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During the last two decades, the prevalence of obesity has dramatically increased in western and westernized societies. Its devastating health consequences include hypertension, cardiovascular disease
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Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) stand poised for the next major breakthrough in the silicon revolution that began with the transistor in the 1960s and has revolutionized microelectronics. MEMS a
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The purpose and motivation of these lectures can be summarized in the following two questions: • What is the ground state (and its properties) of dense matter? • What is the matter composition of a co
Optimization and optimal control are the main tools in decision making. Because of their numerous applications in various disciplines, research in these areas is accelerating at a rapid pace. “Optimiz
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There is still much to discover about dolphins. This book covers science in progress and shows how creative scientists ask new questions and find ways to extract the answers from masses of apparently
This volume attempts to open up the subject of European philosophy of science to real thought, and provide the structural basis for the development of its specialist fields. It also aims to foster deb
Thermoelectricity describes the physics of energy conversion, from heat to electric power, and from electric power to heat or cooling power in solids.The working fluid consists of the conduction elect
The HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE will provide--for the first time--a historical context for the entire field of Operations Research/Management Science. This e
Vascular and thrombotic diseases of the liver constitute a common set of problems that cross many sub-specialty fields and require the cooperation of multiple disciplines for optimal patient care. Va
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The book will be arranged into two sections; Basic Science and Clinical Science, to enable the scientist and the more clinically focused reader to readily access the required information. Topics cove
The Third International Conference on the Development of Biomedical Engineering in Vietnam was organized on January 11-14, 2010, by IU in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and had the theme of: “New frontiers
The traditional service sector encompasses a wide variety of industries ranging from transportation, retail and healthcare to entertainment, banking and insurance. As the service sector expands into
Cultural heritage inmany regions of the Asia/Pacific domain possess a shared history, architecture (both functional and stylistic), and conservation/restoration issues. These shared features&nb
Since its emergence during the 1960s, school consultation has become an important vehicle for delivering psychological and educational services. Cooperative efforts between skilled consultants and tea
Non-life insurance pricing is the art of setting the price of an insurance policy, taking into consideration varoius properties of the insured object and the policy holder. Introduced by British actua
Knowledge democracy is an emerging concept that addresses the relationships between knowledge production and dissemination, as well as the functions of the media and democratic institutions. Although
This volumecomprisesthe proceedingsof the 8th InternationalConferenceon M- tiple Objective and Goal Programming: Theories and Applications (MOPGP08). ThisconferencewasheldinPortsmouth,UnitedKingdomont
"Hepatic Caudate Lobe Resection" provides a comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of research on the surgical technique of caudate lobe resection. The book introduces all kinds of procedures for cauda
The International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER) is a series of bi-annual meetings which are organized in a rotating fashion around North America, Europe and Asia/Oceania. The goal of ISER
Designing Inclusive Interactions responds to the recent changes in the research landscapes in the fiels of Human Computer Interaction, Computer Science, and Healthcare as a result of new technology an
This casebook addresses selected precedent-setting rulings of various international human rights and international criminal courts with a focus on the child victims of international crimes and human r
This book intends to provide answers to most of the real-time design issues and "items to know" in the CPU world, while acting as a quick, easy-to-use reference. For fast access, the book is divided i
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The congress’s unique structure represents the two dimensions of technology and medicine: 13 themes on science and medical technologies intersect with five challenging main topics of medicine to creat
Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the fundamental quantum ?eld theory of quarks and gluons. In order to discuss it in a mathematically well-de?ned way, the theory has to be regularized. Replacing space–
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Carlota S. Smith was a key figure in linguistic research and a pioneering woman in generative linguistics. This selection of papers focuses on the research into tense, aspect, and discourse that Smith
The book gives readers an overview of nanosensors, and explains the differences between nanosensors and macro/microscopic sensors. It describes the potential of nanosensors to provide new applications
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In Fallacies and Judgments of Reasonableness, Frans H. van Eemeren, Bart Garssen and Bert Meuffels report on their systematic empirical research of the conventional validity of the pragma-dialectical
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