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In this book, a physicist and expert on the history of the Manhattan Project clearly explains the underlying science behind the development of the atomic bomb, including how atomic bombs work, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions, and the legacy of the Project.

This data-driven, multi-dimensional review of the Russian Federation's attempt to develop an innovative, knowledge-based economy examines two decades of progress in its 83 provinces and assesses the policy's impact on regional income generation.

Adding to the inaugural volume on 'Mind, Rationality, and Society', this collection of social science research presents further applications of methodological cognitivism in fields such as scientific discovery, the dissemination of technology, and innovation.

Based on a study using online ethnography as the major research method, this book explains why and how men in Hong Kong use QQ-an online instant messenger-to "chase" women in mainland China, especially in the neighboring city of Shenzhen.

This painstaking investigation into the evolution of disease politics in China analyzes the repeated changes in healthcare provision in rural areas to provide revealing insights into the political processes that built the modern-day People's Republic.

This volume addresses the attractiveness of financial centers with a primary focus on the mutual fund industry. It uses different empirical analysis approaches in an attempt to disentangle the reasons for location attractiveness and in order to identify its influence on fund pricing.

This book explores ontology matching as a solution to the semantic heterogeneity problem faced by computer systems. Also covers emerging topics such as data interlinking, ontology partitioning and pruning, and user involvement in matching.

The book combines advanced mathematical tools, theoretical analysis of stochastic numerical methods, and practical issues at a high level, so as to provide optimal results on the accuracy of Monte Carlo simulations of stochastic processes.

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Review of the second edition "For geologists and geophysicists studying sedimentary fill of basins, this volume is a valuable addition to their shelves. The book is packed with informationincludes numerous lists of references, and is up-to-date. As a source volume, this book is second to none. It is clear and well organized." GEOPHYSICS

Das Buch liefert einen Leitfaden fur das kommunikative Vorgehen bei Veranderungsprojekten: Kommunikation strukturieren, planen und durchfuhren. Beispielfalle und Interviews mit Change-Verantwortlichen sowie Planungstools helfen bei der Umsetzung.

Therefore a detailed review of the "few" results of ergodic theory, of the "many" results of statistical mechanics, of the classical theory of fields (elasticity and waves), and of quantum mechanics are also totally absent;

This book analyzes the links between social security expenditures and economic globalization. It explores the role of a changing age dependency and derives implications for the stock market price index, the exchange rate and the interest rate.

In late 1971 we were involved in a study of the interaction of radiation with matter and were trying to use measurements of radiation fluorescence in biological molecules to indicate how radiation affected living cells.

An inspiration for both men and women of what more gender balance in global political and economic roles has to offer the world." Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO 20-first and best-selling author of Why Women Mean Business and How Women Mean Business. "We all know we can learn a lot from history.

The available textbooks on endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) typically focus on technique and interpretation of commonly observed images and scenarios and are aimed primarily at trainees. For each case, the case description is followed by helpful "teaching points" as well as up-to-date literature references and suggestions for future research.

While comprehensive descriptions of the various aspects of Graft-versus-Host Disease (GvHD) have already been published, to date there is no monograph on the clinical and diagnostic pathology of this life-threatening disease. This book fills this gap and serves as a reliable guide to the histomorphologic diagnosis of GvHD.

Particles and Nuclei

This book explains friction micro-dynamics, gives a survey of dynamic micro-processes in solids, and presents the idea of relativistic tribology. It also discusses the physical structure of solids tribo-surfaces.

This book outlines the development of a novel technique that stretches a map according to quantitative data, such as population. It proposes a gridded cartogram technique that is a versatile alternative to other conventional map making methods.

This book presents a comprehensive review of the current state of the art in studying flow with anisotropy, mineral physics and geodynamics. It describes several novel methods for the modeling and interpretation of shear wave splitting.

This book introduces concrete design methods and MATLAB simulations of stable adaptive Radial Basis Function (RBF) neural control strategies. It presents a broad range of implementable neural network control design methods for mechanical systems.

This book examines the coupling effect between the electric and mechanical field in the piezoelectric, ferroelectric and other functional materials. It also discusses the size effect on the ferroelectric domain instability and phase transition behaviors.

This book presents the main features of observational calculi. It introduces association rules as formula of special observational calculi.