Miscellaneous Books

Progress on Meshless Methods

The book collects extended original contributions presented at the Second ECCOMAS Conference on Meshless Methods held in 2007 in Porto. The contributors are a fortunate mix of distinguished authors as well as young but very active and promising... more

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology: Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Cough (Hardcover)

The last decade or so has seen remarkable advances in our knowledge of cough. This applies especially to its basic mechanisms: the types of airway sensors the phar- cological receptors on their membranes the brainstem organization of the cough... more

Acoustical Imaging: Acoustical Imaging (Hardcover)

The 29th International Symposium on Acoustical Imaging was held in Shonan Village Kanagawa Japan April 15-18 2007. This interdisciplinary Symposium has been taking place every two years since 1968 and forms a unique forum for advanced research... more

Computational Methods in Applied Sciences: ECCOMAS Multidisciplinary Jubilee Symposium: New Computational Challenges in Materials Structures and Fluids (Hardcover)

This book contains 23 papers presented at the ECCOMAS Multidisciplinary Jubilee Symposium - New Computational Challenges in Materials Structures and Fluids (EMJS08) in Vienna February 18-20 2008. The main intention of EMJS08 was to react adequately... more

Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems CISIS 2008 (Other)

The research scenario in advanced systems for protecting critical infrastructures and for deeply networked information tools highlights a growing link between security issues and the need for intelligent processing abilities in the area of... more

Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation: Orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptors and Novel Neuropeptides (Hardcover)

The chapters of this book review the latest research in the field. Most of them are written by the original discoverers of the respective novel neuropeptide. Emphasis is placed not only on their discovery but also on their functional significance. more

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology: Antiviral Strategies (Hardcover)

A crucial issue for antiviral therapy is the fact that all antiviral substances rapidly select for resistance; thus monitoring and overcoming resistance has become a most important clinical paradigm of antiviral therapy. This calls for cautious use... more

Trends in Logic: A Geometry of Approximation (Hardcover)

A Geometry of Approximation addresses Rough Set Theory a field of interdisciplinary research first proposed by Zdzislaw Pawlak in 1982 and focuses mainly on its logic-algebraic interpretation. The theory is embedded in a broader perspective that... more

International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives Inte: Renaissance Scepticisms (Hardcover)

Even if specific pieces of research (on the sources or on individual authors such as Pico Agrippa Erasmus Montaigne Sanches etc.) have given and are still producing significant results on Renaissance scepticism an overall synthesis comprising the... more

Synthese Library: Degrees of Belief (Hardcover)

Belief and Degrees of Belief.- Belief and Degrees of Belief.- Plain Belief and Degrees of Belief.- Beliefs Degrees of Belief and the Lockean Thesis.- The Lockean Thesis and the Logic of Belief.- Partial Belief and Flat-Out Belief.- What Laws Should... more

Springer Proceedings in Physics: Advances in Nanoscale Magnetism (Hardcover)

Intensive investigations on nanoscale magnetism have promoted remarkable progressintechnologicalapplicationsofmagnetisminvariousareas.Thete- nical progress of recent years in the preparations of multilayer thin ?lms and nanowires led to the... more

Advances in Polymer Science: Fuel Cells II (Hardcover)

The concept to utilize an ion-conducting polymer membrane as a solid po- mer electrolyte offers several advantages regarding the design and operation of an electrochemical cell as outlined in Volume 215 Chapter 1 (L. Gubler G.G. Scherer).... more

Proceedings of the I-ESA Conferences: Enterprise Interoperability III: New Challenges and Industrial Approaches (Hardcover)

Interoperability: the ability of a system or a product to work with other systems or products without special effort from the user is a key issue in manufacturing and industrial enterprise generally. It is fundamental to the production of goods and... more

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Bi: Functionalized Nanoscale Materials Devices and Systems (Hardcover)

The primary objective of the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) titled Functionalized Nanoscale Materials Devices and Systems for Chem. -Bio Sensors Photonics and Energy Generation and Storage was to present a contemporary and comprehensive... more

Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing: Applications of Soft Computing: Updating the State of the Art (Paperback)

Soft Computing is a complex of methodologies that includes artificial neural networks genetic algorithms fuzzy logic Bayesian networks and their hybrids. It admits approximate reasoning imprecision uncertainty and partial truth in order to mimic the... more

Recent Advances in Thrombosis and Hemostasis (Hardcover)

Now more than ever thrombotic and thromboembolic disorders as well as related diseases such as malignancies arteriosclerosis diabetes mellitus hypertension and obesity are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. They have become urgent... more

Topics in Current Chemistry: Tubulin-Binding Agents: Synthetic Structural and Mechanistic Insights (Hardcover)

reviews. The SAR data are discussed in light of the structural information available for each agent. The second chapter focuses on the total synthesis of the marine sponge-derived polyketide discodermolide. A comprehensive survey of the synthetic... more

Springer Proceedings in Physics: Ekc2008 Proceedings of the Eu-Korea Conference on Science and Technology (Hardcover)

Current research fields in science and technology were presented and discussed at the EKC2008 informing about the interests and directions of the scientists and engineers in EU countries and Korea. The Conference has emerged from the idea of... more

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering Proceedings of the European Computing Conference: Volume 1 Book 27 (Hardcover)

The European Computing Conference offers a unique forum for establishing new collaborations within present or upcoming research projects exchanging useful ideas presenting recent research results participating in discussions and establishing new... more

Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing: Fuzzy Information and Engineering: Volume 1 (Paperback)

This book is the proceedings of the Third Annual Conference on Fuzzy Information and Engineering (ACFIE2008) from Dec. 5-10 2008 in Haikou China. The conf- ence proceedingsis published by Springer-Verlag(Advancesin Soft Computing ISSN: 1615-3871).... more

Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing: Information Technologies in Biomedicine (Paperback)

As the medical information systems have been integrated in order to address the core of medicine including patient care in ambulatory and in-patient setting computer assisted diagnosis and treatment telemedicine and home care we are witnessing... more

Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing: Soft Methods for Handling Variability and Imprecision (Paperback)

Soft Methods for Handling Variability and Imprecision more

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology: Dendritic Cells (Hardcover)

The understanding of the role of dendritic cells (DCs) in immune responses has come a long way since Steinmann and colleagues described these cells in 1972. - tensive research during the intervening period has provided a good understanding of the... more

Staphylococci in Human Disease (Hardcover)

Staphylococci in Human Disease more

Three-Dimensional Free-Radical Polymerization: Cross-Linked and Hyper-Branched Polymers (Hardcover)

Three-Dimensional Free-Radical Polymerization. Cross-Linked Polymers.- Microheterogeneous Mechanism of Three-Dimensional Free-Radical Polymerization.- Kinetic Features of Three-Dimensional Free-Radical Polymerization.- Living Chain Three-Dimensional... more

Advances in Materials Research: Oxide and Nitride Semiconductors: Processing Properties and Applications (Hardcover)

Basic Properties of ZnO GaN and Related Materials.- Solvothermal Growth of ZnO and GaN.- Growth of ZnO and GaN Films.- Control of Polarity and Application to Devices.- Growth of Nonpolar GaN and ZnO Films.- Structural Defects in GaN and ZnO.-... more

Epithelial Transport Physiology (Hardcover)

Biological cell membranes regulate the transfer of matter and information between the intracellular and extracellular compartments as basic survival and maintenance functions for an organism. This volume contains a series of reviews that are c-... more

Integrated Pest Management Volume 2: Dissemination and Impact (Hardcover)

Integrated Pest Management - Dissemination and Impact Volume 2 is a sequel to Integrated Pest Management - Innovation-DevelopmentProcess Volume 1. The book focuses on the IPM systems in the developed countries of North America Europe and Australia... more

Mathematics and Its Applications: Selected Papers of Antoni Zygmund: Volume 3 (Hardcover)

Et moi ..... si j avait su comment en revenir One service mathematics bas rendered the je n y serais point aile: human race. It bas put common sense: back Jules Verne where it belongs on the topmost shelf next 10 tile dusty canister labelled... more

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental: Harbour Protection Through Data Fusion Technologies (Hardcover)

An Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) Data Fusion Technologies for Harbour Protection was held in Tallinn Estonia 27 June-1 July 2005. This workshop was organized by request of the NATO Security Through Science Programme and the Defence Investment... more

Communications and Control Engineering: Stabilization Optimal and Robust Control: Theory and Applications in Biological and Physical Sciences (Hardcover)

Stabilization Optimal and Robust Control develops robust control of infinite-dimensional dynamical systems derived from time-dependent coupled PDEs associated with boundary-value problems. Rigorous analysis takes into account nonlinear system... more

Understanding Complex Systems: Complex Nonlinearity: Chaos Phase Transitions Topology Change and Path Integrals (Hardcover)

This book provides serious readers with a serious scientific tool that will enable them to actually perform a competitive research in modern complex nonlinearity. It includes a comprehensive bibliography on the subject and a detailed index. more

Handbook of European Societies: Social Transformations in the 21st Century (Hardcover)

European integration is one of the most ambitious and socially far-reaching developments in world politics and in world economics. Against growing opposition and despite increasing social heterogeneity the European Union continues to expand and to... more

Drugs Driving and Traffic Safety (Hardcover)

Drugs Driving and Traffic Safety gives a comprehensive overview of the effects of different medical conditions like neurological disorders anxiety and depression and their pharmaceutical treatment on driving ability. In addition the effects of... more

Studies in Computational Intelligence: Metaheuristics for Scheduling in Distributed Computing Environments (Hardcover)

Grid computing has emerged as one of the most promising computing paradigms of the new millennium! Achieving high performance Grid computing requires techniques to efficiently and adaptively allocate jobs and applications to available resources in a... more

Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics: Advances in Cognitive Neurodynamics: Proceedings of the International Conference on Cognitive Neurodynamics - 2007 (Hardcover)

Fifty years ago enthused by successes in creating digital computers and the DNA model of heredity scientists were con?dent that solutions to the problems of und- standing biological intelligence and creating machine intelligence were within their... more

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology Sensory Nerves Book 194 (Hardcover)

Theintentionofthisbookistoprovideacomprehensiveandcontemporaryreview ofthebiologyofsensorynerves. InkeepingwiththethemeoftheHandbookof Experimental Pharmacology series emphasis will be placed on the actions of drugs... more

Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Des: Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Flows and Noise Generation: Results of the DFG/CNRS Research Groups FOR 507 and FOR 508 (Hardcover)

Large Eddy Simulation is a high-fidelity approach to the numerical simulation of turbulent flows. This book based on recent research in LES simulations provides insights into modern prediction approaches for turbulent flows and noise generation... more