World Scientific - new titles February 2023

Linda Low

Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore

Yew Haur Lee

Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore

Key Features

• Focuses on economic, political and health issues related to Covid-19 in China and ASEAN

• Contributed by writers who are experienced professionals and specialists with indepth knowledge and understanding of issues arising from Covid-19

Description

This book seeks to understand the New Normal in a post-Covid-19 world, amid the ongoing battle against the pandemic. With emerging variants like Omicron, it is likely that the fight against Covid-19 would be a protracted one. It is thus timely to review how we have coped since its first outbreak in December 2019 and what the future holds from the economic, political and health perspectives.

What is the New Normal in the internationalisation of the renminbi and in retail? What about China’s crisis management and ASEAN-China relations in a postCovid-19 world? What is the current scenario and future outlook of the Covid-19 fight in ASEAN? Looking forward, how do we live with the ‘Twindemic’ of Covid-19 and the Influenza pandemic? These questions and more are addressed in this book.

Editors

Linda LOW is an Associate Professor in the School of Business at Singapore University of Social Sciences. She holds a PhD in Economics from University of Singapore, 1984, with books published including a Primer in Economics, Spore GLCs, Spore CPF and others co-authored in Fintech, Belt-Road Initiative, Covid-19, Economies in Asia Pacific (like China, Japan), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), etc.

LEE Yew Haur is an Associate Professor and Deputy Director in the Business Intelligence & Analytics unit at the Singapore University of Social Sciences. He holds a PhD in Statistics from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA. His research interest is in the application of text mining and data mining in education.

February 2023

£55 | HARDCOVER 978-981-125-514-4

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Extent: 150pp

Type: Review Volume

Main Subject: Asian Studies

Sub-Subjects: Asian Economies; Asian Politics; Society; Political Economy; Infectious Diseases; Southeast Asia; China Studies; International Relations

Keywords: Covid-19; China; ASEAN

Readership: Undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers focusing on the political, economic and health impacts of Covid-19 in China and ASEAN

• Introduction

• RMB Internationalisation

• New Retail in a Post-Covid World

• Evolution of China’s Crisis Management: A Comparison of Covid-19 and SARS

• ASEAN-China Relations in New Normal with Covid-19

• Covid-19 in Southeast Asia: A Review of the Current Scenario and Outlook for the Future

• Two Viral Pandemics, a Century Apart and a Potential “Twindemic” on Collision Course in Southeast Asia

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Beyond the Handshake

Singapore’s Foreign Service

Lawrence Anderson S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore

Key Features

• The book contains a rich collection of essays and reflections written by two generations of Singapore’s senior diplomats who worked tirelessly to protect Singapore’s interests and establish its place in the world

• Based on their vast experiences in foreign affairs, the contributors tell fascinating, candid, first-hand accounts of how they witnessed important historical moments, navigated complex diplomatic issues, their successes and at times missed opportunities, while representing Singapore on the international stage

• Written in a highly engaging and readable manner, the book is also accessible for the general reader, or anyone who is interested in Singapore

• The book will appeal especially to the next generation of policymakers, researchers, and students learning about Singapore’s diplomatic history and foreign policy, and the art of diplomacy

Description

From independence in 1965, Singapore has experienced a meteoric rise to a modern developed city-state. What is less known is the part played by its foreign policy or by the men and women who contributed to its implementation and success. Here, several of Singapore’s senior diplomats and Ambassadors tell in their own words, how they did their work, their experiences, their achievements and the challenges that they faced in promoting and safeguarding Singapore’s strategic security and economic interests.

Editor

In a 37-year career in the Foreign Service since 1984, Lawrence Anderson served at the Singapore Permanent Mission to the UN in New York and Singapore Embassies in the US and Thailand. He was appointed Ambassador to Cambodia (2004–07), as well as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and concurrently Ambassador to Bahrain (2013–19).

Back home at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lawrence at various times held appointments covering Singapore’s bilateral relations with its Southeast Asian neighbours, regional policy and strategic security issues involving ASEAN and its relations with the Dialogue Partners, overseeing Singapore’s technical assistance cooperation programmes, as well as managed Singapore’s relations with Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific Islands, the European Union (EU) and other European countries. He retired from the Foreign Service in late 2021 and is currently a Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). He is also Singapore’s Representative to the Advisory Board of the ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation (ASEAN-IPR).

February 2023

£45 | HARDCOVER 978-981-125-860-2

£25 | SOFTCOVER 978-981-126-016-2

Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Company

Extent: 212pp

Type: Popular Book

Main Subject: Asian Studies

Sub-Subjects: Singapore Collection; Asian Politics; Society; nternational Relations; Political Science; Policy Studies; Public Policy

Keywords: Foreign Policy; International Relations; History; Diplomacy; Foreign Service; Singapore; ASEAN

Readership: General readers interested in Singapore’s foreign service from the perspective of senior diplomats and ambassadors

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• Acknowledgements

• Preface

• List of Contributors

• The Early Years: ᇶ Advancing Singapore’s Security and Strategic Interests (V K Rajan) ᇶ Seizing Strategic Opportunities for Singapore — The Quick, The Slow and The Missed (T Jasudasen) ᇶ What Do Diplomats Do? (Bilahari Kausikan) ᇶ For Whom the Ambassadors Toil? (Lee Chiong Giam)

• Baptism of Fire: ᇶ A Lifetime Serving Singapore (Seetoh Hoy Cheng) ᇶ Promoting Singapore’s Political, Economic, Security and Strategic Interests in Its Relations with Thailand and Australia (Tan Seng Chye) ᇶ Observing Strategic and Security Issues — Diplomat on the Frontline (Mushahid Ali )

• ASEAN and Singapore: ᇶ Working at the ASEAN Level (Ong Keng Yong)

• Our Global Reach: ᇶ Japan and Singapore: Growing Ties (Tan Chin Tiong) ᇶ A Diplomatic Crisis (R Raj Kumar) ᇶ Reflections on My Career in the Foreign Service (Robert Chua) ᇶ Doing Due Diligence for Singapore’s “Excellence” (Tan York Chor) ᇶ Working for Singapore’s Strategic and Security Interests Abroad (Christopher Cheang) ᇶ The Kingdom and the Crown in the 21st Century (Lawrence Anderson) ᇶ Building Bridges to Brazil (Tan Lian Choo) ᇶ Rwanda — Mutual Cooperation from the Singapore Model (Yatiman Yusof )

• The Foreign Service in the 21st Century: ᇶ Three Projects in India — Navigating the Labyrinth ( Ajit Singh) ᇶ Singapore–New Zealand Air Talks: Off to a Flying Start (Bernard Baker) ᇶ Re-Examining the Human Rights Issue in ASEAN (Barry Desker) ᇶ My Journey as a Peacemaker (Tommy Koh)

• Postscript: What Makes Foreign Policy Work Beyond the Handshake: ᇶ A Career in Diplomacy ( A Selverajah)

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China Change and Confucian “Benevolence”

Human Values, Truth and Policy

Description

Henry Kissinger observed, “Everybody wants to be a China hawk.” China is a bully. China is Nazi Germany. China commits genocide. China disrupts the “international rules-based order.” Responding to such uninformed generalization on the nature of China’s regime and its lack of human values, the Western Liberal Democracies have created their own “China Problem” by clinging to Cold War anachronism. The clash of values is not nearly as deep and extensive as is often claimed. Furthermore, the contemporary public discourse on China needs a complete assessment of the values that have emerged in Xi Jinping’s China. Xi is regarded as “red” like Mao. Xi, however, has abandoned Mao’s view of class struggle and his notion of a “rejuvenated China” embraces traditional core principles that Mao bitterly condemned. “Ren”, or “benevolence”, for example, now informs entwined domestic and foreign policy as “moderate prosperity in all respects”. “Ren”, or “benevolence” is aligned with “common security” and “common development”. The question is whether this is a positive restoration of traditional values that will contribute to domestic development and international peace, or restorationist Middle-Kingdomism designed to assert Chinese values worldwide. This book’s analysis of Chinese values argues that the current interpretation of the “China Threat” is predicated in a serious misunderstanding of Chinese values.

It is often commented that China is “the defining geopolitical issues of our time”. This book is an especially timely contribution to the currently limited public policy debate on China as a threat to Western values and the “international rules-based system”. Correction is long overdue with reference to speculative assumptions that Xi Jinping’s regime represents a return to Mao’s regime. “Socialism with Chinese characteristics” has significantly moved on under Xi’s leadership. Hyperbole about China has presumed the continuation of Chinese Cold War ideology and has either lightly commented on, or ignored altogether the resurgence of core traditional ideas in Chinese policy formation. This book provides detailed research of “Xi Jinping Thought” and “Xi Jinping Diplomatic Thought”. It adopts a widely construed, but serious interdisciplinary, approach towards the “China Problem”, drawing on both the social sciences and humanities. This wide-angled approach includes “new sinology” in its recent review of “translated China”, synthesizing tradition and culture with the development of modern Chinese ideology, politics and policy formation. The book’s significant topicality is presented within an unconventional approach and formatted contents designed to reach out to the biggest circle of general and advanced, China-interested readers in the time of great debate.

£125 | HARDCOVER 978-981-125-931-9

Author

Ronald Colin Keith completed his PhD at the School of Oriental and African Studies. He retired as Professor of China Studies, in 2017, from Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Brisbane.

Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Company

Extent: 500pp

Type: Monograph

Series: Series on Contemporary China

Main Subject: Asian Studies

Sub-Subjects: China Studies; Asian Politics; Society; Asian Economies; Asian Business; Management; Social Issues; Human Security

Keywords: Chinese Values under Xi Jinping; The “China Threat” in International Relations; East-West Comparison of Human Justice and the Rule of Law in China and the Western Liberal Democracies; Chinese Politics, Law, Culture and Society; PostGlobalization and Chinese Response to Foreign Trade and Investment; Comparison of the Supreme Courts of China, UK and US

Readership: Academics, policymakers, graduate and undergraduate students, professionals interested in China studies, Chinese politics, Chinese governance, Chinese society, Chinese history, Chinese response to foreign trade and investment

Ronald Colin Keith

• Introductory Note

• List of Illustrations

• Magistrate Ma’s “Justice” and the General Secretary’s “Benevolence”

• Ma “Matches Concepts” (Geyi) with US and UK Supreme Court Judges

• Enter Centre Stage, Western Law Professors with “Bugles Blowing”

• “The Giant Kangaroo Serves as the Running Dog of the US”

• Party Corruption and the “Supremacy of law”

• Sir Edward’s Renda Oration on the “Rule of Law” vs. Dystopia

• The Yankee Ambassador Refuses to “Call a Stag a Horse”

• Imagining China Policy that Supports “Human Values”

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Lion and Dragon Dance in Singapore

Loh

Key Features

• This is the only book chronicling Singapore lion and dragon dance in English

• Features writeups of lion and dragon dance pioneers which have never been recorded before in any English publications

• Documents the dying artform of lion and dragon dance in Singapore

Description

Lion dance has been in Singapore since the 1930s and is closely connected with the Chinese clans that organised the first troupes, with some of these clans hailing as far back as the 1800s. Chronicling the history of lion dance, therefore, is akin to chronicling the pioneering years of our nation. However, few books document the history of this art form in Singapore.

This book is the first of its kind to introduce the history, culture, sport and performance art that is lion and dragon dance in English. It will cover the types of dances and costumes, symbolisms and values embedded in the lion and dragon dance communities. It will tell the stories of Singaporean lion and dragon dance pioneers which have never before appeared in any English publications. It will also feature interviews with current leaders in the community and share our hopes for the future of the art form in Singapore.

Author

Pauline Loh is an award-winning author with 30 years of writing experience. She has published 12 adult non-fiction books, 6 youth books and 9 children’s storybooks. As a creative writing teacher, she has 60 weekly students and conducts author visits in schools. She graduated from Singapore Chinese Girls’ School, Raffles Junior College and National University of Singapore, and was formerly a journalist, magazine editor and book editor. She is happily married with three children.

