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Transformation Thermotics and Extended Theories
This open access book describes the theory of transformation thermotics and its extended theories for the active control of macroscopic thermal phenomena of artificial systems, which is in sharp contrast to classical thermodynamics comprising the four thermodynamic laws for the passive description of macroscopic thermal phenomena of natural systems. This monograph consists of two parts, i.e., i…
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- 978-981-19-5908-0
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- 1 b/w illustrations, 120 illustrations in colour
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- X, 344
International Symposium on Mathematics, Quantum Theory, and Cryptography
This open access book presents selected papers from International Symposium on Mathematics, Quantum Theory, and Cryptography (MQC), which was held on September 25-27, 2019 in Fukuoka, Japan. The international symposium MQC addresses the mathematics and quantum theory underlying secure modeling of the post quantum cryptography including e.g. mathematical study of the light-matter interaction mod…
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Chemical Youth
This open access book explores how young people engage with chemical substances in their everyday lives. It builds upon and supplements a large body of literature on young people’s use of drugs and alcohol to highlight the subjectivities and socialities that chemical use enables across diverse socio-cultural settings, illustrating how young people seek to avoid harm, while harnessing the bene…
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The Search for Ultralight Bosonic Dark Matter
A host of astrophysical measurements suggest that most of the matter in the Universe is an invisible, nonluminous substance that physicists call “dark matter.” Understanding the nature of dark matter is one of the greatest challenges of modern physics and is of paramount importance to our theories of cosmology and particle physics. This text explores one of the leading hypotheses to explain…
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- 978-3-030-95852-7
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- 16 b/w illustrations, 62 illustrations in colour
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- XX, 363
Monte Carlo N-Particle Simulations for Nuclear Detection and Safeguards
This open access book is a pedagogical, examples-based guide to using the Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP®) code for nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation applications. The MCNP code, general-purpose software for particle transport simulations, is widely used in the field of nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation for numerous applications including detector design and calibration, and the s…
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- 978-3-031-04129-7
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- 24 b/w illustrations, 82 illustrations in colour
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- XV, 307
Theory and Practice of Sociosensitive and Socioactive Systems
Interactive adaptive systems increasingly become part of our everyday life. Which factors could shape this development and under which conditions will interactions with technical systems be deemed socially appropriate? The "FActors of Social Appropriateness" (FASA) Model presented in this Open Access-book provides a structured approach to our understanding of social appropriateness in human-tec…
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- 978-3-658-36946-0
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- 6 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
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- XV, 166
A Journey of Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems: Essays Dedicated to Peter M…
This Open Access book celebrates Professor Peter Marwedel's outstanding achievements in compilers, embedded systems, and cyber-physical systems. The contributions in the book summarize the content of invited lectures given at the workshop “Embedded Systems” held at the Technical University Dortmund in early July 2019 in honor of Professor Marwedel's seventieth birthday. Provides a compre…
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A memorial of the Right Reverend Carlton Chase D.D. : first bishop of New-Ham…
Immerse yourself in the inspiring life of Carlton Chase, the first Bishop of New Hampshire, from 1844 to 1870. This meticulously crafted memorial, featuring a biographical sketch, offers a profound look at his contributions to the Episcopal Church and his unwavering dedication to his faith and community. Set against the backdrop of New England's evolving religious landscape, this work delves…
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Urban and Regional Cooperation and Development
This is an open access book. This book, first of all, introduces the new unveiled Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone with details as a special mode of the regional collaborative development that is committed to be mutually beneficial to both sides with different political and economic systems. China's central authorities have recently issued a masterplan for constructing the Guangdong-M…
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- 978-981-19-8061-9
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- SpringerBriefs in Geography
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- IX, 94
Urban Living Lab for Local Regeneration
This open access book provides an integrated overview of the challenges and resources of large-scale social housing estates in Europe and outlines possible interdisciplinary approaches and tools to promote their regeneration. It especially focuses on the tool of urban living labs, as promising in promoting new and more effective local governance and in including the different actors into the pl…
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- 978-3-031-19748-2
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- The Urban Book Series
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- IX, 205
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