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Using three classes of polymer composites as illustrative examples, this book shows that the interactions of components can cause unpredictable structural effects, ultimaltely leading to a weakening of the material, where a reinforcement was expected.

Focusing on surgical management, this book covers the full range of cerebellopontine angle lesions, from most common to rarest. Discusses biological and radiological characteristics, neurological presentation, diagnosis, treatment options and follow-up care.

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Going beyond current literature, this book extends internal controls to efficiency and profitability. Offers an audit guide for an SAP ERP system, covers risks and control descriptions, and shows how to automate compliance management based on SAP GRC.

This book shows how complex systems science, using insights and methods from mathematics and computer simulation, enables scientists to shine its concepts, methods, and tools on issues of conflict in interpersonal, intergroup and international relations.

These areas will be of particular interest to readers, and the purpose of the book is not only to acquaint the reader with China by providing information about Chinese businesses and firms, but also to provide a royal road to doing business with China as well as allowing them to learn about Chinese managerial wisdom.

This mathematically-based introduction to the fascinating topic of Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Logic presents a theoretical introduction to Fuzzy Sets based on Mathematical Analysis and Approximation Theory, with well-known applications and advanced topics.

The introduction of Enterprise Identity Management Systems (EIdMS) in organizations even beyond the purely technological level is a costly and challenging endeavor. To this regard, the focus is put on the general nature of EIdMS projects and the constructs being relevant for analyzing such projects in the decision support phase.

This up-to-date reference and atlas of fine-needle aspiration cytology of breast lesions addresses new entities such as flat epithelial atypia, as well as classic benign and malignant lesions. Coverage includes molecular techniques in diagnostic cytology.

Written by leading experts in the field, this book presents a tutorial and best practice of Smart Grid Prototype Projects.

This book presents a new approach for designing net zero energy buildings based on thermal discomfort minimization. The method helps a designer to automatically search for the optimal solution among a large set of building variants.

This book systematically and comprehensively covers the latest advances in XML data searching. It presents an extensive overview of the current query processing and keyword search techniques on XML data.

This book offers a sound introduction to the synthesis and optical characterization of phosphate phosphor for undergraduate and graduate students as well as teachers and researchers. It covers both fundamental concepts as well as key applications.

This book presents a new distributed QoS evaluation framework for web services, and proposes three QoS prediction methods and two methods for creating fault-tolerant Web services. Provides current research results and presents an overview of QoS management.

This book describes the origin and characteristics of the Earth's thermal field, thermal flow propagation and thermal phenomena of the Earth. It presents common geothermal problems and methodologies, with numerous examples from different regions worldwide.

Politicians and diplomats have for many years proclaimed a human right to water as a solution to the global water crisis, most recently in the 2010 UN General Assembly Resolution "The human right to water and sanitation".

With its instructions on optimizing system parameters, data management, applications, and business processes, this guide identifies the economies provided in each sector as it details the background theory and the proposed methodology for enhancing efficiency.

This book deals with a class of basic deformations in asymmetric continuum theory. It describes molecular deformations and transport velocities in fluids, strain deformations in solids as well as the molecular transport, important in fracture processes.

This book introduces novel optical technologies for micro/nanofabrication that are different from the conventional fabrication methods. It provides a wealth of successful applications based on novel optical fabrication technologies.

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.

This book presents a state of the art approach to ankle arthroscopy that has been proven to give rise to fewer complications than other methods. It features clear, step-by-step instructions with the help of numerous high-quality illustrations.

The author introduces the reader to the creation and implementation of space-related models by applying a learning-by-doing and problem-oriented approach.