February 2023

£55 | HARDCOVER 978-981-126-098-8 £30 | SOFTCOVER 978-981-126-209-8

Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Company

Extent: 160pp Type: Popular Book

Main Subject: Asian Studies

Sub-Subjects: Singapore Collection; Asian Culture; Literary Studies; Literature; Culture Studies

Keywords: Lion Dance; Dragon Dance; Chinese Culture; Singapore; Performing Arts; History; Chinese Pioneers; Kungfu; Martial Arts; Lion and Dragon Dance Troupes; Hok San; Gong Chow Hui Koon; Zhou Jia Quan; Fuzhou Dragon; Chin Woo Association

Readership: Lion and dragon dance enthusiasts, historians, culture enthusiasts, Chinese people, martial arts enthusiasts; Overseas lion and dragon dance troupes. Overseas Chinese

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Pauline

• Acknowledgements

• Preface

• History: ᇶ Lion and Dragon Lore ᇶ Advent of the Lion and the Dragon ᇶ History of Lion and Dragon Dance in Singapore ᇶ Pioneers Remembered ᇶ Current leaders Speak ᇶ Being a Trainee ᇶ Values

• Culture: ᇶ Lion and Dragon Species ᇶ Crafting a Lion and a Dragon ᇶ The Lion and the Dragon Play ᇶ The Lion’s and Dragon’s Companions ᇶ The Lion’s and Dragon’s Band ᇶ Symbolisms in Lion and Dragon Dance

• Sport: ᇶ Training

• Lion and Dragons of the Future: ᇶ Lions and Dragons at Large ᇶ Lions and Dragons of the Future — Call to Action

• Index

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Future? China!

How the New Superpower is Changing the West

Sieren

Endorsement

“For centuries, it was taken for granted that the West determined the rules of the global game. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, it was the Europeans. In the 20th century, it was the Americans. Now we find ourselves at the dawn of an epochal, worldwide transformation. For the first time, the global center of power is shifting towards Asia.”

Frank Sieren

Key Features

• Explains how China is changing the western-dominated world order to a multi-polar world order from the perspective of a European who has been living in China for almost three decades

Description

Future? China! is the first book that comprehensively examines the influence of a new superpower on all continents and aspects of life. The book explains how China is changing the western-dominated world order to a multi-polar world order — from the perspective of a European who has been living in China for almost three decades. The book argues that the times in which the West sets the standards are over. For the first time in centuries, an Asian country is assuming the position of being a world power. The Chinese are already questioning values that we consider to be universal.

China, the new superpower, already contributes to well over 30 percent of the global economic growth. The author believes China is only at the beginning of its ascent. He explains how the Middle Kingdom is expanding its influence throughout the world: whether in the automobile industry, which China is revolutionizing thanks to electric mobility and autonomous driving; or in the field of digitalization and artificial intelligence, where China is on a level-pegging with the USA; whether in Africa, where China has long since been investing in mineral deposits, infrastructure but also in light industry and creating trillions of jobs; or on the scale of the new Silk Road, a one trillion-dollar project, which reaches up to Duisburg and for which China has won the support of numerous Eastern European states.

Author

Frank Sieren is regarded as “one of the leading German China experts.”(DIE ZEIT). He is a documentary filmmaker and columnist and has written several bestsellers about China (China Code, China Shock, and In Fear of China). No other German journalist has penned more books about China. Sieren has been living in Beijing for a quarter of a century. His most recent book published is: Shenzhen: Future Made in China (2021) with Penguin.

February 2023

£55 | HARDCOVER 978-981-126-423-8 £25 | SOFTCOVER 978-981-126-467-2

Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Company

Extent: 368pp Type: Popular Book

Main Subject: Asian Studies

Sub-Subjects: China Studies; Asian Economies; Political Science; Policy Studies;Public Policy; International Relations; International Economics

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Digitalization; Intuitive Innovation; Asia’s Crisis; China’s Neighbors; USA; Africa; Global Equality; Asia; Automotive; Car Industry; Autonomous Driving; Electric Cars; Mobility; Silk Road; Belt and Road Initiative; Equality; Economy; Superpower; Technology; Future

Readership: General public interested in China’s development and its impact on the West

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Frank

• Foreword

• Preface

• China, Russia and Europe: Pesky Neighbors

• Artificial Intelligence and Other Future Technologies: Dramatic Digitalization

• The New Car: Autonomous Different Thinking

• China’s Reformers: Radical Retread

• Inventiveness: Intuitive Innovation

• The New Silk Road: Skillful Belt

• Asia’s Crisis & China’s Neighbors: Special Margin

• China and the USA: Baseless Trade Representatives

• Africa: Departure without Alternatives

• The Century of Global Equality

• Acknowledgements

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Decoding the Rise of Made-In-China

Why the Continuity of Catch-up Ladder Ultimately Matters

Bin Guo Zhejiang University, China

Key Features

• This book provides a novel theoretical framework for explaining the real source of competitive advantage of Chinese manufacturing

• Rich and interesting details in the book made it more attractive to both academic professionals, managers and general readers

Description

This book provides a novel theoretical framework to explain the real source of competitive advantage of Chinese manufacturing. More importantly, such a framework can be generalized to analyze the potential of catch-up for large emerging economies in the globalization era. The book also provides insights for policy makers to rethink their design of policies.

The rise of Made-in-China products has been widely attributed to low labour cost advantage and imitation advantage. However, as these two advantages are nearly innate to all late-developing countries, they cannot be regarded as the key factors that drive the rapid growth of China’s manufacturing industry, or China’s economy, over the past few decades. In this book, the author proposed a theory — “the catch-up ladders theory”, to explain the rise of China’s manufacturing industry. The manufacturing advancement of any country is in essence a process of catching-up in both market and technology, during which enterprises will form a ladder-like holistic structure due to their differences in capabilities, technology and market positioning. In light of this, the continuity of the catch-up ladder will greatly determine the catch-up efficiency of an industry and even a country at large. Such a perspective is more applicable to large emerging economies, especially those with over one hundred million population and thus huge potential domestic market demand.

Author

Bin Guo is a Professor of Innovation Management & Strategy at the School of Management, Zhejiang University. He is also the head of the Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy. He received his PhD in Management from Zhejiang University (1998), China.

February 2023

£85 | HARDCOVER 978-981-126-521-1

Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Company

Extent: 260pp Type: Monograph

Series: Series on Innovation and Operations Management for Chinese Enterprises - Volume 8

Main Subject: Asian Studies

Sub-Subjects: China Studies; Asian Business; Management; Asian Politics; Society; General Business And Management; Innovation; Technology; Knowledge; Information Management; Operations Management; Operations Research; Supply Chain Management; Asian Economies

Keywords: Made-In-China; Competitive Advantage; Catch-Up Ladder Continuity

Readership: For students, researchers and professionals who are interested to understand the real sources of competitive advantage of Chinese manufacturing and the Chinese economy

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• Miracle of China’s Economic Growth: ᇶ The Birth of a Growth Miracle ᇶ The Rise of China’s Manufacturing Industry: A Historical Perspective ᇶ How to Interpret the Source of Advantages of Made in China? ᇶ Catching-up Ladder: A Brand New Way of Interpretation ᇶ Understanding the Nature of Catching-up ᇶ The Home Market Has Always Been Important ᇶ A Unique Market ᇶ “Cold Start” in Early Catching-up ᇶ Are Chinese Enterprises Facing Globalization or Localization?

• The Market Ladder: ᇶ A Market Ladder with Diversity ᇶ An “Easy Mode” of Catching-up ᇶ How was the Market Ladder Formed? ᇶ The Dynamics of the Market Ladder ᇶ Continuity: the key to the Catch-up Ladder ᇶ Underlying Competence for Competing in the Chinese Market

• The Technology Ladder: ᇶ Why does the Technology Ladder Matter? ᇶ How is the Continuous Technology Ladder Formed? ᇶ Continuity, Continuity, Continuity! ᇶ Another “Invisible” Technology Ladder ᇶ An Indispensable Instrument in Global Industry Gaming

• Decomposition and Recombination in Technological Catch-up: ᇶ The Cold Start Paradox in Technological Catching Up ᇶ Learning in Technological Catch-up: Decomposition and Recombination ᇶ Strengthen Decomposition and Recombination Capabilities via Purposive Business Strategies ᇶ The Role of Universities and Academic Institutions in Decomposing Technology ᇶ Innovation Generated from Imitation ᇶ Never Underestimate the Significance of Manufacturing Ability in the Transformation from Imitation to Innovation ᇶ Never Ignore the Value of Invisible Innovation ᇶ Seize the Time Window of Catching Up

• Competing in a Good-enough Market: ᇶ A Good enough Market is Becoming More Important Than Ever Before ᇶ Two Types of Good-enough Markets ᇶ How to Survive in a Good-enough Market ᇶ

The Blank-filling Market Positioning Strategy ᇶ An Ultimate Balance between Low Cost and Reasonable Quality ᇶ Give Full Play to the Market Ladder: Encircling the Cities from the Rural Areas ᇶ Product Development Strategy in Good-enough Market ᇶ

A Good enough Market is Different from the Bottom of a Pyramid Market ᇶ

The Shanzhai Phenomenon: Symbiosis of Positive and Negative Factors ᇶ Dynamic Shift in a Good-enough Market

• China’s Advantages in the Fields of Complex Product System: ᇶ What is a “Complex Product System”? ᇶ Technology Decomposition Under Complex Product System ᇶ

Technology Recombination under Complex Product System ᇶ

Resorting to External Competence to Accelerate Decomposition and Recombination ᇶ China’s Catching-Up Experience in the Field of Complex Product Systems

• The Rise of Internet Companies in China: ᇶ What is Behind the Rise of Chinese Internet Companies?

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Advantages of Network Effect Brought by Market Size ᇶ The Shift of Market Ladder and the Release of Opportunity ᇶ

Country-specific Cost Advantage of Internet Business

“Waterloo” of Western Internet Companies in the Chinese Market ᇶ

The Rise of Industrial Internet

• Multinational Corporations: From “Teacher” to “Peer”: ᇶ Challenge Launched by “Students” to “Teachers”

Glocalization of Multinational Corporations: Experience from Philips

What is Behind the Chinese Market Strategy

Challenges that Must Be Faced • Rules of Survival in the Chinese Market:

Capturing the Unmet Market Needs

Building Strength on Low-Cost Manufacturing Capabilities ᇶ

Integrating Localized Innovations

Seeking a Delicate Balance Between Low Cost and Reasonable Quality

Harnessing the Power of Business Model Innovation

Maintaining Fast Market Response

Exploring Game-Changing Business Opportunities

Leveraging Glocalization Advantages

Never Stop Running • The Future of Made in China:

History is a Pathway to The Future

Awakening of Individualism Amid Consumption Upgrade

The Ongoing “Downward Market Penetration”

Can the Labor Cost Advantage Sustain?

The Development of Technological Dominance

Back to the Ivory Tower

The Great Age of Discovery of China

More Inclusive Integration into Globalization

Symbol of the True Rise of Made-in-China

A Philanthropist’s Guide to Giving

Asia-Based Insights from Asia Philanthropy Circle

Bradley Wo

Stacey Choe

Key Features

• Most existing philanthropy handbooks are written with a Western target audience. This book is unique for its focus on Asia where the context for philanthropy is markedly different. While it draws information and frameworks from across the world, it details how these apply in Asia through Asia-specific examples and case studies

• This book contains case studies of philanthropists in Asia, providing real-life examples from noteworthy philanthropists in the region

Description

A Philanthropist’s Guide to Giving is a handbook for philanthropists and foundations with the desire to practice strategic, impactful philanthropy in Asia. Few resources exist in the Asia region that can serve as references along the full journey of philanthropy. This guide touches on all relevant points at the various stages of this journey — from designing a philanthropy strategy or involving family members in giving, to evaluating the impact of philanthropy or pursuing collaboration while giving.

