Buku akses terbuka ini mengulas pencapaian penelitian terbaru tentang penyelidikan fenomena antarmuka pada antarmuka sambungan polimer/polimer dan polimer/logam dengan teknik analisis mutakhir yang belum pernah digunakan sebelumnya di bidang adhesi dan ikatan. Performa adhesi tidak hanya ditentukan oleh antarmuka dua dimensi tetapi juga oleh wilayah tiga dimensi (3D) yang memiliki sifat dan kar…
In Doubts on Avicenna, Ayman Shihadeh brings to light an important new source, which marks a key moment of transition in twelfth-century Arabic philosophy. Sharaf al-Dīn al-Masʿūdī’s al-Mabāḥith wa-l-Shukūk ʿalā l-Ishārāt (Investigations and Objections on the Pointers) offers major insight into the dialectic between the two traditions of Avicennan philosophy and rational theology,…
Buku akses terbuka ini merupakan prosiding dari Konferensi Internasional ke-21 tentang Pengembangan Perangkat Lunak Agile, XP 2020, yang direncanakan diadakan pada 8-12 Juni 2020, di Universitas IT Kopenhagen, Denmark. Namun, karena pandemi COVID-19, konferensi ini ditunda hingga tanggal yang belum ditentukan. XP adalah konferensi pengembangan perangkat lunak agile terkemuka yang menggabungkan …
Buku akses terbuka ini merupakan hasil dari lokakarya penelitian, simposium doktoral, dan ringkasan panel yang disajikan pada Konferensi Internasional ke-20 tentang Pengembangan Perangkat Lunak Agile, XP 2019, yang diadakan di Montreal, QC, Kanada, pada bulan Mei 2019. XP adalah konferensi pengembangan perangkat lunak agile terkemuka yang menggabungkan penelitian dan praktik. Ini adalah forum h…
This open access book presents the roles and mechanisms of signal transduction triggered by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) stimulation in neuroprotection against toxic effects of risk factors of neurodegenerative diseases. Accumulating evidence suggests that nAChRs in the CNS play important roles not only in excitatory neurotransmission but also in neuronal survival and related func…
This book is open access under a CC BY license. This edited collection focuses on theories, language and migration in relation to multiculturalism in Japan and the Asia-Pacific. Each chapter aims to provide alternative understandings to current conflicts that have arisen due to immigration and policies related to education, politics, language, work, citizenship and identity.
This open access book elucidates new biological phenomena caused by extracellular fine particles and highlights the development of base technologies for their control. In this book, the latest knowledge is collected on the principles of extracellular fine particles recognition, action, and biological responses. In addition, the base technologies for their detection, separation, measurement, and…
This open access book is an ambitious study about how to use comparative methods to analyze contemporary military strategy in the maritime domain. Based on the three strategic concepts of area denial, sea control and power projection, this book analyzes the intensive conventional capabilities of six major powers’ military strategies. These include the United States, the United Kingdom and Jap…
In Climate Change and International Shipping: The Regulatory Framework for the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Yubing Shi provides ground-breaking analyses of the evolving regulatory framework for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping. This book examines the applicability of international environmental law principles to the reduction of greenhouse gas emis…