This book collects 4 keynote and 15 theme lectures presented at the 2nd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (2ECEES), held in Istanbul, Turkey, from August 24 to 29, 2014. The
"This book explores information technology concepts, tools, methodologies, and ethnography in the contexts of global communication systems and web engineered applications. It also emphasizes research
This book offers a broad perspective on important topics in earthquake geotechnical engineering and gives specialists and those that are involved with research and application a more comprehensive und
This book contains 9 invited keynote and 12 theme lectures presented at the 14th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering (14ECEE) held in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, from August 30 to Septembe
Due to the resultant health consequences and considerable increase in prevalence, obesity has become a major worldwide health problem. “Obesity and Lipotoxicity” is a comprehensive review of the
The function and life span of endothelial cells have a large impact upon the quality and expectancy of an individual's life. During low perfusion, the adaptation of different cells to hypoxia precipit
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, as well as their interface with Engineering Seismology, Geophysics and Seismology, have all made remarkable progress over the past 15 years, main
Scholars mainly of education but also of engineering and other fields explore the role of metacognition in higher education, discussing a ubiquitous learning environment for the 21st century genera
This second volume of the handbook on breast disease provides a comprehensive overview of its clinical management and current therapies. With chapters on metastasis evaluation, breast-conser
This first of two volumes provides and in-depth account of breast disease characteristics, imaging and diagnosis. Covering from breast anatomy and tumor biology to benign and malignant lesions this is
This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the Joint International Conference on Pervasive Computing and the Networked World, ICPCA-SWS 2012, held in Istanbul, Turkey, in November 2012. Th
Regarded by many as Hungary’s greatest twentieth-century poet, Atilla Joszef was born in 1905 in Budapest and published numerous collections throughout his life. He died, of suicide, under the wheels