If you are embarking on a philanthropy journey yourself, this guide is intended to serve as a go-to resource for your path forward. It aims to answer your most important questions by introducing different frameworks and highlighting key considerations. It will not prescribe a single “best” way for philanthropy, but instead enable you to be more confident and informed in crafting your own approach.

Notably, this guide is tailored for the Asian experience, based on the learnings from the Asia Philanthropy Circle (APC) and its members. The book has distilled key lessons from seven years of in-depth engagement with APC members; it features 29 case studies of Asia-based philanthropists, bringing the reality of giving on the ground in Asia to you.

By presenting different approaches to philanthropy, best-in-class models and examples, as well as practical insights from APC members and learnings from APC projects, you will be well-equipped to explore and expand your giving in Asia.

Author & Editor

BRADLEY WO is Asia Philanthropy Circle’s former Knowledge Resources Manager. In this role, Bradley oversaw the organisation’s thought leadership and research pieces, which included the authoring and development of the Philanthropist’s Guide to Giving and the Future of Asian Philanthropy.

LAURENCE LIEN is Co-Founder and founding CEO of the Asia Philanthropy Circle.

Laurence is also the Chairman of Lien Foundation, a family foundation established in 1980, that has become well-regarded for its forward-thinking and radical approach in the fields of education, eldercare and the environment, as well as the Chairman of Lien AID, the foundation’s humanitarian arm.

February 2023

£50 | HARDCOVER 978-981-126-820-5

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Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Company

Extent: 260pp

Type: Trade Professional

Main Subject: Asian Studies

Sub-Subjects: Asian Politics; Society; Social Issues; Human Security; Southeast Asia; Singapore Collection

Keywords: Philanthropy; Philanthropis; Foundation; Non-Profit; Charity; Giving; Social Impac; Asia; Asia Philanthropy Circle

Readership: Philanthropists, foundation and non-profit professionals, and other professional advisors and individuals interested in the field of philanthropy

Asia Philanthropy Circle, Singapore

Laurence Lien Asia Philanthropy Circle, Singapore

Asia Philanthropy Circle, Singapore Natalie Kennedy Asia Philanthropy Circle, Singapore

• Introduction

• Strategising: Crafting Pathways towards Goals

• Structuring: Setting Up a Successful System

• Family: Transforming Giving into a Family Legacy

• Executing: Translating Plans into Practice

• Evaluating: Incorporating Evidence for Effectiveness

• Collaborating: Maximising Impact through Collective Action

• Conclusion

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Managing Information Technology Projects

Building a Body of Knowledge in IT Project Management

Srinath Perera

Western Sydney University, Australia

Robert Eadie Ulster University, UK

Key Features

• This book aims to initiate the development of the specialist ‘Body of Knowledge in IT Project Management’, also learning from relevant experiences from other sectors such as construction, aerospace and health among others, where project management is well established and successfully practised

• This book is designed to be of value to practitioners at all levels of IT project management, e.g., elevating the knowledge of novices’ current best practice levels, while providing pointers to experienced practitioners on areas for potential improvement, based on a wider array of lessons learned

• The book will also provide students, researchers and other academics with important insights into how best to appreciate and apply, as well as adapt and develop relevant principles of project management in IT project scenarios

Description

Information Technology project management has changed dramatically over recent years. Drawing on the experiences of successful project management beyond the IT industry and synergizing cutting edge research with well-established practices in the IT industry, this book prefigures the ‘next normal’ in IT project management.

As a milestone publication, this book augments and boosts the specialized body of knowledge in IT project management by capturing and consolidating key elements of this knowledge base. Chapters are presented in four distinct sections, each examining a different aspect of IT project management which includes — generic project management methodologies; teambuilding in relation to stakeholder management; the Iron Triangle of Time, Cost, Quality, and Risk; and new and innovative technologies and software for improved project management. Substantiated case studies and practical guidelines are designed to be of value to practitioners at all levels of IT project management: from novices’ to experienced practitioners, while collectively elevating the body of knowledge and skills needed. This book aims to upgrade and update the knowledge of current practice to novices; offer pointers to experienced practitioners on potential areas for improvement; and provide innovative insights to undergraduates, researchers and other academics on the development, appreciation and application of IT project management knowledge.

Editors

Srinath Perera is the Founding Director of the Centre for Smart Modern Construction at the Western Sydney University. He holds a PhD from the University of Salford and is a pioneer in the field of construction informatics by integrating AI technologies to construction and project management. He has over 30 years of experience internationally in the construction sector, of which 18 years was based in the United Kingdom. He is Board member of the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB, www. cibworld.org).

Robert Eadie is an Academic Lead for Civil Engineering at Ulster University and a MSc Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Course Director. He is responsible for putting together the first Civil Engineering Apprenticeship to Master’s Degree Level in the United Kingdom.

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Extent: 480pp

Type: Review Volume

Series: Domain-Specific Bodies of Knowledge in Project Management

Main Subject: Business and Management

Sub-Subjects: Innovation; Technology; Knowledge; Information Management; Systems Engineering; Fintech, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain Economics And Finance; Software Engineering; Programming

Keywords: Managing IT Projects; Information Technology; Project Management; Innovative Technology

Readership: Undergraduates, research institutes, IT project management practitioners and professional bodies in project management

• Managing IT Projects — The Case for Consolidating and Developing an IT Project Management Body of Knowledge

• Generic Project Management Methodologies, Their Applicability to IT Project Management and Current IT Project Management Methodologies and Practices:

Overview of Generic Project Management Methodologies, Frameworks and Standards

Particular Context, Priorities, Constraints and Trends of Information Technology Projects (Projects vs IT Projects)

Comparison of Selected IT Project Management Methodologies with Generic Project Management Methodologies

Case Studies on Applications, Challenges, Successes, Failures of (selected) IT Project Management Methodology

• IT Project Management Teams & Stakeholders:

IT Project Stakeholders and Responsibilities in Different Project Management Methodologies

IT Project Teams

The Role of the Project manager in IT Projects

Case Studies and Discussion

• Critical Managerial Elements in the Iron Triangle — to Reconcile the Triple Targets of Time, Cost, Quality/Specification/ Performance: ᇶ

Project Time and Cost Management

Project Quality Management

Project Risk Management

Successfully Delivering Large IT Programmes

Learning from Other Domains/Sectors in Project Management

• New and Innovative Technologies and Software for Improved Project Management: ᇶ

Software for Time and Cost Management

Software for Quality Management

IT for Project Management in Future

Case Studies and Discussion

Conclusion

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Governance and Financial Performance

Current Trends and Perspectives

Emilios Galariotis

Audencia Business School,

France

Alexandros Garefalakis

Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece

Christos Lemonakis

Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece

Key Features

Marios Menexiadis Aegean Airlines, Greece

Constantin Zopounidis Technical University of Crete, Greece

• This book proposes a novel framework for combining the Corporate Governance Framework (CGF) with up-to-date corporate finance topics

• The book will perform a significant role in enhancing the understanding of the Contemporary Environment to a great extent. Both researchers and practitioners working in the field of Corporate Governance will highly benefit from it

• This book will be very useful because there are only a limited number of books in the market that provide a good collection of state-of-the-art references on prosperous investment decisions

Description

This book focuses on corporate governance and proposes a novel framework for combining the Corporate Governance Framework (CGF) with current corporate finance issues arising in the Contemporary Business Environment (CBE) and cointegrating them with today’s business needs. It consists of a good collection of state-of-the-art approaches that will be useful for new researchers and practitioners working in this field, helping them to quickly grasp the current state of corporate governance and corporate financial performance.

Good corporate governance is not only important for companies, but also for the society. To begin with, good corporate governance strengthens the public’s faith and trust in corporate governance. Legislative processes were developed to protect the society from known threats and prevent problems from occurring or recurring. Recent corporate scandals shed light on the impact that corporations have on social responsibility. The new focus on the corporate governance framework increases the responsibility and accountability of companies to their stakeholders and provides a solid framework for enhancing corporate performance.

Editors

Emilios Galariotis is full Professor of Finance at Audencia Business School (EQUIS, AMBA, AACSB), France and Associate Dean for research. He has occupied several high impact administrative posts at Audencia as Director of research Laboratory; founder and director of the institute of Finance; founder and director of the Centre for Financial and Risk Management (CFRM); Head of the Finance Department; and Head of Research Axis. Prior to serving in his present position, Dr. Galariotis was a Senior Lecturer at Durham University Business School (EQUIS, AMBA, AACSB), UK, where he was also Director of the masters programmes in finance.

Alexandros Garefalakis is Certified Internal Controls Auditor (CICA), Certified Public Accountant (Fellow of CPA), Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Controls Specialists (CCS) and Business Consultant in numerous companies, organizations and European programs from 2006. Also, he is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Business Administration and Tourism at Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU) in Greece. He holds a degree in Financial Applications, a Master degree in Accounting and Finance from University of Southampton and PhD in Accounting from Hellenic Open University.

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Extent: 290pp

Type: Review Volume

Main Subject: Business and Management

Sub-Subjects: Corporate Governance; General Business And Management; Accounting (Management); Corporate Finance

Keywords: Corporate Governance System; Agency Theory; Return on Assets; Stock Return; Firm Performance; Responsible Management and ESG

Readership: For researchers and practitioners working in the field of corporate governance to help them to understand the current status on corporate governance and corporate financial performance

• CG and the Performance Process: ᇶ

Corporate Governance’s Characteristics and Financial Performance in the Innovative SMEs

Ownership and Governance of State-Owned Enterprises: A Compendium of National Practices

New Corporate Governance Law in Greece Key Elements and Analysis

CG and Agency Problems

Corporate Governance Gender Equality and Firm Financial Performance: The Case of Euronext 100 Index • CG and the Corporate Debt: ᇶ A Bibliometric Overview of the State of the Art in Bankruptcy Prediction Methods and Applications

CG and viable Corporate Debt

Corporate Governance and Financial Fraud Detection

• CG and Externalities: ᇶ Governance and Corporate Control around the World

Event Study Methods in Corporate Governance Studies

CG and Prosperous Investment Decisions — the Paradigm of Mergers and Acquisitions

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Climate-Smart Innovation

Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development in the Environmental Economy

Elena G Popkova

MGIMO University, Russia

Natalia G Vovchenko Rostov State University of Economics, Russia

Key Features

Olga V Andreeva

• The book elaborates on the role of social entrepreneurship in the support of the sustainable development of the environmental economy and the mechanism of performing this role — through climate-smart innovations

• The book dwells on the special context of the COVID-19 pandemic, which shows climate-smart innovations of social entrepreneurship in the new light

• The book presents and discusses not only the international experience but also the case experience of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), which allows describing the applied aspects of climate-smart innovations of social entrepreneurship

Description

This book studies smart green innovation through the prism of social entrepreneurship as a driver for sustainable development and the development of an environmental economy. It systematizes and analyzes the modern challenges of the environmental economy: climate change and environmental pollution. The tendencies and scenarios for the environmental economy are considered in the context of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. Globalization and international trade are also considered factors in the sustainable development of the environmental economy.

The book hones in on the international experience of ecological responsibility and fighting climate change through social entrepreneurship. The contribution of corporate responsibility in the fight against climate change is determined, and state regulation of corporate responsibility in the resource-based economies of developing countries is considered. The market mechanisms for stimulating the fight against climate change through social entrepreneurship in countries with developed environmental economies are also considered. The advantages of digitalization for fighting climate change through social entrepreneurship are offered.

