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In general, several mathematical models can be designed in order to describe a biological or medical process and there is no unique criterion which model gives the best description. This book presents several of these models and shows applications of them to different biological and medical problems.

Knowledge management promises concepts and instruments that help organizations support knowledge creation, sharing and application.

This book analyzes the economic principles of modern corporate taxation. First of all, it analyzes not only the effects of taxation on firms' marginal choices, but also focuses on the impact of taxation on discrete choices, such as plant location, R and D investment, and new marketing programs.

This book begins with an introductory chapter summarizing the history of fluid mechanics. It then moves on to the essential mathematics and physics needed to understand and work in fluid mechanics. Analytical treatments are based on the Navier-Stokes equations.

This book provides a comprehensive presentation of all types of HTSC and includes a broad overview on HTSC computer simulations and modeling. The monograph is addressed to students, post-graduate students and specialists, taking part in the development, preparation and researching of new materials.

The true steady state mean value of the heat transfer coefficient must be multiplied by a newly defined coupling factor, which is always smaller than one and depends on the coupling parameters Biot number, Fourier number as well as dimensionless geometry and oscillation parameters.

This book contains the most relevant papers presented in the International Conference on Materials Forming, ESAFORM 2005.

This survey of the ancient levels of lakes, rivers and the sea, as well as changes in the compositions of stalagmites and sediments reveals an astonishing correlation of climate changes with the emergence and collapse of civilizations in the Middle East.

This book instructs researcher and practitioner in the area of chemical and biochemical sensors in a strictly systematic, interdisciplinary and practice-oriented way about the basic technology of chemical and biochemical sensors.

Grid computing is widely regarded as a technology of immense potential. Together with a brief introduction into grid computing in general and underlying security technologies, this book offers the first concise and detailed introduction to this important area.

This volume is intended as a systematic introduction to gauge field theory for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in high energy physics.

Despite the potential benefits that the IMO's Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) designation can deliver, recent practice within the IMO and by individual member states has considerably undermined confidence in this emerging concept. The focus of this book is on the events within the IMO that have led to this lack of confidence arising.

Observations of uncertainty in measured data with time improves forecasting capability in a wide range of fields in engineering. Coverage places emphasis on forecasting based on fuzzy random processes as well as forecasting involving fuzzy neuronal networks.

This handbook covers all aspects of the field: basic materials, geomembrane manufacture, textured geomembranes, long-term performance and testing, installation and welding of geomembranes, quality assurance and control, leak detection, standards, recommendations and regulations.

This concise treatment embraces, in four parts, all the main aspects of theoretical physics. The book summarizes what a graduate student, physicist working in industry, or a physics teacher should master during his or her degree course.

This book studies interactions between monetary and wage policies in the Euro area, closely reviewing and discussing the process of policy competition and the structure of policy cooperation.

This book details how to build enterprise-level secure, redundant, and highly scalable services from scratch on top of the open source Linux operating system. It shows how to integrate web, message related, data base and other services with this backbone.

For the first time, this book offers a critical review of the calcification process of the organic and inorganic phases of mineralized tissues focusing on the earliest phases. The book is set to become an important reference source for the shelves of bone densitometry labs across the world.

This book provides a broad-ranging, but detailed overview of the basics of Fuzzy Logic. The fundamentals of Fuzzy Logic are discussed in detail, and illustrated with various solved examples. The book also deals with applications of Fuzzy Logic, to help readers more fully understand the concepts involved.

Fischer in the field of spatial analysis from the perspective of GeoComputation. The volume is structured in four parts, from broad issues in spatial analysis and the role of GIS to computational intelligence technologies such as neural networks. The final section outlines the latest in neural spatial interaction modeling.

It is becoming increasingly realised that the oceans and rivers, in particular, are not unlimited reservoir into which waste can be dumped and that control of these emissions is necessary if complete destruction of the environment is to be avoided.

The ideal of using human language to control machines requires a practical theory of natural language communication that includes grammatical analysis of language signs, plus a model of the cognitive agent, with interfaces for recognition and action, an internal database, and an algorithm for reading content in and out.

This book presents model-based analysis and design methods for fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control. Architectural and structural models are used to analyse the propagation of the fault through the process, test fault detectability and reveal redundancies that can be used to ensure fault tolerance.

This book is an introduction to the closely related subjects of quantum optics and quantum information. It gives a simple, self-contained introduction to both, while illustrating the physical principles of quantum information processing using quantum optical systems.

This book deals with the economic aspects of changing attitudes in arts and sciences. Embodiment of ideas, and the consequences of modern reproduction technology for protection of property rights are closely examined.

This book offers a comprehensive and practical toolkit for the implementation of strategic IT management. It takes a holistic view on the management process and gives guidelines on how to effectively establish, roll out, and maintain an enterprise IT landscape.

This volume offers practical solutions to the problem of computing credit exposure for large books of derivatives. It presents a software architecture that allows the computation of credit exposure in a portfolio-aggregated and scenario-consistent way.

This is a fascinating popular science book on gravity and black holes written by a celebrated relativist. The black hole story is an adventure through physics, philosophy, history, fiction and fantasy. This book is an attempt to blend all these elements together.