Science and Technology

The pursuit of sustainability has generated lifestyle changes for individuals across the globe, widespread initiatives within civil society and bus...

This third in the Current Topics in Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine Series contains a careful selection of new and updated, high-qual...

A concise, engineering-oriented resource that provides practical support to IT professionals and those responsible for the quality of the software ...

Over the past 20 years, software architectures have significantly contributed to the development of complex and distributed systems. Nowadays, it i...

Dedicated to remote sensing images, from their acquisition to their use in various applications, this book covers the global lifecycle of images, i...

Featuring updates and revisions to reflect rapid changes in an increasingly globalized world, Readings in Planning Theory remains the definitive re...

This book provides an overall view of the new and highly promising materials and thin film deposition techniques for printable solar cell applicati...

Enables chemical engineering students to bridge theory and practice Integrating scientific principles with practical engineering experience, this ...

The updated and expanded guide for handling industrial wastes and designing a wastewater treatment plant The revised and updated second edition of...

The first systematic reference on the topic with an emphasis on the characteristics and dimension of the reinforcing filler Volume One begins by d...

The proteome comprises all protein species resulting from gene expression in a cell, organelle, tissue or organism. By definition, proteomics aims ...

New research tools have revealed many surprising aspects of the dynamic nature of lipids and their participation in processes such as recognition, ...

Cell separation is an important process that occurs throughout the life cycle of a plant. It enables the radicle to emerge from the germinating see...

Paleoecology is a discipline that uses evidence from fossils to provide an understanding of ancient environments and the ecological history of life...

Origination: The Geographies of Brands and Branding offers innovative theoretical and conceptual frameworks relating to the ways that actors create...

This book seeks to illuminate the organizational and social dimensions of Global Information Systems. It provides a broad and historical perspectiv...

Odours have become a priority concern for facility operators, engineers and urban planners who deal with waste and industrial treatment plants. The...

Assesses the engineering of renewable sources for commercial power generation and discusses the safety, operation, and control aspects of nuclear e...

This book provides the technical essentials, state-of-the-art knowledge, business ecosystem and standards of Near Field Communication (NFC)by NFC L...

Nanotechnologies: Concepts, Processing and Applications describes and explains how nanotechnologies have entered our everyday lives through scienti...

The Times (Obituaries, 4 August 2008) reported that “John Thornes was one of the most eminent and influential physical geographers of his generatio...

Demand for Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) is on the increase, with a huge surge of interest in mobile communications in recent years and high-paced...

A practical guide to LTE design, test and measurement, this new edition has been updated to include the latest developments This book presents the...

This is an engineering reference book on hybrid vehicle system analysis and design, an outgrowth of the author's substantial work in research, deve...

Overall, this book presents a detailed and comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art development of different nanoscale intelligent materials ...

Preface, Part I. Inorganic Materials, 1. Synthesis, Characterization, and Self-assembly of Colloidal Quantum Dots, Saim M. Emin, Alexandre Loukanov...

At a time when people use more and more geographic information and tools, the management of geographical information in software systems still hold...

The second edition of a highly acclaimed handbook and ready reference. Unmatched in its breadth and quality, around 100 specialists from all over ...

Often described as a "miracle material", graphene's potential applications are extraordinary, ranging from nanoscale 'green' technologies, to senso...

Today’s global energy system faces two major challenges: how to secure the supply of reliable and affordable energy; and how to rapidly transform t...

Geographies of Media and Communication systematically analyzes the relationship between geography and communication and shows how geographical appr...

The first book to focus exclusively on the subject, Geodiversity, Second Edition describes the interrelationships between geodiversity and biodiver...

Fuel cells are expected to play a major role in the future power supply that will transform to renewable, decentralized and fluctuating primary ene...

The updated seventh edition of the classic text on wood science and forestry The seventh edition of Forest Products and Wood Science: An Introduct...

Facilities management continues to expand and develop in terms of the volume and diversity of commercial activity, with a significant influence upo...

Highly Commended at the BMA Book Awards 2013 Extreme Tissue Engineering is an engaging introduction to Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicin...

This book is aimed at students taking courses on evolution in universities and colleges. Its approach and its structure are very different from pre...

Climate change, habitat loss, rising extinction rates - such problems call for more than just new policies and practices. They raise fundamental qu...

This exhaustive listing of almost all marine natural products known to date adopts a unique approach in its classification of the compounds by biol...

A practical guide for solving real-world circuit board problems Electrical, Electronics, and Digital Hardware Essentials for Scientists and Engine...

Details energy and exergy efficiencies of all major aspects of bioenergy systems Covers all major bioenergy processes starting from photosynthesis...

Ecosystem Dynamics focuses on long-term terrestrial ecosystems and their changing relationships with human societies. The unique aspect of this te...

If the whole world wanted to live like people in the United Kingdom we would need the resources of three planets like Earth. If the United States w...

Ecological Applications presents a broad range of methods and techniques for managing environmental sustainability. This book examines ecological t...

This book focuses on the distinct but tightly inter-related areas of development for distributed sensing systems In this book, the authors discuss...

DNA technology is evolving rapidly, with new methods and a fast-growing vocabulary. This unique dictionary offers current, detailed and accessible ...

The first edition of Data Analysis in Vegetation Ecology provided an accessible and thorough resource for evaluating plant ecology data, based on t...

The Only Resource to Cover Wireless, Wireline, and Optical Networks in One Volume Mobile and stationary next-generation networks that access the p...