The book also reflects on the possibilities for the sustainable development of the environmental economy based on climate-smart innovation in social entrepreneurship. It presents a model of climate-smart enterprise and substantiates its advantages for corporate responsibility and sustainable development. The key climate-smart innovations in social entrepreneurship for sustainable development of the environmental economy—robots big data, AI, blockchain, and green finance—are determined. The book also develops policy recommendations to support climate-smart innovation in social entrepreneurship.

Editor

Elena G Popkova, Doctor of Science (Economics), the founder and president of the Institute of Scientific Communications (Russia) and leading researcher of the Center for Applied Research of the chair “Economic policy and public-private partnership” of MGIMO University (Moscow, Russia).

February 2023

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Extent: 400pp

Type: Review Volume

Series: Advances in Entrepreneurial Economics and Sustainable Development - Volume 1

Main Subject: Business and Management

Sub-Subjects: Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Technology; Knowledge; Information Management; Climate Change Economics; Climate Change Policy; Developmental Economics; Environmental; Energy Economics; Environmental Management & Planning; Climate Change

Keywords: Climate-smart Innovation; Social Entrepreneurship; Sustainable Development; Environmental Economy; Green Economy; Environmental Marketing

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Readership: The primary market of this book is scholars who study the environmental economy, sustainable development, and social entrepreneurship. In this book, they will find the results of the latest studies that reflect the key role of social entrepreneurship in the sustainable development of the environmental economy. The secondary market of the book is practicing experts. In this book, they will find a detailed description of the leading international experience of the sustainable development of the environmental economy based on social entrepreneurship

Rostov State University of Economics, Russia

• Introduction

• Water Resource Management for Sustainable Development in the South of Russia in Low Water Conditions: Economic Evidence

• The Role of the Global Stock Market in the Transition to the Green Economy in the Context of the Climate Risks

• The Concept of Environmental Marketing in Companies’ Activities as a Base for the Development of Green Economy in Russia

• The Mediating Impact of Innovation on Green Entrepreneurship Practices and Sustainability

• Social Entrepreneurship and Climate Innovation: The Mediating Effect of Norms and Self-Efficacy

• Environmental Performance of Countries in Dynamics of Economic Growth

• Issues of Energy Saving and Energy Efficiency Policy: Foreign and Russian Experience

• Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Under the Economic Uncertainty and Geopolitical Transformation

• Issues of State Regulation of Beekeeping in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

• The Global Energy Transition as the Basis for the Formation of Green Economy

• Sequestration Industry in the Climate Innovation Development Framework: A Cluster Approach

• Directions and Tools for Implementing the Principles of Sustainable Development in Russia

• Sustainable Business Development in the Concept of Its ESG Responsibility

• New Trends in the Sustainable Development of Logistics Systems During the Impact of COVID-19

• Mechanism for Developing the Transit and Export Potential of the Southern Federal District Logistics System

• Medical Ecology and Organizational Marketing Solution within the Smart City Concept, Aimed at Improving the Quality of Life of the Population

• Issues Involving the Potential of Environmental Marketing in Regional Development

• Study of the Status and Role of Social Entrepreneurship in the Sustainable Development of the Regional Economy

• Fundamental Aspects of Sustainability Reporting Based on Gri Standards. Evolution of Development, Substance and Content of Integrated Reporting

• Legal Regime of Specially Protected Natural Territories as a Factor in the Development of Ecological Economy: Theoretical and Legal Aspect

• Global Threats and Challenges to the National Financial Security Under the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Green Mortgage is the Key to Energy-Efficient and Resource-Saving Real Estate

• Metamorphoses of the System of Sectoral and Institutional Principles of Administrative Law Through the Prism of Ecological Economics: Problems and Prospects of Their Solution in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Innovation for Sustainable Livestock Development to Meet Food Quality Challenges

• Peculiarities of Planning and Neutralization of Risks in Logistics Distribution Systems

• Conclusion

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Time to Rethink Risk Management

Surviving Future Global Crises

Tony Bendell Services Limited, UK & The Anti-Fragility Academy, UK

Key Features

• This book covers what organisations should have learnt from the COVID-19 crisis and previous global crises

• Based on adapting risk management to the emergent VUCA environment

• Proposes a reimagining and reformulation of Enterprise Risk Management and provides guidance on how organisations and governments can incorporate this

• Existing literature in the field is extremely limited, with most books having very limited scope and at most addressing one specific global crisis

Description

The purpose of this book is to change thinking about crises and risk. Risk management is today both a great success, an impressive achievement, and a notable failure. It works, and it doesn’t work. It saves lives and property, and it fails to save lives and property. It helps and it hinders. Like all such management approaches, this has a lot to do with how it is employed and practiced, but in the case of risk management there is also a much more fundamental issue. The risk management framework, the risk management model, is wrong. Many organisations today treat all risks as point events, when the real risks involve systemic threats inherent in the global economy, and the uncertain nature of global society.

The book argues that risk management has come a long way, but that evidence of its more recent failure is now all around us and that it needs to now change dramatically if it is to accommodate current realities. Whilst there is a clear need for us all to manage risk through a crisis, there is a lack of understanding of the nature of crises that is impeding progress. As well as providing a conceptual basis for changing the way risk management is undertaken, the book provides a blueprint for managing at organisational level through a global crisis, and, to a more limited extent, at government and other levels; how to prepare, what to do when it’s happening and how and when to emerge into the post-crisis world.

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Author

Professor Tony Bendell is committed to making organisations less fragile and more antifragile. This was the rationale behind his 2014 Gower book Building AntiFragile Organisations and the establishment of the Anti-Fragility Academy in 2012, for whom he acts as Lead Consultant & Trainer. During the COVID-19 pandemic he has focused more specifically on how to make organisations more Crisis Proof, which is the subject of his new book Time to Rethink Risk Management: Surviving Future Global Crises to be published by World Scientific Publishing in 2022.

He is distinguished for, amongst other qualities, an incisive intellect that draws him to innovative thinking and its application to his field, an infectious passion about business improvement, and an idiosyncratic sense of humour. These are all qualities that lie behind his quest to bring Antifragility into the practical domain of business and entrepreneurship.

Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Company

Extent: 300pp

Type: Popular Book

Main Subject: Business and Management

Sub-Subjects: Corporate Governance; Decision Sciences; Entrepreneurship; General Business And Management; Innovation; Technology; Knowledge; Information Management; Operations Management; Operations Research; Supply Chain Management; Organizational Behavior; Industrial Organization; General Economics; Corporate Finance; International Finance; Money & Banking; Investments; Financial Markets & Institutions; Climate Change Economics; Climate Change Policy; General Interest

Keywords: Global Crises; Enterprise Risk Management; ERM; Organisational Survival

Readership: Board members, Chief Executives and Directors, Chief Risk Officers, Risk Managers and Business Continuity Managers, Managers, Organisational Change, Transformation, Quality Management and Organisational Excellence specialists, Business School students on MBA and related courses, and readers interested in current thinking about managing risk and the consequences and strategies for surviving through a global crisis

• Preface: Setting the Scene

• A Model of Global Crises & a Consequential Model for ERM

• Knowing the Crisis is Coming

• Seeing the Crisis is Coming

• Knowing the Crisis is Here

• Organisational Management Through the Crisis

• Timely Emergence

• After the Crisis

• Implementing Sensible Enterprise Risk Management

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Bandwidth

How Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry Constrain Society

Endorsement

“Following Alex Scheeline’s exciting cruise among the wonders of modern science that starts with measurements and ends with politics, business, research, and freedom will surprise an open mind not only by consequences of the logical constructions, but also by the miracles of self-consistent scientific journeys and beauty of amazing discoveries. I absolutely recommend this book for amateur science enthusiasts with a keen interest in metrology.”

Peter Strizhak

Professor of Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine

Key Features

• Discusses how limitations in science affect human behavior and society. For instance, electrical engineering, statistical mechanics, and number theory are shown to have political and personal application. Links among thermodynamics, sociology, and environmentalism are also drawn

• Includes equations to equip readers to see for themselves how various physical limitations force certain societal behaviors, and how behavioral changes might affect society and over what timeframe

• Shows how to identify hard limits vs. unconstrained choices

Description

The physical sciences and mathematics are extraordinarily useful in explaining the material world. People and society are constrained by physical reality, but we are often unclear on what constraints are absolute, which may be relative, and those that are simply a matter of taste. Bandwidth explains how limitations in the movement and perception of information constrain human behavior, cognition, interaction, and perspective. How fast can we learn? How much? Why are habits and biases unavoidable? Why is the common statement “any nation that can land people on the moon surely can ...” frequently wrong? Using equations and physical models, Bandwidth describes constraints which, in part, explain political, economic, religious, and personal frictions. Aspects considered include: how much information can one human absorb in a lifetime? How far does a process of perturbation propagate? How do specialization or generalization, critical thinking or belief, influence what people accomplish? Throughout, equations are used to compactly express ideas, illustrating why mathematical economy of expression accelerates communication and deeper understanding. The critical impacts of uncertainty, fluctuations, or noise, and their implications for law and society, are emphasized.

Author

Dr Alexander Scheeline is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. He is an elected Fellow and Honorary Member of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, as well as Founder and President of SpectroClick Inc., a firm developing hand-held spectrometers, and Founder and Vice-President of Anchor Science LLC, a materials development partnership. He has published over 130 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, and is known for his work in optical spectrometry, instrument design, sensors, ultrasonically levitated drops, oxidative stress, chemical kinetics, oscillatory chemical reactions, and the dynamics of nonlinear systems. His numerous awards include the Distinguished Service Award, Special Publications Award and (twice) W F Meggers Award (Society for Applied Spectroscopy), Distinguished Service Award and Innovation Award (Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies), AE50 Award (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers), and the ACS Newsmaker Award (American Chemical Society). He holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

February 2023

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Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Company

Extent: 500pp

Type: Popular Book

Main Subject: Chemistry

Sub-Subjects: Analytical Chemistry; Popular Science; Statistics; General Physics (Popular Reading); Spectroscopy And Other Analytical Techniques; Communications; Neural Networks; Networking; Complex Systems; Political Science; Policy Studies; Public Policy; Information Theory; Quantum Mechanics And Quantum Information; Probability Theory; Stochastic Processes; Statistical Physics, Complexity And Nonlinear Dynamical Systems (Including Heat And Thermodynamics); General Applied Mathematics; General Science; Quantum Theory; Social Issues; Human Security; Statistical Mechanics; General Interest

Keywords: Science and Society

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Readership: This book is aimed at general readers and scientists with an interest in how limitations of the physical sciences affect society and human behavior. It could be used for undergraduate courses in analytical chemistry, communications engineering, statistical mechanics and nonlinear physics, and is also appropriate for seminars in sociology, theology, politics, economics and law

Alexander Scheeline University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

• Measurement

• Correlation vs. Causation

• Noise

• Signal

• Uncertainty, Quantum and Classical

• Sampling

• Bandwidth

• Detection Limit

• Dynamic Range

• Potential Wells

• Nonlinearity, Complexity, and Chaos

• Markov Processes

• Neural Networks

• Qualitative, Quantitative, Triage

• Doug Hofstadter Got It Right: the Gödel Theorem

• Mental Zoom Lens

• Theology

• Politics, Business, and Law in Light of Mathematical Concepts

• Research and Freedom in Light of Mathematical Concepts

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Complete Guide to the Fragment Molecular Orbital Method in GAMESS

From

One Atom to a Million, at your Service

Dmitri G Fedorov

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

Endorsement

“It is rather timely to have a rigorous but user-oriented and accessible book for the fragment molecular orbital. The implementation within GAMESS with a clear description of how to invoke FMO options, practical tips on how to apply these, and concrete examples will be of great practical value in addressing computational materials problems in biology, chemistry, and physics. A comprehensive treatment of both fundamental and practical concerns in FMO are included: the use of various levels of quantum chemical theory within FMO, PIEDA, segmentation and fragmentation, effective potentials and grids, and massively scaling up the calculation size.”

