishing low-cost advantage and increased local competition. Succeeding in the China 2.0 era will require western managers to reposition their businesses. Inspired...

This book shows how mathematical models can aid understanding of complicated physical processes; how communication networks can be designed to meet challenging user needs and how modern engineering principles can lead to better, more robust software systems.Author: Are Magnus BruasetISBN-10: 3319002082ISBN-13: 9783319002088Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

No detailed description available for "HISTORY OF LANGUAGE SCIENCES (KOERNER) 3.TLBD HSK 18.3".Author: Sylvain AurouxISBN-10: 3110167360ISBN-13: 9783110167368Publisher: de Gruyter MoutonLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/19/2006Pages: 912Format: HardcoverWeight: 3.60lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.88d

The book begins by establishing the concept of cloud computing and describing the technological trends, and then discusses cloud computing architecture connotation and key technologies such as computing, storage, network, data, management, access, and security. With abundant project experiences and applications, the book is...

The book provides a comprehensive view in wind energy utilization and discusses various aspects which affect wind energy utilization, e.g. resources, market, industry, technology. The authors also explore how society could boost wind energy development via education and legislation using a system engineering perspective....

Evolution equations of hyperbolic or more general p-evolution type form an active field of current research. This volume aims to collect some recent advances in the area in order to allow a quick overview of ongoing research. The contributors are first rate mathematicians. This...

Written and produced under martial law in 1980's Communist Poland, Krzysztof Kieślowski's Decalogue presents a collective portrait of a demoralized nation populated by gloomy individualists" who respond to other people with antagonism or indifference. Feeling betrayed by a history of brutal invasions, the series'...

This book analyses the liberation struggles that took place in the Portuguese colonies of Angola, Mozambique, Guinea, Cabo Verde, and São Tomé e Príncipe during the second half of the twentieth century, highlighting how they unravelled and challenged colonialism in the international sphere. Activists...

Author: Jonathan W. Caudill,Chad R. Trulson,James W. MarquartISBN-10: 3031893220ISBN-13: 9783031893223Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2025Pages: 204Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d

This open access book develops the world of quantum physics without the onerous math prerequisites of all other texts. Rather than taking just a descriptive approach, or the conventional higher-math approach, this book develops rigorous quantum mechanics beginning at the level of a nonscientist....

This book presents progress in device processing and materials characterization of the wide-bandgap semiconductor gallium nitride (GaN) and related materials for power electronics applications. The content of the book is based on the output of multiple well defined and actively managed programs from the...

This edited volume places the work of Spanish and Latin American female artists in, between, and across genres, media, spaces, identities, disciplines, and worlds. Its aim is to curate a series of interconnected studies on women artists across diverse media, and to position and...

Current methodologies used to design lightweight structures made of CFRP materials under static thermomechanical conditions often rely on simplified approaches. In particular, the temperature-related design case is typically described by assuming a uniform distribution of the worst-case temperature, which is the maximum allowable temperature...

This book focuses on modes of cultural belonging in Québec. It looks at recent literary memoir, autobiographical fiction, and documentary testimony. Through four in-depth case studies of cultural creators, one Indigenous and three non-Indigenous, Dervila Cooke discusses multicultural and ethnically diverse society in Québec,...

This book examines cross-cultural encounters of the Jesuit missionary enterprise in early modern Southwest Asia. It analyzes the early mission to Syria, paying attention to the key interlocutors of the Jesuits and the many challenges they experienced in their exchanges with other Europeans, Ottoman...

This monograph presents the most recent developments in the study of Hamilton-Jacobi Equations and control problems with discontinuities, mainly from the viewpoint of partial differential equations. Two main cases are investigated in detail: the case of codimension 1 discontinuities and the stratified case in...

In light of many crises in the last two decades, including democratic recession, climate change, economic crises, and massive waves of migration affecting perceptions of security around the world, this book examines the impact of cultural change in political communities on the global political...

The project discusses Hezbollah's political ideology and how it evolves over time and the conditions that lead to the change of ideology. The author also examines Hezbollah's relationship with the patron states, Syria and Iran. In contrast with major arguments in the literature, the...

This textbook introduces readers to the fundamental hardware used in modern computers. The only pre-requisite is algebra, so it can be taken by college freshman or sophomore students or even used in Advanced Placement courses in high school. This book presents both the classical...

This is the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Theoretical, Applied and Experimental Mechanics that was held in Corfu, Greece, June 23-26, 2019.It presents papers focusing on all aspects of theoretical, applied and experimental mechanics, including biomechanics, composite materials, computational mechanics, constitutive modeling...

Death Across Cultures: Death and Dying in Non-Western Cultures, explores death practices and beliefs, before and after death, around the non-Western world. It includes chapters on countries in Africa, Asia, South America, as well as indigenous people in Australia and North America. These chapters...

Despite its trademark transparency, the Corum Golden Bridge is a wristwatch full of mystery. This new book describes the iconic linear timepiece's fascinating history including the innovative mechanical invention conceived by a nonconformist autodidact and the difficult technical breakthroughs by two like-minded personalities needed...

The Sisterbook of Master Geert's House contains the lives of sixty-four Sisters of the Common Life who died between 1398 and 1456. Founded as an alms-house for destitute women in 1374, by the end of the fourteenth century Master Geert's House had become a...

In the middle of the 12th century new divination techniques appear in the West, one of which is successful: namely chiromancy. The Anglo-Norman court was one of the principal crossroads of its diffusion, and of many others medieval divinatory practices as well.Author: Tony HuntISBN-10:...

This collection of writing is unique and in a category of its own. It combines poems that run the whole range of human emotion, and you will have your heart broken. But not to worry as you will fall in love again. You will...

Do you know a child who sits alone or a teen struggling with a health problem like obesity, depression, or addiction? This book outlines five components of a successful program that boosts childrens mental and physical health and that can be implemented in any...

One of the most innovative minds in business provides an equally original guide to getting ahead. Frank Bennack's accomplishments in media and business are unrivaled. He was named chief executive of Hearst in 1979, and for nearly 30 years he helped solidify the company's...

This brief, clinically-focused volume is informed by Lawrence I. Golbe's three decades of research and tertiary clinical care in progressive supranuclear palsy, a complex disorder with rapidly changing diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. It is an ideal source for the general neurologist seeking a refresher...

Who are the children in child health policy? How do they live and see the world, and why should we know them? A journey into the lives of children coping in a world compromised by poverty and inequality, The Children in Child Health challenges...

Medical Entanglements uses intersectional feminist, queer, and crip theory to move beyond "for or against" approaches to medical intervention. Using a series of case studies - sex-confirmation surgery, pharmaceutical treatments for sexual dissatisfaction, and weight loss interventions - the book argues that, because of...

Information is a key to making better decisions. Author Larry Ruddell provides a holistic approach to database management for small business owners, nonprofit executives, and educators who want to answer the following questions. - How to apply database management best practices to my organization?...

Two letter words are the basic building blocks for words in the English language. They are essential for beginner readers learning phonics. Ty and Bo is an engaging story and activity book completely written in two-letter words. This book is part of the Toddle...