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This text examines natural catastrophes, focusing upon the mathematical aspects of these phenomena. It aims to be practical in its treatment of the diverse issues covered, which range from hazard warning and forecasting to engineering design criteria and insurance loss estimation.

A discussion of the issues relating to the measurement and management of quality in healthcare. It examines questions such as what quality is in the world of healthcare and how it should be measured, and describes efforts to measure and manage quality more effectively.

Congenital malformations of the heart are often dismissed as a form of complex heart disease, which is too difficult to understand, and is best referred to the specialists. The advent of cross-sectional and, more recently, three-dimensional echocardiography, enables the structural malformations to be visualised virtually non-invasively.

A comprehensive overview of the models and methods employed in the rapidly advancing field of numerical ocean circulation modelling. It contains reviews of the equations of oceanic motion, subgridscale parameterization, and numerical approximation techniques, and a suite of model test problems.

Drawing on insights emerging from studies of the cellular networks formed by fungi, this book describes the fundamental indeterminacy that enables life forms to thrive in and create in constant circumstances.

Research and development of photovoltaic solar cells is playing an ever-larger practical role in energy supply and ecological conservation all over the world. This book offers an historical overview of this field, concentrating primarily on developments since the late 1980s.

Offers a complete treatise on all aspects of adsorptive processes. The text covers all fundamental principles as well as process design and simulation of gas adsorption processes for separation and purification.

A survey of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, starting from the Hamiltonian dynamics of the molecules, and proceeding through the irreversible kinetic equations to the level of fluid mechanics. The book then treats complex systems requiring a more extensive use of statistical concepts.

The author draws upon observations of people speaking technically in after-dinner speeches to write a book designed for anyone who dreads the prospect of speaking on specialist subjects. He includes: conference presentations; coping with visitors; inaugural lectures; and industrial presentations.

Contains 18 peer-reviewed papers based on the presentations at the 10th Annual International Workshop on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (IBSB 2010) held at Kyoto University from July 26 to July 28, 2010.

Gives the incoming clinical student a non-specialized overview of the basics of general clinical medicine. This book covers the main pathological processes that can be at work, and considers the clinical disease that these processes bring to the different systems of the body.

Contains papers presented at the 20th International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW 2009) held at the Pacifico Yokohama, Japan from December 14 to 16, 2009. This work provides an international forum for the presentation and discussion of original research papers on various aspects of bioinformatics, computational biology and systems biology.

Presents various research results about parsing schemata, introducing formal frameworks and theoretical results and focusing on applicability to practical parsing problems. This title offers a general introduction to the parsing schemata formalism that contains the basic notions needed to understand the rest of the parts.

Intended for physicists and chemical physicists, this title presents the knowledge on analytical properties of Airy functions. It also presents the calculus implying the Airy functions. It features examples that illustrate the use of Airy functions in classical and quantum physics. It reviews the knowledge on Airy functions.

Presents a new approach to the subject of cosmology. This book exploits Einstein's theory of general relativity. It contains a brief discussion of black holes and pulsars. It delves into philosophical considerations such as the different types of 'truth', positivism versus realism and a discussion of the role of the Mach principle in physics.

Highlights the developments in living related transplants. This book tackles living donor liver, lung, pancreas and intestinal transplantation as well as the connected ethical issues. It is suitable for students or professionals interested in developing a global view of the ethics and practice of transplantation.

A study of planets orbiting stars other than our Sun, the exoplanets. It explores the question of whether there can be life elsewhere in the Universe and whether this might involve advanced technologically-capable beings like ourselves.

Collects most of the talks and poster presentations presented at the 'Optical Turbulence - Astronomy meets Meteorology' international conference held on 15-18 September, 2008 at Nymphes Bay, Alghero, Sardinia, Italy.

This unique volume is a compendium of scientific contributions inspired by the work of Alex Dalgarno in the fields of atomic, molecular, and optical physics, astrophysics, astrochemistry, and atmospheric physics. The book should be of particular value to the practitioners in these fields.

Presents a comprehensive overview of lung repair. This book guides readers from basic science to clinical applications.

Covers the structure and physical properties of the protein envelopes that encapsulate and hence protect the delicate viral genome, their assembly and disassembly, the organization of the viral genome, infection, evolution, as well as applications of viruses in Biomedical Nanotechnology. This title is suitable for scientists working in virology.

A collection of essays on the moral description, understanding, and evaluation of values within the regional (Europe, North America and Asia) and global setting in stem cell science. It focuses on therapy and translation of stem cell research into the clinic.

Concentrates on process behavior of economic systems and building models that stem from Haken's, Prigogine's, Taylor's work as well as from nuclear physics models.

Contains key articles by Eric Scerri, one of the leading authority on the history and philosophy of the periodic table of the elements. This book explores a range of topics such as the historical evolution of the periodic system as well as its philosophical status and its relationship to modern quantum physics.

Summarises approaches and current practices in actinide immobilisation using chemically-durable crystalline materials such as ceramics and monocrystals. This book intends to provide information based on the authors' experience and studies in nuclear material management and actinide immobilisation.

Presents an account of significant energy sources, evaluated according to their capacity, reliability, cost, safety and effects on the environment. This book considers non-renewable sources (for example, coal, oil, gas and nuclear fuel) together with renewable sources like wood, hydro, biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, ocean thermal, and tidal.

Provides a review of research on single-electron devices and circuits in silicon. This book focuses on the design, fabrication, and characterization of single-electron transistors, single-electron memory devices, few-electron transfer devices such as electron pumps and turnstiles, and single-electron logic devices.

MicroRNAs have emerged as key regulators of gene expression during development and are frequently misexpressed in human disease states, in particular cancer. This book discusses how microRNAs represent a paradigm shift in thinking about gene regulation during development and disease.

Describes the synthesis and characterization of diverse materials based on the chiral, 1, 1'-binaphthyl structure. This book discusses the applications of these materials in various fields. It is suitable for graduate students as well as professionals working in the related fields.

Details the research and development initiatives in nano-biomedical engineering. This title deals with four groups of nano-biomedical engineering such as nano-biomechanics, nano-bioimaging, nano-biodevices and nano-biointervention.