Kang Hway Chuan Associate Professor of Chemistry, National University of Singapore

Key Features

• First book covering usage of FMO in GAMESS

• Unique up-to-date textbook on rapidly developing FMO methods

• Written from a user perspective, includes troubleshooting common problems encountered

• Point-by-point layman description of technical keywords

• Deep analysis of performance issues arising from the coarse-grained use of CPUs in massively parallel calculations

• Supplementary material containing a collection of input and output files for GAMESS to assist readers in reading the book is provided online

Description

The fragment molecular orbital (FMO) method is a fast linear-scaling quantum-mechanical method employed by chemists and physicists all over the world. It provides a wealth of properties of fragments from quantum-chemical calculations, a bottomless treasure pit for data mining and machine learning. However, there is no user-friendly description of its usage in the widely employed quantum-chemical open-source software GAMESS, nor is there any book covering the usage of GAMESS in general. This leaves very many interested users to their own devices to get through a variety of problems with very cryptic descriptions of keywords in the program manual and no guide whatsoever as to what options should be set for particular scientific tasks. This book is the panacea to many frustrations.

The main focus of the book is to build a solid bridge connecting FMO users to GAMESS, by giving a helpful introduction of various FMO methods as needed for particular problems found in computational chemistry, and describing in detail how to do these simulations and understand the results from the output of the program. The book also covers parallelization strategies for attaining high parallel efficiency in massively parallel computations, and provides means to analyze performance and design a solution for overcoming performance bottlenecks. A special section is devoted to dealing with problems in executing GAMESS, arising from computational environment and user errors. Finally, 14 carefully selected types of applications are discussed in detail, describing the input keywords and explaining where to find the main results in the text-based output.

Author

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Extent: 300pp Type: Monograph

Main Subject: Chemistry

Sub-Subjects: Computational Chemistry; Supercomputing; Parallel Computing; Theoretical Chemistry; Quantum Chemistry; Bioinformatics; Biocomputing; Computational Biology; Computational Nanoscience; Physical Chemistry; Computational, Mathematical And Theoretical Physics; Quantum Mechanics And Quantum Information

Keywords: Drug Design; Medicinal Chemistry; Molecular Interactions; Quantum Chemistry; Linear-Scaling Methods; High-Performance Computing; Solvent Effects; Surface Adsorption

Readership: Research groups in the fundamental fields of computational chemistry, biology, physics and applied fields of catalysis, drug discovery, materials science, both in academia and in industry. Courses on computational chemistry/biochemistry/physics (can be used as reference textbook). Developers of theoretical methods and related scientific software

Dr Dmitri G Fedorov is Senior Researcher at the Research Center for Computational Design of Advanced Functional Materials (CD-FMat), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan.

• Introduction

• Getting Started: ᇶ Practical Summary of FMO

Installation of GAMESS

Understanding Parallel Execution

How to Run GAMESS

General Structure of GAMESS Input Files

FMO Input Files

FMO result files (out, dat, trj, rst, and F40)

How to Begin Your Own FMO Calculations

Parallelization Strategy

• Basic FMO Calculations: ᇶ Treating Solvent

Desolvation Penalty in Binding (SBA)

Solvent Screening

Polarization, Interaction, and Binding Energies

Analyses for FMO

Periodic Boundary Conditions (PBC)

Geometry Optimizations

Molecular Dynamics (MD)

Hessians, IR and Raman Spectra

Chemical Reactions

• Building up complexity: ᇶ Parametrized Methods ᇶ Unrestricted (UHF) and Open-Shell (ROHF) Methods

Electron Correlation

Multiconfigurational Self-Consistent Field (MCSCF)

Electronic Excited States

Multiple Layers

Frozen Domain (FD)

Molecular Orbitals and Their Energies (LCMO)

Properties on a Grid

Struggling with Convergence

Fragmentation

• Advanced Techniques: ᇶ How to compute polarization energies

Embedding types ᇶ Diffuse basis sets

Dual basis sets (AP)

Restarting jobs

Using FMO for non-FMO tasks

Temperature, entropy, and free energy

Acceleration tricks

How to calculate millions of atoms

Improving GDDI performance

• Reference Materials: ᇶ Conclusions and Outlook

Troubleshooting

Collection of Sample Input and Output Files

Processing Results

GAMElish Dictionary

Suggestions for Further Reading

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Applications of X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy to Catalytic Studies

From Routine Analysis to Cutting Edge Surface Characterization

Spyridon Zafeiratos

CNRS,

Key Features

• This book is the first that is entirely dedicated to the applications of XPS in catalysis research. An important feature of this book is that contains chapters dedicated to in situ/operando studies in electrocatalysis and photocatalysis based on recent technological advancements, which is a relatively novel field of XPS application

• The book contains also classical applications of XPS in heterogeneous catalyst studies, like for example studies of model catalysts

• Another unique feature of this book is the description of the practical aspects of the method. Although this topic has been already part of several books related to XPS, the originality here is that the book is addressed primarily to catalytic studies, and it is written by XPS experts with background in catalysis

• This book provides the essential information, without complicating the reader with elaborate theoretical and experimental details which are not directly relevant for catalytic oriented studies

Description

XPS has become a mature technique and automated XPS facilities can be found in industry and in universities all over the world. This transformed XPS from an advanced characterization method for dedicated research, to a rather standard analysis technique of surface analysis. The catalyst’s surface state is probably the most prominent factor that influences the catalytic performance. It is therefore no surprise that XPS has become an indispensable tool in studies of solid catalysts. It has been directly used to investigate issues such as the surface composition of the active catalyst and the reaction and deactivation mechanisms. Several excellent essays describe in detail the theoretical and practical aspects of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

The objective of the book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the current status and future perspectives of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy dedicated to catalytic applications, including thermal catalysis, electrocatalysis, and photo(electro)catalysis. The book contains 13 chapters, starting with the necessary introduction of the technique background, including basic phenomena and instrumentation aspects. The second part of the book focuses on the presentation of long-established applications of the technique such as XPS studies of model catalysts. In the last part, the book describes relatively recent developments of this method for cutting edge surface characterization mainly using synchrotron X-ray radiation.

Editor

Spyridon Zafeiratos received his PhD from the University of Patras (Greece). In 2004, he was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship from the Max-Planck Society and joined the Inorganic Chemistry Department of the Fritz-Haber Institute in Berlin, to work on the application of ambient pressure XPS to heterogeneous catalysis. In 2007 he was appointed CNRS associated researcher (CR) at the IPCEES institute in Strasbourg and in 2018 was promoted to research director (DR) at the same institute.

February 2023

£140 | HARDCOVER 978-1-80061-328-7

Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Company

Extent: 486pp Type: Review Volume Series: Catalytic Science Series

Main Subject: Chemistry

Sub-Subjects: Catalyst Chemistry; Electrochemistry; Physical Chemistry; Surface; Interface Chemistry; mSpectroscopy And Other Analytical Techniques; Surface Science; Spectroscopy And Other Analytical Techniques

Keywords: XPS; ESCA; PES; Photoemission; Photoelectron Spectroscopy; X-Ray Photoemission; Chemical State Analysis; Auger Parameter; Powder Catalyst; Model Catalyst; Nanocatalyst; Nanomaterials; XPS Quantification; Electrostatic Charging; XPS Analysis of Electrically Insulating Materials; Casa XPS; XPS Peak Fitting; XPS Peak Background Subtraction

Readership: The primary market of the book are researchers and graduate students, working in the field of catalysis and materials science. Also of use to catalysis industry professionals who are looking for a concrete and simplified resource dedicated to the recent advances of the technique in their field

France & Université de Strasbourg, France

• X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy in Catalysis: Impact and Historical Background

• Practical Aspects of XPS: From Sample Preparation to Spectra Interpretation

• Introduction to Chemical State Analysis by XPS

• The Dos and Don’ts of using XPS to Qualify and Quantify Powder Catalysts

• XPS Analysis of Electrically Insulating Catalytic Materials

• Assigning XPS Peaks to Chemical Environments using First Principle Calculations

• Application of XPS in Studies of Model Catalysts: From Single Crystals to Supported Nanoparticles

• Application of Photoelectron Spectroscopy to Align the Energy Levels of Photocatalysts

• Time-Resolved X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy to Study Photocatalytic Reactions

• Study Catalysts at Work by Near Ambient Pressure X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

• Characterization of Catalytic Materials with Scanning Photoelectron Microscopy

• Applying XPS to Study Electrode/Electrolyte Interfaces

• NAP-XPS Studies of Mixed Conducting Electrodes During High Temperature Electrochemical Reactions

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Artificial Intelligence for Science

A Deep Learning Revolution

Alok Choudhary

Northwestern University, USA Geoffrey Fox University of Virginia, USA

Description

Tony Hey Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK

This unique collection introduces AI, Machine Learning (ML), and deep neural network technologies leading to scientific discovery from the datasets generated both by supercomputer simulation and by modern experimental facilities.

Huge quantities of experimental data come from many sources — telescopes, satellites, gene sequencers, accelerators, and electron microscopes, including international facilities such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva and the ITER Tokamak in France. These sources generate many petabytes moving to exabytes of data per year. Extracting scientific insights from these data is a major challenge for scientists, for whom the latest AI developments will be essential.

The timely handbook benefits professionals, researchers, academics, and students in all fields of science and engineering as well as AI, ML, and neural networks. Further, the vision evident in this book inspires all those who influence or are influenced by scientific progress.

Editors

Dr Alok Choudhary is a professor, researcher and an entrepreneur. He is the Henry and Isabel Dever chaired Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, professor of Computer Science and also teaches at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Dr Alok Choudhary is also the founder, chairman and chief scientist of 4C insights, a data science software company. 4C was acquired by MediaOcean in 2020.

Geoffrey Fox received a PhD in Theoretical Physics from Cambridge University, where he was Senior Wrangler. He is now a Professor in the Biocomplexity Institute & Initiative and Computer Science Department at the University of Virginia. He previously held positions at Caltech, Syracuse University, Florida State University, and Indiana University. after being a postdoc at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and Peterhouse College Cambridge. He has supervised the PhD of 75 students. He has an hindex of 85 with over 41,000 citations. He received the High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC) Achievement Award and the ACM – IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award for Foundational contributions to parallel computing in 2019. He is a Fellow of APS (Physics) and ACM (Computing) and works on the interdisciplinary interface between computing and applications. He is currently active in the Industry consortium MLCommons/MLPerf.

Tony Hey is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. At the University of Southampton in the UK, his parallel computing research group designed and built one of the first distributed memory messagepassing computers using innovative Inmos transputers. He was later Head of the Electronics and Computer Science Department at Southampton and also Dean of Engineering. In 2005 he was awarded a CBE for Services to Science after leading the UK’s eScience initiative.

