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Книга посвящается всем тем, кто прямо или косвенно пострадал от алкоголя. Она посвящается также Дэвиду Синклеру, без которого мы не смогли бы разработать первое в своём роде эффективное средство борьбы с поистине тяжёлым недугом, - средство, в основе которого лежат в высшей степени оригинальные открытия, ставшие результатом скрупулёзных 40-летних исследований. Революционный метод Синклера спасает …
Large producers have started to use gas injection for their applications and in the future it is predicted that this trend will increase. This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of this technique, which is rapidly increasing in importance and usage in the natural gas and petroleum industry. The authors, a group of the most well-known and respected in the field, discuss, in a se…
Proton conduction can be found in many different solid materials, from organic polymers at room temperature to inorganic oxides at high temperature. Solid state proton conductors are of central interest for many technological innovations, including hydrogen and humidity sensors, membranes for water electrolyzers and, most importantly, for high-efficiency electrochemical energy conversion in fuel c…
Examines the latest processing and fabrication methods There is increasing interest in the application of advanced ceramic materials in diverse areas such as transportation, energy, environmental protection and remediation, communications, health, and aerospace. This book guides readers through a broad selection of key processing techniques for ceramics and their composites, enabling them to manuf…
Life in Europe will indeed go on as the climate changes, but not in the same way as before. The air will be warmer, winds will change, patterns of rainfall and snowfall will alter, and sea level is likely to rise. These phenomena are already being seen. Europe will in the future experience marked changes in vegetation cover, increased floods along rivers and coastlines as well as more frequent dro…
Сёрен Кьеркегор (1813–1855) – датский философ, теолог и писатель, по праву считается предтечей и одновременно основателем европейского экзистенциализма. Трактат «Или – или» – первое крупное сочинение величайшего христианского экзистенциалиста Сёрена Кьеркегора, в котором автор излагает свое видение этических и эстетических этапов человеческой экзистенции. В настоящее издание включены четыре основн…
The book weaves the story of the complex links between education and its territories. The aim here is to examine the education couple – understood in the broadest sense: school, college, high school, universities – and territory, according to three main axes: the history and the characterization of the different ties maintained And which the school and its territory always maintain; That of the ca…
New Media for a New China is a timely introduction to the current state of the mass media in China and it’s growing role in the 21st Century global communication system Brings together an international cast of scholars to analyse the diverse roles of China’s media, covering all the major industries (advertising, newspapers, broadcasting, magazines, film, TV, PR) Considers the position of China’s m…
The Handbook of Discourse Analysis makes significant contributions to current research and serves as a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the central issues in contemporary discourse analysis. Features comprehensive coverage of contemporary discourse analysis. Offers an overview of how different disciplines approach the analysis of discourse. Provides analysis of a wide range of data, includ…
The coastal zone is one of the most dynamic environments on our planet and is much affected by global change, especially sea-level rise. Coastal environments harbour valuable ecosystems, but they are also hugely important from a societal point of view. This book, which draws on the expertise of 21 leading international coastal scientists, represents an up-to-date account of coastal environments an…
Professors Wen and Huang present current developments in tribology research along with tribology fundamentals and applications, including lubrication theory, lubrication design, friction mechanism, wear mechanism, friction control, and their applications. In addition to classical tribology, Wen and Huang cover the research areas of the modern tribology, as well as the regularities and characterist…
Biomass is a renewable resource, whose utilization has received great attention due to environmental considerations and the increasing demands of energy worldwide. Since the energy crises of the 1970s, many countries have become interested in biomass as a fuel source to expand the development of domestic and renewable energy sources, reduce the environmental impacts of energy production provide ru…
This book provides researchers and engineers in the imaging field with the skills they need to effectively deal with nonlinear inverse problems associated with different imaging modalities, including impedance imaging, optical tomography, elastography, and electrical source imaging. Focusing on numerically implementable methods, the book bridges the gap between theory and applications, helping rea…
Культурная классика – это звезды на небесах истории. Что такое культура? В словарях говорится, что это совокупность общественного богатства, но обычно под этим подразумевается богатство духовное. Что такое классика? Это незыблемые идеи, эталоны, каноны, выдающиеся люди, деяния. Только обретя высший смысл, человек или вещь могут стать классикой и приобщиться к вечности. В данный сборник вошли класс…
Приспособься или умри – это самый известный закон природы. Но как же эволюция происходит на самом деле? Она слишком медленна, чтобы ее можно было увидеть невооруженным взглядом, но эволюция непрерывно происходит вокруг нас. Даже если вам знакомы такие ключевые понятия как изменчивость, естественный отбор, конфликт родителей и потомства, для их полного понимания необходим контекст. От популяции до …