Publications
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Rainfall
(2019)
This book describes aspects of rainfall including the extremes, distribution and properties. The introductory chapter focusses on drought and flooding rains over Australia, placing extreme rainfall events from recent decades ...
Zero and Net Zero Energy
(2019)
There is a growing concern about fluctuating energy prices, energy security, and the impact of climate change. Buildings are amongst the primary energy consumers in the world. This fact underlines the importance of targeting ...
Retinoblastoma
(2019)
Retinoblastoma constitutes a global disease that burdens many families all over the world. This book highlights the essential basic information needed by every ophthalmologist and covers all aspects of this tumor: history, ...
Minerals
(2019)
The book "Minerals" offers an important and thorough overview on different geophysical methods including gravity, magnetic and self-potential in mineral exploration, as well as physical and chemical analysis in delineating ...
Psychological Trauma
(2019)
Trauma presents as a negative experience or situation of an individual in which coping mechanisms do not always work perfectly. This leads to the appearance of disturbing behavior, thinking, or developing disorders in the ...
Earth Crust
(2019)
The book aims to cover the basics of the architecture, structure, evolution, and dynamics of the Earth?s crust through an anthology of contributed chapters that will enlighten readers about the various aspects of the Earth?s ...
Model Predictive Control mit MATLAB und Simulink
(2019)
Modellbasierte prädiktive Regelungen dienen der Lösung anspruchsvoller Aufgaben der Mehrgrößenregelung mit Beschränkungen der Stell- und Regelgrößen. Sie werden in der Industrie in vielen Bereichen erfolgreich eingesetzt. ...
Nanoplasmonics
(2020)
During the last few years, nanomaterials have attracted the attention of the scientific community due to their extraordinary and unique properties. Their small size, and the distinctive features that come with it, makes ...
Prevention, Detection and Management of Oral Cancer
(2019)
Up to 70% of oral cancers are preceded by premalignant oral lesions, such as persistent red or white patches in the mouth. Survival rates for oral cancer can be improved through early detection. It is therefore essential ...
Traditional and Complementary Medicine
(2019)
Modern medicine has reached a point where the patient is not treated as a biopsychosocial-spiritual being but rather is seen as a virtual identity consisting of laboratory findings and images. More focus is placed on ...
Neurosurgical Procedures
(2020)
In the last few years, the development of new technologies in the medical field has allowed procedures and improved surgical techniques to be performed, which until recently would have been unthinkable.Modern neurosurgery ...
Growing and Handling of Bacterial Cultures
(2019)
Growing and Handling of Bacterial Cultures is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters, offering a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of Life Sciences. The book comprises single ...
Maize
(2020)
Maize is a staple cereal after wheat and rice. It is an important source of carbohydrate, protein, iron, vitamin B and minerals for many poor people in the world. In developing countries maize is a major source of income ...
Knee Surgery
(2020)
Knee Surgery - Reconstruction and Replacement is an intriguing book. From basic to advanced concepts, it collects relevant and reliable information obtained globally from validated collaborating researchers.
Biochemistry
(2012)
Over the recent years, biochemistry has become responsible for explaining living processes such that many scientists in the life sciences from agronomy to medicine are engaged in biochemical research. This book contains ...
Clinical, Research and Treatment Approaches to Affective Disorders
(2012)
The causes, development and outcomes of disorders are determined by the relationship of psychological, social and cultural factors with biochemistry and physiology. Biochemistry and physiology are not disconnected and ...
Wavelet Transforms and Their Recent Applications in Biology and Geoscience
(2012)
This book reports on recent applications in biology and geoscience. Among them we mention the application of wavelet transforms in the treatment of EEG signals, the dimensionality reduction of the gait recognition framework, ...
Peripheral Neuropathy
(2012)
Over the last two decades we have seen extensive progress within the practice of neurology. We have refined our understanding of the etiology and pathogenesis for both peripheral and central nervous system diseases, and ...
Novel Strategies in Ischemic Heart Disease
(2012)
The first edition of this book will provide a comprehensive overview of ischemic heart disease, including epidemiology, risk factors, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnostic tests, differential diagnosis, treatment, ...
Embedded Systems
(2012)
Nowadays, embedded systems - the computer systems that are embedded in various kinds of devices and play an important role of specific control functions, have permitted various aspects of industry. Therefore, we can hardly ...