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Extent: 500pp

Type: Review Volume

Main Subject: Computer Science

Sub-Subjects: Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Neural Networks; Networking

Keywords: AI; ML; Deep NN; Big Neural Networks; Big Data; Scientific Applications; AI for Science

Readership: Researchers, professionals, academics, and graduate students in AI/ machine learning, neural networks and environmental science

• Contributing Authors: ᇶ AI for Science (Alok Choudhary, Geoffrey Fox, and Tony Hey) ᇶ Overview of the Book

• Setting the Scene: ᇶ Data Driven Science in the Era of AI: From Patterns to Practice ( Alex Szalay) ᇶ AI in the Broader Context of Data Science (Rafael Alvarado and Philip Bourne) ᇶ AlphaFold — The End of the Protein Folding Problem or the Start of Something Bigger? (David T Jones and Janet M Thornton) ᇶ

Applications of AI in Astronomy (S G Djorgovski, A A Mahabal, M J Graham, K Polsterer, and A Krone-Martins) ᇶ Machine Learning for Complex Instrument Design and Optimization (Barry C Barish, Jonathan Richardson, Evangelos Papalexakis, and Rutuja Gurav) ᇶ

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) at Experimental Facilities ( JA Sethian, JJ Donatelli, A Hexemer, MM Noack, DM Pelt, DM Ushizima, and PH Zwart) ᇶ

The First Exascale Supercomputer: Accelerating AI-for-Science and Beyond (Satoshi Matsuoka, Mohamed Wahib, Aleksandr Drozd, and Kento Sato) ᇶ Benchmarking for AI for Science (Jeyan Thiyagalingam, Mallikarjun Shankar, Geoffrey Fox, and Tony He y) • Exploring Application Domains: ◊

Astronomy and Cosmology: ᇶ Radio Astronomy and the Square Kilometre Array ( Anna Scaife) ᇶ AI for Astronomy: The Rise of the Machines (Andy Connolly) ◊

Climate Change: ᇶ AI and Net Zero ( Alberto Arribas, Karin Strauss, Sharon Gillett, Amy Luers, Trevor Dhu, Lucas Joppa, Roy Zimmermann, and Vanessa Miller) ᇶ AI for Climate Science (Philip Stier) ◊ Energy: ᇶ Accelerating Fusion Energy with AI (Steve Cowley, Dan Boyer, and Michael Churchill ) ᇶ Artificial Intelligence for a Resilient and Flexible Power Grid (Olufemi A Omitaomu, Jin Dong, and Teja Kuruganti ) ◊ Environmental Science: ᇶ AI and Machine Learning in Observing Earth from Space ( Jeff Dozier) ᇶ Artificial Intelligence in Plant and Agricultural Research (Sabina Leonelli and Hugh F Williamson) ◊ Health: ᇶ AI and Pathology: Steering Treatment and Predicting Outcomes (Rajarsi Gupta, Jakub Kaczmarzyk, Soma Kobayashi, Tahsin Kurc, and Joel Saltz) ᇶ The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Epidemiological Modeling (Madhav V Marathe et al.)

◊ Life Sciences: ᇶ Big AI: Blending Big Data With Big Theory to Build Virtual Humans (Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield ) ᇶ A Roadmap for Defining Machine Learning Standards in the Life Sciences (Fotis Psomopoulos, Carole Goble, Leyla Jael Castro, Jennifer Harrow, and Silvio C E Tosatto) ◊ Materials Science and Engineering: ᇶ Artificial Intelligence for Materials (Debra J Audus, Kamal Choudhary, Brian L DeCost, A Gilad Kusne, Francesca Tavazza, and James A Warren) ᇶ Artificial Intelligence for Accelerating Materials Discovery (Ankit Agrawal and Alok Choudhary) ◊ Particle Physics: ᇶ Experimental Particle Physics and Artificial Intelligence (David Rousseau) ᇶ AI and Theoretical Particle Physics (Rajan Gupta, Tanmoy Bhattacharya, and Boram Yoon) ◊ The Ecosystem of AI for Science: ᇶ Schemaorg for Scientific Data (Alasdair Gray, Leyla Castro, Nick Juty and Carole Goble) ᇶ AI-enabled HPC Workflows (Shantenu Jha, Vincent Pascuzzi, and Matteo Turilli ) ᇶ AI for Scientific Visualization (Han-Wei Shen and Chris Johnson)

Uncertainty Quantification in AI for Science (Tanmoy Bhattacharya, Christina Garcia Cardona, and Jamal Mohd-Yusof )

AI for Next Generation Global Network-Integrated Systems and Testbeds (Mariam Kiran and Harvey Newman)

AI for Optimal Experimental Design and Decision Making (Francis J Alexander, Kristofer-Roy Reyes, Lav R Varshney, and Byung-Jun Yoon)

FAIR: Making Data AI-Ready (Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Lee Harland, Philippe Rocca-Serra, and Mark Wilkinson) • Perspectives on AI for Science:

Large Language Models for Science ( Austin Clyde, Arvind Ramanathan, and Rick Stevens)

AI for Autonomous Vehicles (Tom St John and Vijay Janapa Reddi )

The Automated AI-Drive Future of Scientific Discovery (Ross King and Hector Zenil )

Towards Reflection Competencies in Intelligent Systems for Science (Yolanda Gil )

The Interface of Machine Learning and Causal Inference (Mohammad Taha Bahadori and David Heckerman)

Endpiece: AI Tools and Concepts:

Survey of Deep Learning Methods

AI Methods Discussed in Chapters

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International Development Cooperation and Aid Management Theory and Practice

Jianzhi Zhao Fudan University, China

Qin Lin Shanghai Normal University, China

Description

This book studies the theory, practice and evaluation methods of international development cooperation, aid and assistance management in detail from a global perspective. It attempts to answer the following questions: How effective are the current Western aid methods? How should China optimize current international development cooperation? How to effectively design an aid management system in the international community? How to assess the effectiveness of aid?

The book contributes to studies in international development cooperation. The theoretical part analyzes the main concepts, viewpoints, theories, and disputes in current international development cooperation, primarily focusing on the differences in concepts between traditional development donors and emerging donors represented by China. The practical part studies the roles and importance of different subjects in international development assistance. This part also explores the impact of different aid management institutions on international development cooperation. The evaluation part reviews the current mainstream methods of international development assessment and uses non-experimental methods of impact evaluation and randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

Author & Translator

Jianzhi ZHAO is an Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Fudan University in Shanghai, China. His current research interests are international development, public policy, public economics, and development economics. He has worked at multiple international organizations, including the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and Inter-American Development Bank. He was also a visiting researcher at the Bank of Finland. He has been invited to present his research at various government agencies, such as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Bank of Finland. He has served as a referee for many international journals and published papers in many peer-reviewed journals. He was a Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University and received PhD in International Economic Policy from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Qin LIN, PhD, is lecturer at the School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Normal University. Her research interests include Early Modern English literature and English poetry.

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Extent: 260pp

Type: Monograph

Main Subject: Economics & Finance

Sub-Subjects: General Economics; Developmental Economics; Political Economy

Keywords: International Development Cooperation; Aid Management System; Theory and Practice; Evaluation of International Development Projects

Readership: Academics, policymakers, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students interested in economics and developmental economics, international development cooperation, aid management system

Author Translated by

• Theory of International Development Cooperation:

◊ Definition of International Development Assistance

◊ Latest Developments in International Development Assistance

◊ Research on the Effectiveness of International Development Assistance: ᇶ Literature Review of Aid Effectiveness ᇶ Aid Ownership and Global Governance

◊ International Development Cooperation Models and China’s Experience: ᇶ A Comparative Study of Aid Models: Japan vs Europe and America ᇶ China’s Experience: South-South Cooperation

• Practice of International Development Cooperation:

◊ Introduction to the Management Systems of International Development Cooperation: ᇶ The Concept of Aid Management System ᇶ Research on Aid Management System and Aid Effectiveness

◊ Participants in International Development Cooperation: ᇶ Governmental or International Development Agency: Latest Developments ᇶ Non-governmental International Development Organizations: A Perspective of Government Funding ᇶ Multilateral Development Banks: A Comparative Perspective ᇶ International Cooperative Governance: A Global Governance Perspective - Cooperation between G20 and DWG

◊ A Comparison of the Aid Management Systems of Traditional Donor Countries: ᇶ The United States’ Aid Management System ᇶ Japan’s Aid Management System ᇶ The United Kingdom’s Aid Management System ᇶ France’s Aid Management System

◊ A Comparison of the Aid Management Systems of Emerging Donor Countries: ᇶ Introduction to the Aid Management Systems of Emerging Donor Countries ᇶ India’s Aid Management System ᇶ Brazil’s Aid Management System ᇶ South Africa’s Aid Management System ᇶ A Comparison of Aid Management Systems between China and Other Emerging Donor Countries ᇶ China’s Aid Management System: A Path-dependence Perspective

• Evaluation of International Development Projects:

◊ Introduction to Evaluation of International Development Projects: ᇶ Introduction to Evaluation of International Development ᇶ Basic Categories of Evaluation of International Development ᇶ Impact Evaluation and Its Importance

◊ Methods of Impact Evaluation for International Development: ᇶ Non-experimental Methods of Impact Evaluation ᇶ Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)

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Financial Derivatives

Markets and Applications

5th Edition

Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha INCEIF University, Malaysia

Pattarake

Sarajoti Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Key Features

• The book has already been well accepted — now in its 4th edition

• Written in an easy manner explaining the intuition/logic rather than the heavy reliance on Mathematics/Calculus as is the case with most books in the area

• Extensive use of illustrations to show the application of derivatives in hedging, arbitrage, and speculative trades

• Material adapted for local/developing market ecosystem

• Includes a chapter on Islamic derivatives, i.e., shariah compliant derivatives. This is a unique feature of this book

Description

This book is designed for beginners who possess no previous knowledge or familiarity with derivatives. Written in an easy-to-read style, it guides readers through the challenging and complex world of forwards, futures, options, and swaps. The emphasis on Asian markets and contracts enables easier understanding. Financial derivative contracts from Malaysia and select contracts from Thailand, Singapore, and Hong Kong derivative markets are covered. For each derivative contract, their three common applications hedging, arbitrage, and speculating are shown with fully worked out examples. Extensive use of illustrations, graphics, and vignettes provide for easy comprehension of the underlying logic of derivatives.

Author

Obiyathulla Ismath Bacha is currently Professor of Finance at INCEIF University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A past president of the Malaysian Finance Association, Prof Obiyathulla has been a trainer and consultant for several Malaysian institutions. He has sat on the Board of Bank Rakyat Malaysia, been an advisor to Great Eastern Life Assurance Malaysia, member of the shariah committees of HSBC Amanah, Sabana REIT, Pacific Mutual Fund, and has undertaken consulting/research assignments for the World Bank, UN ESCAP, and IDB. He has also co-authored an internationallyadopted textbook on Islamic Capital Markets.

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Extent: 560pp

Type: Textbook

Main Subject: Economics & Finance

Sub-Subjects: Money & Banking; Investments; Financial Markets & Institutions; Corporate Finance

Keywords: Derivatives; Financial Derivatives; Derivative Markets; Forwards; Futures; Options; Shariah Compliant Derivatives; Islamic Derivatives

Readership: University students studying finance and/or financial derivatives and practitioners seeking an in-depth understanding of financial derivatives

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• Derivatives: Introduction and Overview

• Derivative Markets and Trading

• Forward and Futures Markets: Pricing and Analysis

• Stock Index Futures Contracts: Analysis and Applications

• Interest Rate Futures Contracts and Currency Futures Contracts

• Introduction to Options

• Equity, Equity Index, and Currency Options

• Option Strategies and Payoffs

• Option Pricing

• Replication, Synthetics, and Arbitrage

• Options in Corporate Finance and Real Options

• Interest Rate Swaps, Credit, and Other Derivatives

• Derivative Instruments and Islamic Finance

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Advanced Statistics for Health Research

Richard J Butler

Brigham Young University, USA & Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China

Matthew J Butler Matthew J Butler

Key Features

Matthew J Butler University of Utah College of Nursing, USA

• Simple geometric figures make causal inference techniques more intuitive

• Easy to understand empirical examples are drawn from a broad collection of the health research literature

• SAS, Stata, and R codes make implementing regression models straightforward

Description

Advanced Statistics for Health Research provides a rigorous geometric understanding of models used in the analysis of health data, including linear and non-linear regression models, and supervised machine learning models. Models drawn from the health literature include: ordinary least squares, two-stage least squares, probits, logits, Cox regressions, duration modeling, quantile regression and random forest regression. Causal inference techniques from the health literature are presented including randomization, matching and propensity score matching, differences-in-differences, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, and fixed effects analysis. Codes for the respective statistical techniques presented are given for STATA, SAS and R.

Authors

Matthew J Butler, Economic PhD from the University of California – Berkeley, has taught as a visiting and adjunct instructor for the Brigham Young University Economics Department since 2007. He has also worked as a health economist for University of Utah Health. Currently he works in the Risk Management Division in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Prior to his position in Risk Management, he worked in the Correlation Research Division.

