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The conception of lasers and optoelectronic devices such as solar cells have been made possible, thanks to the modern day mastery of processes that harness the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter. This first volume is dedicated to thermal radiation and...
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Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2019-10-25
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A GUIDE TO THE FUNDAMENTAL THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATION Fiber Optic and Atmospheric Optical Communication offers a much needed guide to characterizing and overcoming the drawbacks associated with optical communication links that suffer from various types...
Editeur :
Wiley-IEEE Press
Parution :
2019-10-25
Collection :
IEEE Press
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This book discusses applications of pluripotent stem cells to study eye disease in vitro and to create novel therapies for degenerative eye diseases. Chapters are contributed by experts in the field and cover such topics as the use of pluripotent stem cells in 2D and 3D...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-25
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This book discusses the various aspects, from production to marketing of turmeric and ginger, the world’s two most important and invaluable medicinal spice crops. The book begins with their origin and history, global spread, and goes on to describe the botany,...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-10-25
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This book addresses the gap between innovative technologies and their adoption. It showcases research, feasibility studies and projects that demonstrate a variety of ways to implement environmental sustainability in globally operating firms, as well as best practices in...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-10-25
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This book focuses on interdisciplinary issues of human health in the changing urban environments of India’s largest megacities—Delhi and Mumbai. The authors explore human health concerns related to increased temperatures and air pollution in these cities in a study...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-10-25
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In this book, all physical laws are derived from a small number of invariant integrals which express the conservation of energy, mass, or momentum. This new approach allows us to unify the laws of theoretical physics, to simplify their derivation, and to discover some...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-24
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This book contains a systematic exposition of the theory of spinors in finite-dimensional Euclidean and Riemannian spaces. The applications of spinors in field theory and relativistic mechanics of continuous media are considered.
The main mathematical part is...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-24
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This book presents a general and comprehensive framework for the assurance of quality in measurements. Written by a foremost expert in the field, the text reflects an on-going international effort to extend traditional quality assured measurement, rooted in...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-24
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A number of extreme weather events have struck the Northern Hemisphere in recent years, from scorching heatwaves to desperately cold winters, and from floods and storms to droughts and wildfires. These events have fuelled intense discussions in scientific conferences,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-10-24
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Warum geht man in ein Wiener Kaffeehaus? Um sich wohl zu fühlen. Und um die Welt in lockerer Runde zu betrachten und zu besprechen: Wie wird das Wetter? Wieso platzen Wiener Würstel längs? Ist ein Fußballergebnis Zufall? Ist Telefonieren gefährlich? Welcher Kaffee kühlt...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-24
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Nadine Konopik erweitert das Konzept der Gesundheitskompetenz (Health Literacy) für das höhere und sehr hohe Alter aus Subjektsicht um die beiden Suchheuristiken Biografie und Umwelt. Sie untersucht den Einfluss biografischer Prägung und die verschiedenen...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-10-24
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This book examines the way that lead enters the biosphere and the subsequent environmental impact. The contributing authors include international experts who provide methods for assessing and characterizing the ecological risk of lead contamination of soil and plants....
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-24
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'fascinating'
Brian Cox
This is the story of citizen science.
Where once astronomers sat at the controls of giant telescopes in remote locations, praying for clear skies, now they have no need to budge from their desks, as data arrives in their inbox. And what they...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-10-24
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'fascinating'
Brian Cox
This is the story of citizen science.
Where once astronomers sat at the controls of giant telescopes in remote locations, praying for clear skies, now they have no need to budge from their desks, as data arrives in their inbox. And what they...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-10-24
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This book deals with the study of superconductivity in systems with coexisting wide and narrow bands. It has been previously suggested that superconductivity can be enhanced in systems with coexisting wide and narrow bands when the Fermi level is near the narrow band...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-23
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This book covers all aspects of head-related transfer function (HRTF), from the fundamentals through to the latest applications, such as 3D sound systems. An introductory chapter defines HRTF, describes the coordinate system used in the book, and presents the most...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-23
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This book presents 57 peer-reviewed papers from the 12th Conference on Traffic and Granular Flow (TGF) held in Washington, DC, in July 2017. It offers a unique synthesis of the latest scientific findings made by researchers from different countries, institutions and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-23
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This volume contains a unique selection of chapters covering a wealth of contemporary topics in this ubiquitous and diverse system of cell signaling. It offers much more than the accessibility and authority of a primary text book, exploring topics ranging from the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-23
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Although there is a chance that certain planets may be habitable for life, the moons of planets might have even more to offer. The icy moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune have taught us important lessons about new volcanic forms—cryovolcanism—and the bizarre...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-23
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