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The Handbook of Liquid Crystals is a unique compendium of knowledge on all aspects of liquid crystals. In over 2000 pages the Handbook provides detail…

Understand how new network technologies impact VoIP! Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is revolutionizing the way people communicate – both in the c…

This book is organized around the various sensing techniques used to achieve structural health monitoring. Its main focus is on sensors, signal and da…

This book presents the main methods used for thermal properties measurement. It aims to be accessible to all those, specialists in heat transfer or no…

An excellent introduction to the SiGe BiCMOS technology, from the underlying device physics to current applications. -Ron Wilson, EETimes «SiGe techno…

This completely revised edition of a bestselling concise introduction to microsystems technology includes the latest trends in this emerging scientifi…

The production of high-purity ceramic materials from low-molecular weight, inorganic or organoelement precursors is a topic of increasing relevance wi…

Squid, cuttlefish and octopuses, which form the marine mollusc group the cephalopods, are of great and increasing interest to marine biologists, physi…

This timely volume on nanomaterials and their biomedical and environmental applications includes the fundamentals of nanoparticles, and state-of-the-a…

Rapid Manufacturing is a new area of manufacturing developed from a family of technologies known as Rapid Prototyping. These processes have already ha…

Group communication technologies enable users to form different types of mobile groups and to interact in real time with the participants of these gro…

Since robotic prehension is widely used in all sectors of manufacturing industry, this book fills the need for a comprehensive, up-to-date treatment o…

We are currently in a digital content era. With the increase in circulation of multimedia content globally via the internet it has lead to the need fo…

Wireless is a term used to describe telecommunications in which electromagnetic waves (rather than some form of wire) carry the signal over part or al…

Adaptive structures have the ability to adapt, evolve or change their properties or behaviour in response to the environment around them. The analysis…

The provision of safe food to airline passengers is now a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide. As the aviation industry continues to grow year on …

The first edition, published in 1973, has become a classic reference in the field. Now with the second edition, readers will find information on key n…

Describing in detail how electrical power systems are planned and designed, this monograph illustrates the required structures of systems, substations…

A book that bridges the gap between the communities of network and Grid experts. Grid Networks describes the convergence of advanced networking techno…

The Semantic Web combines the descriptive languages RDF (Resource Description Framework) and OWL (Web Ontology Language), with the data-centric, custo…

The recommendations summarise the state of the art. Their aim is the proper exploitation of the ground for geothermal purposes without adversely affec…

The construction process has come under intense scrutiny in recent times and this is set to continue as building owners and users demand better value …

Comprehensive introduction to non-binary error-correction coding techniques Non-Binary Error Control Coding for Wireless Communication and Data Storag…

This book is the fully revised and updated second edition of Power System Dynamics and Stability published in 1997. The modified title Power System Dy…

Trans fatty acids (TFAs) have been used for many years to impart desirable physical characteristics to fats and fat blends used in food manufacturing.…

This book aims to provide a synthesis of work and ideas done by our team over the last fifteen years in the field of information processing for expres…

A realistic and comprehensive review of joint approaches to machine learning and signal processing algorithms, with application to communications, mul…

The Brown trout displays widely divergent life history strategies involving, variously, usage of streams, rivers, lakes, estuaries and the sea. The se…

Plant secondary metabolites have been a fertile area of chemical investigation for many years, driving the development of both analytical chemistry an…

Polymers may be classified as either homopolymers, consisting of one single repeating unit, or copolymers, consisting of two or more distinct repeatin…

Going beyond classic networking principles and architectures for better wireless performance Written by authors with vast experience in academia and i…

This important title encompasses features of genetic processes in complexly organised population systems of salmonids, one of the most commercially va…

Wireless Foresight deals with the development of the wireless communications industry and technology during the coming ten to fifteen years. Telecommu…

An interdisciplinary guide to enabling technologies for 3D ICs and 5G mobility, covering packaging, design to product life and reliability assessments…

The importance of copepods in aquaculture has long been recognized, especially in the larval rearing of many marine fishes. This timely publication pr…

Using microwaves to treat metal-based materials is rapidly emerging as an energy-efficient tool to interact with metals for a number of processes such…

Unlike other human senses, the exact mechanisms that lead to our perception of flavor have not yet been elucidated. It is recognised that the process …

The Software Communications Architecture (SCA) establishes an implementation-independent framework for the development of Joint Tactical Radio System …

Nanotechnology has attracted attention of textile and polymer scientists and has been playing extraordinary role over the past few decades in the func…

A practical, hands-on approach to power distribution system reliability As power distribution systems age, the frequency and duration of consumer inte…

This major structural engineering manual covers overall detail design of structural timber and includes extensive tables and coefficients for speedy r…

This book focuses largely on enabling technologies for network convergence. A principal aim is to show where parallel functions exist in fixed and mob…

Harmonic distortion problems include equipment overheating, motor failures, capacitor failure and inaccurate power metering. The topic of power system…

Electroceramics, Materials, Properties, Applications, Second Edition provides a comprehensive treatment of the many aspects of ceramics and their elec…

Seamounts are ubiquitous undersea mountains rising from the ocean seafloor that do not reach the surface. There are likely many hundreds of thousands …