Richard J Butler, Economic PhD from the University of Chicago, has taught at Cornell University, the University of Minnesota (C Arthur Williams Professor of Insurance), and Brigham Young University (Martha Jane Knowlton Coray Professor of Economics), and at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (China). His has received numerous awards for his research, including the Kulp-Wright twice (2001 for his solo-authored textbook in insurance, and again for contributing to another best book in insurance awarded in 2015), the Kemper (best article in Risk Management Review), and the Mehr (twice for best article standing the test of time) awards. He was co-editor of the Journal of Risk and Insurance.

Barbara L Wilson, Nursing PhD, University of Arizona, has spent many years in the acute-care setting where she assumed various clinical and administrative roles, primarily in women’s and newborn services. Dr Wilson’s research interests are focused on healthcare services, evaluating the influence of providers, hospitals, and the care delivery system on patient outcomes; and on the use of Human Factors Engineering (HFE) in reducing clinical errors and promoting patient safety.

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Extent: 300pp

Type: Monograph

Main Subject: Economics & Finance

Sub-Subjects: Health Economics; Biostatistics; General Life Sciences; Political Science; Policy Studies; Public Policy; Statistics; Mathematical Finance & Economics

Keywords: Nursing; Physician; Healthcare; Public Health; Regression; Orthogonal Projection; Geometric View of Causal Inference; 2SLS; TwoStage Least Squares; Instrumental Variables; Probits; Logits; Proportional Hazards; Cox Regressions; Quantile Regression; Random Forest Regression; Randomization; Matching; PropensityScore; Differences-in-Differences; Regression Discontinuity; Fixed Effects; R; SAS; STATA; Research Examples; Empirical Rule; Applied Statistics; Confidence Intervals

Readership: For health professionals, advanced undergraduate and graduate students who study regressions, causal inference, or supervised machine learning

• Getting Started with the Data:

ᇶ

Characterizing The Data: Scatterplots and Regressions

Multiple Regression Continued: Standardized Beta Coefficients, Picturing Regressions, Variance Inflation Factor

The Data Generating Process (DGP) That Makes Regressions Important, and How to Do Regressions Badly

Causal Estimates: Randomization, Matching, Instrumental Variables and Their Cousins • Randomization and Causal Frameworks with Regressions:

ᇶ

Studies From Data Involving Matching and Propensity Score Matching

Studies with Instrumental Variable Estimation (Two Stage Least Squares)

Studies with Regression Discontinuity

Studies using Difference-In-Differences with Propensity Score Matching

Studies with Panel Data Sets with Initial Randomization

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ROC Curves and the AUC Metrics, Count Models

Cox Regressions

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The Great Depression

Its Origins in Acceleration and Electric Unit Drive

Bernard C Beaudreau Université Laval, Canada

Key Features

• This book provides a gestalt view of the Great Depression era, rationalizing the various events, both before and after, as part of a greater whole

• Metaphorically, it connects the dots, and in so doing, provides a comprehensive, convincing account of the events of the 1920s and 1930s

• This book marks the beginning of a new generation of work, one that seeks to establish links between seemingly unrelated events

Description

This book is part of a new generation of work on the events of the 1920s and 1930s, one that provides a gestalt view of this period. As such, the many events that have until now been viewed as unrelated, are viewed as parts of a greater whole, namely the introduction of a new power drive technology in the form of electric unit drive and its effects. The Roaring Twenties, the spectacular growth of the 1920s, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, the Stock Market Boom and Crash, the decline in investment expenditure, the ensuing depression and the National Industrial Recovery Act are all shown to be related.

Author

Bernard C Beaudreau is professor of economics at Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada. His interests range from basic economic theory to economic history, the history of economic thought, international trade, and consilient science. He has published in Energy Economics, the Canadian Economic Journal, the Journal of Economic Psychology, the Atlantic Economic Journal, and the International Economic Journal.

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Extent: 284pp Type: Monograph

Main Subject: Economics & Finance

Sub-Subjects: History Of Economic Thought; Economic History; General Economics; Macroeconomics; Microeconomics; olitical Economy; Industrial Engineering

Keywords: Great Depression; Electric Unit Drive; Acceleration; Failed Transition; Stock Market Boom and Crash; Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act; National Industrial Recovery Act

Readership: Academics, researchers; undergraduate and graduate students; general public, specifically those with an interest in economic history and history in general

• Introduction

• Literature Review

• Electric Unit Drive and Interconnected Power Grids

• Assessing the Impact of Electric Unit Drive-Based Acceleration on U.S. Productivity and Capacity: The Case of the 1920s and 1930s

• The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill: The Republican Party Responds to Growing Excess Capacity

• Wall Street Responds to the Proposed Higher Tariffs

• The Stock Market Crash and the Subsequent Decline in Investment: The Depression Sets In

• The National Industrial Recovery Act: FDR’s Bold Attempt at Closing the Gap

• Why So Slow? The Role of On-Going Acceleration in Delaying the Recovery

• Summary and Conclusions

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Akbar and Birbal

Funnier Stories

Wonder House Books

Description

Birbal, an advisor in the court of King Akbar, handles various tricky situations faced by his ruler using his sharp intellect and humour. Read Book 1 to discover these witty stories from India!

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Main Subject: Education

Sub-Subjects: Children From 6 To 12 Years

Keywords: Akbar and Birbal; Mughal Empire; Funny; India Stories; India

Readership: Children from 6 to 12 years

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Akbar and Birbal

Funnier Stories

Wonder House Books

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Birbal, an advisor in the court of King Akbar, handles various tricky situations faced by his ruler using his sharp intellect and humour. Read Book 2 to discover these witty stories from India!

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Keywords: Akbar and Birbal; Mughal Empire; Funny; India Stories; India

Readership: Children from 6 to 12 years

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Wonder House Books

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Keywords: Akbar and Birbal; Mughal Empire; Funny; India Stories; India

Readership: Children from 6 to 12 years

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Screen Smart

Growing Up in the Digital Age

May O Lwin

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Wonsun Shin University of Melbourne, Australia

Endorsement

Alan Bay

“Screen Smart is a timely book to educate children, teenagers and parents about screen etiquette, individual social responsibility and the perils of navigating through the complex networks of cyberspace and social media. Ending each sub-theme with parent guides and practical tips, even adults would find this book helpful and enjoyable to read!”

Ong Say How

Department of Departmental Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore

Description

Join the Screen Smart gang as they recall their extraordinary childhood adventures in the virtual world.

Learn about the potential traps and dangers posed by the web and how to stay alert to the dangers that come from traversing an online world. Plus, fun activities contribute to the learning experience!

Authors

Wonsun Shin is an Associate Professor in Media and Communications at the School of Culture and Communication, the University of Melbourne, Australia. She has extensive research experience in youth, digital media, parental mediation, and marketing communications.

May O Lwin is a Professor at Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information and a Professor (Joint) with the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. She has also authored several books, book chapters and won numerous, including the Outstanding ICA Applied/ Public Policy Research Award, Ogilvy.

Alan is a comic artist and illustrator that enjoys spreading happiness through his drawings. His latest works include Guss’ Gutsy Adventures and Treasure Seekers

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Type: Comics

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Main Subject: Education

Sub-Subjects: Children From 6 To 12 Years

Keywords: Digital literacy; Digital; Screen; Media; Multimedia; Children; Adolescents; Content Exposure; Parents; Parental Control; Socialization; Media Consumption; Advertising; Cyber Wellness; Child Online Safety; Online Safety

Readership: 6–12 years old

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Akbar and Birbal Funny Stories Set

Akbar and Birbal: Funny Stories

Akbar and Birbal: Funnier Stories

Akbar and Birbal: Super Funny Stories

Wonder House Books

Description

Birbal, an advisor in the court of King Akbar, handles various tricky situations faced by his ruler using his sharp intellect and humour. Read all three books to discover these witty stories from India!

Includes 3 titles:

Akbar and Birbal: Funny Stories

Akbar and Birbal: Funnier Stories

Akbar and Birbal: Super Funny Stories

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Extent: 276pp Type: Children’s Picture Book Series: Akbar and Birbal

Main Subject: Education

Sub-Subjects: Children From 6 To 12 Years

Keywords: Akbar and Birbal; Mughal Empire; Funny; India Stories; India

Readership: Children from 6 to 12 years

• Akbar and Birbal: Funny Stories

• Akbar and Birbal: Funnier Stories

• Akbar and Birbal: Super Funny Stories

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Graph Theory and Mobile Communications

Masakazu Sengoku Graduate Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Japan

Description

This comprehensive compendium discusses the basics of graph theory to its application, focusing on the application of graph theory to mobile communications.

A mobile communication connects a mobile terminal and a base station wirelessly, and the base station enables communications all over the world via a wired and satellite communication system. This means that the mobile communication system includes wire and wireless technologies, and also hardware such as analog electric circuits, digital circuits and a software part such as computer algorithms.

This useful reference text deeply studies how the network structure influences the performance of the corresponding system.

Author

Masakazu SENGOKU received PhD from Hokkaido University in 1972. In 1972, he joined as a Research Associate, Hokkaido University. In 1978, he was an Associate Professor, Niigata University and he was promoted to a Professor at Niigata University in 1989. He was Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University during 2003–2007. He was an Executive Vice President of Niigata University during 2008–2014. Since 2014, he has been President of Graduate Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies.

His research interests include network theory, graph theory, transmission of information and mobile communications. He received Best Paper Awards from IEICE (IEICE: The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers) four times and IEEE conference Best Paper Award. He received the Achievement Award of IEICE in 2005 and Distinguished Achievement and Contributions Award of IEICE in 2009. He was a member of Editorial Board, ACM, URSI, Wireless Networks, Kluwer Academic Pub., an editor of the Journal of Communications and Networks and a regional editor of Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers, World Scientific. He was the President of Engineering Science Society, IEICE in 2003–2004. He is a Life Fellow member of IEEE, a Fellow member and a Honorary member of IEICE, a Fellow member of JSST.

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Extent: 350pp Type: Monograph Series: Advanced Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering - Volume 23

Main Subject: Engineering / Acoustics

Sub-Subjects: Circuits & Systems; Communications; Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Keywords: Graph Theory; Mobile Communications; Network Theory; Analog Circuits; Digita Circuits; Cellular Systems; AI; 5G; 6G; HAPS; Satellite

Readership: Researchers, professionals, academics, undergraduate and graduate students in circuits & systems, communications and electrical and electronic engineering

• Basic Concept of Graphs

• Trees, Cotrees and Hybrid Trees

• Matrix and Application of Trees

• Graphical Views of Electrical and Electronic Networks

• Operators in Signal Flow Graphs

• Location Problems on Graphs and Networks

• Cellular Systems in Mobile Communication Systems

• Channel Assignment Problems

• Mobility and Communication Traffic

• Multi-Hop Communicatio

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Modeling and Parameter Extraction Techniques of Silicon-Based Radio Frequency Devices

Ao Zhang Nantong University, China

Jianjun Gao East China Normal University, China

Description

This comprehensive compendium describes the basic modeling techniques for silicon-based semiconductor devices, introduces the basic concepts of siliconbased passive and active devices, and provides its state-of-the-art modeling and equivalent circuit parameter extraction methods.

The unique reference text benefits practicing engineers, technicians, senior undergraduate and first-year graduate students working in the areas of RF, microwave and solid-state device, and integrated circuit design.

Authors

Ao Zhang was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, in 1995. She received the BS degree in Electrical engineering from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China, in 2017 and the PhD degree in Microwave engineering at East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, in 2021. In 2019, she visited Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, as a research associate working on HBT modeling using artificial neural network techniques. From 2022, she joined Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu province, China. Her research focuses on modeling and on-wafer millimeter-wave measurements of active and passive devices.

