Publications
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Critical Earthquake Response of Elastic-Plastic Structures and Rigid Blocks under Near-Fault Ground Motions: Closed-Form Approach via Double Impulse
(2016)
This eBook is the second in a series of books on the critical earthquake response of elastic-plastic structures or rigid blocks under near-fault ground motions, and includes four original research papers which were published ...
Continuous Quality Improvement - Advancing Understanding of Design, Application, Impact and Evaluation of CQI Approaches
(2017)
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) methods are increasingly widely used to bridge the gaps between the evidence base for best clinical practice, what actually happens in practice, and the achievement of better population ...
Biofilms from a Food Microbiology Perspective: Structures, Functions and Control Strategies
(2017)
Materials and equipment in food processing industries are colonized by surface-associated microbial communities called biofilms. In these biostructures microorganisms are embedded in a complex organic matrix composed ...
Biofilm formation by staphylococci and streptococci: Structural, functional and regulatory aspects and implications for pathogenesis
(2015)
Members of the genus Staphylococcus and Streptococcus are the causative agnets of many human and animal diseases. Over the past decade the complete sequencing of many staphylococcal and streptococcal genomes has promoted ...
Biomaterials and Bioactive Molecules to Drive Differentiation in Striated Muscle Tissue Engineering
(2016)
Tissue engineering is an innovative, multidisciplinary approach which combines (bio)materials, cells and growth factors with the aim to obtain neo-organogenesis to repair or replenish damaged tissues and organs. The ...