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This first work to be devoted entirely to this increasingly important field, the «Textbook» provides both an in-depth and comprehensive overview of this exciting new area. Edited by Johann Gasteiger and Thomas Engel, the book provides an introduction…

This book addresses all the current, up-to-date developments in this scientific discipline. Liver is the chief metabolizing site in the body, and thus, it is a major target organ for drug and chemical toxicity. Therefore, hepatotoxicity is an importa…

Toxicogenomics is the integration of genomics to toxicology. This technology is a powerful tool for collecting information from a large number of biological samples simultaneously and thus it is very useful for large-scale screening of potential toxi…

Nanomaterials – substances smaller than 100 nanometers in size – have been added in recent years to an increasing numbers of consumer products used in day-to-day life; in food packaging, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, odor-resistant tex…

The demand for flavourings has been constantly increasing over the last years as a result of the dramatic changes caused by a more and more industrialised life-style: The consumer is drawn to interesting, healthy, pleasurable, exciting or completely …

В книге рассмотрены различные версии начала Руси. Автор предлагает версию, согласно которой Русь в середине IX в. основало древнегерманское племя ругов, пришедшее в Приднепровье с берегов Дуная. В отличие от других работ историков по этой теме, здесь…

Коренных народов не существует! Кроме некоторых океанских островов, нигде на Земле не осталось народов, некогда первыми пришедших на ту или иную территорию. На протяжении десятков тысяч лет этнический состав любой территории Земли неоднократно менялс…

Космическая экспансия – не фантазия и не прихоть, а необходимый способ существования разумной жизни в будущем. Автор доказывает, что социуму, замкнувшемуся на поверхности планеты Земля, неизбежно грозит деградация. Постоянное расширение среды обитани…

Теория эволюции посредством естественного отбора знакома нам со школьной скамьи и, казалось бы, может быть интересна лишь тем, кто увлекается или профессионально занимается биологией. Но, помимо очевидных успехов в объяснении разнообразия живых орган…

Иногда наш главный защитник – иммунная система – вдруг начинает играть против нас, поражая наши собственные органы и ткани. Аутоиммунные болезни сложные и коварные, а их лечение требует вдумчивого понимания развития и течения каждого конкретного забо…

Есть много способов заглянуть в прошлое: изучить хронологию судьбоносных событий, познакомиться с генеалогическим древом правящих династий или прочитать множество научных трудов о том, как восходили и рушились великие империи. А можно заглянуть за ку…

This ebook edition does not include illustrations.An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe, in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures which have survived from earlier times and whose stories speak to us of…

The present text offers a graduate level treatment of time dependent phenomena in condensed matter physics. Conventional ideas of linear response theory and kinetic theory are treated in detail. The general emphasis, however, in on the development of…

A unique approach to quantum field theory, with emphasis on the principles of renormalization Quantum field theory is frequently approached from the perspective of particle physics. This book adopts a more general point of view and includes applicati…

Here is a readable and intuitive quantum mechanics text that covers scattering theory, relativistic quantum mechanics, and field theory. This expanded and updated Second Edition – with five new chapters – emphasizes the concrete and calculable over t…

The first edition of this necessary reading for cosmologists and particle astrophysicists was quickly adopted by universities and other institutions of higher learning around the world. And with the data and references updated throughout, this third …

In-operation vibration monitoring for complex mechanical structures and rotating machines is of key importance in many industrial areas such as aeronautics (wings and other structures subject to strength), automobile (gearbox mounting with a sports c…

Modelling and analysis of dynamical systems is a widespread practice as it is important for engineers to know how a given physical or engineering system will behave under specific circumstances. This text provides a comprehensive and systematic intro…

Comprehensive in coverage, written and edited by leading experts in the field, this Handbook is a definitive, up-to-date reference work. The Volumes Methods I and Methods II detail the physico-chemical basis and capabilities of the various microscopy…

Learn how to study, analyze, select, and design a successful mechatronic product This innovative, cutting-edge publication presents the essential nature of mechatronics, a field at the crossroads of information technology and mechanical and electrica…