Recent Trends in Cytogenetic Studies
(2012)
Recent Trends in Cytogenetic Studies - Methodologies and Applications deals with recent trends in cytogenetics with minute details of methodologies that can be adopted in clinical laboratories. The chapters deal with basic ...
Morphometrics
(2012)
It is human nature to measure things, and this holds true for science as well as everyday life. The five papers in this book demonstrate the usefulness of a morphometric approach to a variety of subjects in natural history, ...
Hematology
(2012)
Hematology encompasses the physiology and pathology of blood and of the blood-forming organs. In common with other areas of medicine, the pace of change in hematology has been breathtaking over recent years. There are now ...
Principal Component Analysis
(2012)
This book is aimed at raising awareness of researchers, scientists and engineers on the benefits of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) in data analysis. In this book, the reader will find the applications of PCA in fields ...
Advanced Topics on Crystal Growth
(2013)
Crystal growth is the key step of a great number of very important applications. The development of new devices and products, from the traditional microelectronic industry to pharmaceutical industry and many others, depends ...
Viral Replication
(2013)
This book provides a collection of in-depth reviews broadly related to the mechanisms of viral replication as applied to various viruses of critical relevance for human or animal disease. Specifically, this book contains ...
Updates in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Vasculitis
(2013)
Vasculitis, an inflammation of blood vessels, can be idiopathic or secondary to other conditions. Infections may also mimic idiopathic vasculitis, and the differential diagnosis is of paramount importance for the practicing ...
Ant Colony Optimization
(2013)
Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) is the best example of how studies aimed at understanding and modeling the behavior of ants and other social insects can provide inspiration for the development of computational algorithms for ...
Evolution of the Molecular Biology of Brain Tumors and the Therapeutic Implications
(2013)
A dramatic increase in knowledge regarding the molecular biology of brain tumors has been established over the past few years. In particular recent new avenues regarding the role of stem cells and microRNAs along with ...
Herbivory
(2013)
Studies of herbivory provide important insights into fundamental questions in many areas of the biological sciences. The focus on natural systems is more effective for the prediction of potential changes in ecosystems, ...
Senescence and Senescence-Related Disorders
(2013)
Senescence is a biological process that causes a progressive deterioration of structure and function of all organs chronologically. Recent studies have revealed the detailed molecular mechanisms of senescence using cell ...
Adaptive Filtering
(2013)
Adaptive filtering can be used to characterize unknown systems in time-variant environments. The main objective of this approach is to meet a difficult comprise: maximum convergence speed with maximum accuracy. Each ...
T-Cell Leukemia
(2013)
T-cell leukemia is relatively rare malignancy of thymocytes. There are around 20 entities and variants of this disease. Each of them has different characteristics, including pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis, therapeutic ...
Thermal Power Plants
(2013)
Thermal power plants are one of the most important process industries for engineering professionals. Over the past decades, the power sector is facing a number of critical issues; however, the most fundamental challenge ...
Power Quality Issues
(2013)
Given our increasing dependence on technologies, security of the power supply is of the utmost importance. As such, we require cutting-edge and efficient methods of measuring its efficiency and reliability. This book offers ...
Approaches to Disaster Management
(2013)
Approaches to Disaster Management regards critical disaster management issues. Ten original research reports by international scholars centered on disaster management are organized into three general areas of hazards and ...
Clinical Epidemiology of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
(2013)
This book describes different perspectives of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The approach includes aspects of molecular epidemiology, particularly molecular features that influence the genesis and prognosis of the ...
Mycotoxin and Food Safety in Developing Countries
(2013)
This book provides information on the incidence of fungi and mycotoxins in some African countries, the health implications and possible intervention control strategies for mycotoxins in developing countries and in Africa ...
Glaucoma
(2013)
Glaucoma is a specialty in ophthalmology that includes a group of diseases that affect the optic disc and visual fields and is usually accompanied by increased intraocular pressure. This book addresses new topics in glaucoma ...
Psoriasis
(2013)
By virtue of the dynamic nature of the scientific process, the description of the type, pathogenesis and treatment of a disease is always a work in progress. The complex nature of any disease can similarly be unveiled ...