Publications
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Principles of Neurosurgery: A Concise Text
(2024)
Neurosurgery is a vast subspecialty in medical sciences. A brief textbook covering all aspects of neurosurgery is probably rare, especially for postgraduate students, undergraduate students as well as general physicians. ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Vulnerable Populations
(2023)
Climate change and urban development threaten health, undermine coping, and deepen existing social and environmental inequities. A changing global environment requires transformative social responses: new partnerships, ...
Applied Mathematics in Ferroelectricity and Piezoelectricity
(2023)
This textbook, Applied Mathematics in Ferroelectricity and Piezoelectricity, was authored to provide the reader with a solid mathematical background for studying “ferroelectricity and piezoelectricity” as a supplemental ...
Grey Systems Theory in Business Management: Applying Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Methods
(2025)
This book is dedicated to addressing the central challenge of making informed business decisions within an environment characterized by uncertainty, employing Multiple Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) methodologies. Chapter ...
Secret Signs of Heroines and Heroes
(2024)
Buddhist tantras in early medieval India and Nepal include many discourses on “secret signs” (chomā, mudrā, and equivalents), which a male practitioner and his female partner, or a male or female practitioner alone, use ...
Actuarial and Financial Risks in Life Insurance, Pensions and Household Finance
(2018)
The recent regulatory changes, together with the increasing awareness of the variety of sources of uncertainty that affect the activities of insurance and pension funds, have generated increasing attention towards insurance ...
Acupuncture – Basic Research and Clinical Application
(2018)
This book focuses on the investigation, development, and modernization of acupuncture in basic research settings as well as in clinical applications. The book contains 13 chapters reporting the latest evidence-based results ...
Adaptive Catchment Management and Reservoir Operation
(2019)
River catchments and reservoirs play a central role in water security, food supply, flood risk management, hydropower generation, and ecosystem services; however, they are now under increasing pressure from population ...
Algebraic Structures of Neutrosophic Triplets, Neutrosophic Duplets, or Neutrosophic Multisets
(2019)
Neutrosophy (1995) is a new branch of philosophy that studies triads of the form (<A>, <neutA>, <antiA>), where <A> is an entity {i.e. element, concept, idea, theory, logical proposition, etc.}, <antiA> is the opposite of ...
Algebraic Structures of Neutrosophic Triplets, Neutrosophic Duplets, or Neutrosophic Multisets
(2019)
Neutrosophy (1995) is a new branch of philosophy that studies triads of the form (<A>, <neutA>, <antiA>), where <A> is an entity {i.e. element, concept, idea, theory, logical proposition, etc.}, <antiA> is the opposite of ...
Algorithms for Scheduling Problems
(2018)
This edited book presents new results in the area of algorithm development for different types of scheduling problems. In eleven chapters, algorithms for single machine problems, flow-shop and job-shop scheduling problems ...
Alloy Steels
(2018)
Alloy steels play a pivotal role in modern society. Their continued development improves the human condition for everyone on earth. Their broad use has resulted in a wide variety of continuing challenges to address economic, ...
Advanced Numerical Methods in Applied Sciences
(2019)
The use of scientific computing tools is currently customary for solving problems at several complexity levels in Applied Sciences. The great need for reliable software in the scientific community conveys a continuous ...
Advanced Nanoindentation in Materials
(2018)
This Special Issue "Advanced Nanoindentation in Materials" contains some of the latest developments in the field of small-scale contact mechanics for a wide range of materials and biological cells. The featured manuscript ...
Advancements in Gel Science—A Special Issue in Memory of Toyoichi Tanaka
(2019)
A gel is a state of matter that consists of a three-dimensional cross-linked polymer network and a large amount of solvent. Because of their structural characteristics, gels play important roles in science and technology. ...
Advances and New Perspectives in Marine Biotechnology
(2015)
As the Century of Biology begins to bear fruit, through the translation of predictive biological understanding into applications that enhance the human condition and maintain biodiversity, the almost infinite potential of ...
Advances and New Perspectives in Marine Biotechnology
(2015)
As the Century of Biology begins to bear fruit, through the translation of predictive biological understanding into applications that enhance the human condition and maintain biodiversity, the almost infinite potential of ...
Advances and Applications of Nano-antimicrobial Treatments
(2017)
Nowadays, great concerns are associated with the resistance demonstrated by many microorganisms towards the conventional antibiotic therapies. The failure of traditional antimicrobials, and the increasing healthcare costs, ...
Advances in Airborne Lidar Systems and Data Processing
(2018)
This edition is a reprint of the Special Issue published online in the open access journal Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292) from 2016–2017 (available at: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special issues/rsALS), ...
Advances in Digital Image Correlation (DIC)
(2020)
Digital image correlation (DIC) has become the most popular full field measurement technique in experimental mechanics. It is a versatile and inexpensive measurement method that provides a large amount of experimental data. ...