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Analysis and Synthesis of Dynamic Systems with Positive Characteristics (Springer Theses)
by Jun ShenThis thesis develops several systematic and unified approaches for analyzing dynamic systems with positive characteristics or a more general cone invariance property. Based on these analysis results, it uses linear programming tools to address static output feedback synthesis problems with a focus ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Detecting Regime Change in Computational Finance: Data Science, Machine Learning and Algorithmic Trading
by Jun Chen • Edward P TsangThis is the first book of its kind to build on the framework of Directional Change. The concept of Directional Change opens a whole new area of research. – From the Foreword by Dr Richard Olsen, Founder and CEO of Lykke, Co-founder of OANDA and pioneer in high-frequency finance and fintech A creati... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Scientific Workflows
by Jun Qin • Thomas FahringerCreating scientific workflow applications is a very challenging task due to the complexity of the distributed computing environments involved, the complex control and data flow requirements of scientific applications, and the lack of high-level languages and tools support. Particularly, sophisticate... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Demographic and Family Transition in Southeast Asia
This open access book presents the trends and patterns of demographic and family changes from all eleven countries in the region for the past 50 years. The rich data are coupled with historical, cultural and policy background to facilitate an understanding of the changes that families in Southeast A... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Non-Neuronal Mechanisms of Brain Damage and Repair After Stroke
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research in the role of non-neuronal cells - astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, endothelial cells, pericytes, microglia, and other immune cells in ischemic brain injury and long-term recovery. In these cases, neurodegeneration and brain repair ar... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Economic Stress, Human Capital, and Families in Asia
This book presents recent findings about the consequences and policy implications of economic stress for human capital development and family well-being in Asia. The scope of the chapters goes beyond the impact of current financial crisis to include the effect of economic deprivation families in As... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Family and Population Changes in Singapore: A unique case in the global family change (Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series)
by Wei-Jun Jean Yeung • Shu HuThis book depicts the evolution of Singapore’s family and population landscape in the last half a century, the related public policies, and future challenges. Since the country gained independence in 1965, family and population policies have been integral to her nation-building strategies. The chapt... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Immunological Mechanisms and Therapies in Brain Injuries and Stroke
Recent research has revealed the importance of immunological mechanisms and inflammation in delaying damage and/or promoting repair after an acute injury to the central nervous system. This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the role of immunological mechanisms and therapies ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Therapeutic Intranasal Delivery for Stroke and Neurological Disorders (Springer Series in Translational Stroke Research)
The blood-brain-barrier serves to encapsulate and protect the central nervous system, but it also presents a major barricade to therapeutic drug delivery. Poor penetration is the most common hurdle to translating a promising experimental therapy that uses invasive delivery methods to a clinically us... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Dynamic Systems with Time Delays: Stability And Control
This book presents up-to-date research developments and novel methodologies to solve various stability and control problems of dynamic systems with time delays. First, it provides the new introduction of integral and summation inequalities for stability analysis of nominal time-delay systems in cont... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Epidemic-logistics Modeling: A New Perspective on Operations Research
This book is the first work to conduct the emergency logistics optimization problem under the epidemic environment (whether natural or man-made), which provides a new perspective for the application of optimization theory. In this book, the research methods involve epidemic dynamics, scenario-based ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Tea: Bioactivity and Therapeutic Potential
The tea plant, Camellia sinensis, is of particular importance to humans, and the consumption of tea has a long history of over 2000 years. Currently, tea is one of the most popular beverages worldwide. In recent years the subject of tea has attracted a great deal of attention. As well as the use of ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2002 -
Preference Data for Environmental Valuation: Combining Revealed and Stated Approaches (Routledge Explorations In Environmental Economics Ser. #31)
The monetary valuation of environmental goods and services has evolved from a fringe field of study in the late 1970s and early 1980s to a primary focus of environmental economists over the past decade. Despite its rapid growth, practitioners of valuation techniques often find themselves defending t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Triboelectric Nanogenerators
This book introduces an innovative and high-efficiency technology for mechanical energy harvesting. The book covers the history and development of triboelectric nanogenerators, basic structures, working principles, performance characterization, and potential applications. It is divided into three ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Animal Models of Acute Neurological Injuries II: Injury and Mechanistic Assessments, Volume 1 (Springer Protocols Handbooks)
The successful previous volume on this topic provided a detailed benchwork manual for the most commonly used animal models of acute neurological injuries including cerebral ischemia, hemorrhage, vasospasm, and traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. <P><P> Animal Models of Acute Neurological I... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Animal Models of Acute Neurological Injuries II: Injury and Mechanistic Assessments, Volume 2 (Springer Protocols Handbooks)
The successful previous volume on this topic provided a detailed benchwork manual for the most commonly used animal models of acute neurological injuries including cerebral ischemia, hemorrhage, vasospasm, and traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. Animal Models of Acute Neurological Injuries II... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Animal Models of Acute Neurological Injury: Injury And Mechanistic Assessments, Volume 1 (Springer Series in Translational Stroke Research)
Despite numerous recent studies and exciting discoveries in the field, only limited treatments are available today for the victims of acute brain and spinal cord injuries. Animal Models of Acute Neurological Injuries, Second Edition, provides a standardized methodology manual designed to eliminate t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Managing Educational Technology: School Partnerships and Technology Integration
Managing Educational Technology: School Partnerships and Technology Integration by Sandra Schamroth Abrams, Xiaojun June Chen, and Michael P. Downton. Sandra Schamroth Abrams is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at St. John’s University, USA. Xiaojun Chen is an ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Transition and Development in China: Towards Shared Growth (Transition And Development Ser.)
by Yun ChenChina's transition from a planned economy to a market economy has succeeded in producing more than a decade of phenomenal growth. Whilst similar reforms in countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have seen an initial downturn in production, usually with a significant rise... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Fast Food Maniac
by Jon HeinThe beloved personality from The Howard Stern Show celebrates American fast food, exploring the history and secret menu items of both national and regional chains, ranking everything from burgers and fries to ice and mascots, and offering his own expert tips on where to go and what to order. Jon... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
A Good Time For The Truth: Race In Minnesota
by Sun ShinIn this provocative book, sixteen of Minnesota’s best writers provide a range of perspectives on what it is like to live as a person of color in one of the whitest states in the nation. They give readers a splendid gift: the gift of touching another human being’s inner reality, behind masks and veil... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Victorian Contagion: Risk and Social Control in the Victorian Literary Imagination (Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature)
Victorian Contagion: Risk and Social Control in the Victorian Literary Imagination examines the literary and cultural production of contagion in the Victorian era and the way that production participated in a moral economy of surveillance and control. In this book, I attempt to make sense of how the... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Gene Therapy for Cartilage and Bone Tissue Engineering
by Yu-Chen Hu"Gene Therapy for Cartilage and Bone Tissue Engineering" outlines the tissue engineering and possible applications of gene therapy in the field of biomedical engineering as well as basic principles of gene therapy, vectors and gene delivery, specifically for cartilage and bone engineering. It is in... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
FMEA Using Uncertainty Theories and MCDM Methods
by Hu-Chen LiuThis book offers a thorough and systematic introduction to the modified failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) models based on uncertainty theories (e. g. fuzzy logic, intuitionistic fuzzy sets, D numbers and 2-tuple linguistic variables) and various multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) approache... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Improved FMEA Methods for Proactive Healthcare Risk Analysis
by Hu-Chen LiuThis book offers an in-depth and systematic introduction to improved failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) methods for proactive healthcare risk analysis. Healthcare risk management has become an increasingly important issue for hospitals and managers. <P><P>As a prospective reliability analysi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019