Jianjun Gao was born in Hebei province, China, in 1968. He received the BEng and PhD degrees from the Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1991 and 1999, respectively, and the MEng degree from the Hebei Semiconductor Research Institute, Hebei, China,in 1994. From 1999 to 2001, he was a Post-Doctoral Researcher in developing PHEMT optical modulator driver at the Microelectronics R&D Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2001, he joined the school of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, as a Researcher in semiconductor device modeling and on wafer measurement.

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Extent: 350pp Type: Monograph

Main Subject: Engineering / Acoustics

Sub-Subjects: Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Keywords: Device Modeling; SiliconBased; Parameter Extraction; Equivalent Circuit Model

Readership: Researchers, professionals, academics, graduate and undergraduate students in electrical and electronic engineerin

• Introduction

• RF Model and Parameter Extraction of On-Chip Spiral Inductance

• On-Chip Spiral Transformer

• Small Signal Modeling and Parameter Extraction of MOSFET

• Large Signal Equivalent Circuit Modeling of MOSFET

• Noise Modeling and parameter extraction technique for MOSFET

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Smart City 2.0

Strategies and Innovations for City Development

Deog-Seong Oh

Woosong University, South Korea

Key Features

• This book offers leading-edge, international perspectives on Smart City 2.0

• The tension between efficiency-driven smart cities and creative, inventive technopoleis (which by the nature of innovation must be inefficient) have not been explored before the present book

• Chapters are contributed by prominent, leading thinkers and practitioners from a dozen countries, representing both the developed and the developing worlds

Description

Almost a century since the idea of creating more humane — more human-centric — cities was brought to the fore, how far has mankind progressed towards creating a true “city with a heart”? How far off are we, and what can we do to close the gap?

The first generation of smart cities showed the limits of top-down planning, in which cities contracted out design and implementation to IT providers. As residents resented paying high taxes for “smart” urban features that they did not want or use, it became plain that smart cities were not sustainable, and needed to be rethought. “Smart City 2.0” starts the design process with understanding the needs of human residents. Little has yet been written about smart cities’ second wind.

This book offers leading-edge, international perspectives on Smart City 2.0. It offers an overview of the sustainable smart city concept, presents leading experts’ latest thinking on strategies for a new generation of smart cities, and showcases eight implementation case studies from seven countries. All chapters are contributed by prominent, leading thinkers and practitioners from a dozen countries, representing both the developed and the developing worlds.

Editors

Deog-Seong Oh is President of Woosong University and former President of Chungnam National University, both in Daejeon, South Korea. Dr Oh is expert in public and urban policy, economic development, and technology commercialization. Dr Oh is a member of the UNESCO High Panel on Science for Development, and Organizing Committee Chair for UNESCO’s Global Innovation Forum.

Fred Phillips is currently on faculty at the University of New Mexico, USA, and Tongji University in Shanghai, China. He is the 2017 winner of the Kondratieff Medal, awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Avvari V Mohan is an Associate Professor of Strategy & Innovation, Director of Research and Malaysia Lead for the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility in the Nottingham University Business School (NUBS) at the University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM).

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Extent: 350pp

Type: Review Volume

Series: World Scientific Series in R&D Management - Volume 8

Main Subject: Engineering / Acoustics

Sub-Subjects: Civil Engineering; Urban Planning; Innovation; Technology; Knowledge; Information Management; Political Science; Policy Studies; Public Policy; Social Issues; Human Security; Environmental; Energy Economics; Design; Building Management

Keywords: Smart City; Urban Infrastructure; Urban Futures; Urban Technologies; City Planning; Services Automation

Readership: City planners and city officials, students and researchers in the fields of urban planning and information technology, Information infrastructure consultants and providers and international banks and aid agencies

Fred Young Phillips University of New Mexico, USA & Tongji University, China

Avvari V Mohan University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia

• Smart Cities: Introduction to the Volume

• Overviews: ᇶ

Policies and Rules of Engagement in Traditional and Smart Cities ᇶ

The Conceptual Framework and Key Strategies of Smart City Planning for Sustainable Urban Development

• Strategies of Smart City Innovation: ᇶ

How to Prepare for the Wicked Problems of the Postnormal Era — Introducing an Evaluation Model for Vucability Improvement

Understanding G.A.R.L.I.C.s. — An Innopreneurship Platform for Smart Cities

Human-centric Smart City Development Strategy in Taiwan

Did Users Co-create Innovation in Smart City Initiatives? A Case in Japan

STP Development in the Context of Smart City

Korea Technopark: Evolving Integrated Business Platform

Impacts of the First to Second Generation of Smart City Initiatives in Japan

The Bright and Dark Sides of Open Innovation in Public Organizations: Evidence from Smart City Projects

Why Don’t Regional Innovation Systems Have Comprehensive Information Support?

• Best Practices: ᇶ

Smart City Strategy for Building an Innovation Platform: Daedeok Innopolis ᇶ

Smart City Energy Inclusion, Towards Becoming a Better Place to Live

Applications of Smart City for Sustainable Urban Regeneration

The Smart City in Developing Countries: Experiences from Brazil ᇶ VR for Disaster Management & Recovery ᇶ

Smart Sustainable Cities & Entrepreneurship: Proposal of a Non-aggregative Approach

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Mathematical Methods and Models in Composites

2nd Edition

Vladislav Mantič University of Seville, Spain

Key Features

• The book will be a useful reference in the development of new theoretical and computer models for the design, manufacturing, testing and applications of composite components and structures

• Contributing authors are worldwide prominent experts in the very different areas of applied mathematics, physics and engineering related to composites

• Especially suitable for young researchers showing a great variety of different approaches available today to model composites manufacturing, structural behavior, and damage mechanisms

Description

Mathematical Methods and Models in Composites (Second Edition) provides an in-depth treatment of the modern and rigorous mathematical methods and models applied to composites modeling on the micro-, meso-, and macro scale. The diversity of such methods and models used in the analysis and characterization of composites, their behavior, and different phenomena and processes associated to them has grown steadily. This second edition expands upon the success of the first edition and has been substantially revised and updated.

Written by known experts in different areas of applied mathematics, physics, and composite engineering, this book is mainly focused on continuous fiber reinforced composites, with ever increasing applications (e.g., the aerospace industry), though it covers also other kind of composites. The topics of contributed chapters range from scaling and homogenization procedures in composites, thin plate and wave solutions in anisotropic materials, laminated structures, shells, thin-walled composite structures, fiber-reinforced nonlinearly elastic solids, instabilities, buckling and postbuckling, fiber kinking and splitting, fracture and damage analysis of composites to highly efficient methods for simulation of composites manufacturing like resin transfer molding. The results presented are useful for the design, fabrication, testing and industrial applications of composite components and structures.

This book is an essential reference for graduate and doctoral students and researchers in mathematics, physics and composite engineering. Explanations and references in the book are sufficiently detailed to provide the necessary background to further investigate the fascinating subject of composites modelling and explore relevant research literature. It is also suitable for non-experts who wish to have an overview of both the mathematical methods and models used in the area of composites and of the open problems in this area that require further research.

Editor

Vladislav Mantič is Professor of Continuum Mechanics at the School of Engineering, University of Seville, where he is currently teaching Solid Mechanics, Elasticity, Fracture Mechanics, Plasticity, Viscoelasticity, Finite and Boundary Element Method. He graduated in mathematical engineering from the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University of Prague, receiving a degree with distinction and Rector Award in 1984.

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Extent: 708pp

Type: Review Volume

Series: Computational and Experimental Methods in Structures

Main Subject: Engineering / Acoustics

Sub-Subjects: Engineering Mechanics; Mathematical Modeling; Mechanical Engineering; General Materials Science

Keywords: Composite Material; Laminate; Shell; Plate; Multilayer; Smart Composite Structure; ThinWalled Structure; Stiffened Panel; Fibre-Reinforced Nonlinearly Elastic Solid; Random Composite; MultiScale Asymptotic Homogenization; Scaling; Anisotropic Material; Stroh Formalism; Modeling of Manufacturing Process; Model Order Reduction; Proper Generalized Decomposition; Reduced Basis; Resin Transfer Moulding; Suspending Fluid Rheology; Multiphysics in Laminates; Damage; Delamination; Cohesive Interface; Large Deformation; Fracture; Instability

Readership: An essential reference for researchers and graduate and doctoral students in mathematics, physics and composite engineering interested in structural behaviour and damage mechanisms

• Micromechanical Modeling of Advanced Composites and Smart Composite Structures Using the Asymptotic Homogenization Method ( Alexander L Kalamkarov)

• Scaling Functions in Spatially Random Composites (Martin Ostoja-Starzewski & Shivakumar I Ranganathan)

• Stroh-Like Formalism for General Thin Laminated Plates and its Applications (Chyanbin Hwu)

• Classical Refined, Zig-Zag, Layer-Wise Models and Best Theory Diagrams for Laminated Structures (Erasmo Carrera, Maria Cinefra and Marco Petrolo)

• A Modeling Framework for the Analysis of Instabilities and Delamination in Composite Shells ( J Reinoso, M Paggi and A Blázquez)

• Bifurcation of Elastic Multilayers (Davide Bigoni, Massimiliano Gei and Sara Roccabianca)

• Instabilities Associated with Loss of Ellipticity in Fibre-Reinforced Nonlinearly Elastic Solids ( J Merodio and R W Ogden)

• Propagation of Rayleigh Waves in Anisotropic Media and an Inverse Problem in the Characterization of Initial Stress (Kazumi Tanuma and Chi-Sing Man)

• Advanced Mathematical Models and Efficient Numerical Simulation in Composite Processes (Emmanuelle AbissetChavanne, Anais Barasinski, Francisco Chinesta)

• Modeling Fracture and Complex Crack Networks in Laminated Composites (Carlos G Dávila, Cheryl A Rose, Endel V Iarve and Frank A Leone)

• Delamination and Adhesive Contacts, Their Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Treatment (Tomás Roubícek, Martin Kružík, Jan Zeman, Christos G Panagiotopoulos, Roman Vodička and Vladislav Mantič )

• Interaction of Cracks with Interfaces (Dominique Leguillon and Eric Martin)

• Computational Procedure for Singularity Analysis of Anisotropic Elastic Multimaterial Corners: Applications to Composites and Their Joints (Vladislav Mantič, Alberto Barroso and Federico París)

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Telegeoprocessing

Yong Xue

China University of Mining and Technology, China

Xiran Zhou China University of Mining and Technology, China

Description

Sheng Zhang

China University of Mining and Technology, China

Telegeoprocessing is the integration of remote sensing, Geographic Information System (GIS), Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Big Data and Telecommunication.

This unique compendium brings together most of the key issues involved in research in novel systems in telegeoprocessing. It elucidates a comprehensive introduction to the problems encountered in telegeoprocessing engineering and the major technologies and standards related to designing an integrated, fully functional telegeoprocessing system based on the latest multimedia and telecommunication technologies.

The useful cross-disciplinary reference text benefits teachers and researchers in both universities and research organizations, and for anyone keen in the impact of Earth observation, big data, geoinformatics in civil communities and human societies.

Author

Professor Dr Yong Xue, an expert in quantitative remote sensing and big Earth data, an Academician of the International Academy for Europe and Asia, a Corresponding Academician of the International Academy of Astronautics and a Chartered Physicist. He received his BSc degree in Space Physics from the Department of Geophysics, Peking University in 1986, his MSc degree from the Institute of Remote Sensing and Geoinformation, Peking University in 1989 and his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the Department of Applied Physics, University of Dundee in 1995.

He is currently a Chair Professor in the School of Environment and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT), the team leader of the Division of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing at CUMT, the deputy chair of “Chinese National Committee of the International Society for Digital EarthDigital Energy Commission”, the deputy director of Jiawang Field Station for Land Rehabilitation and Ecological Succession in Resource Depleted Mining Areas, the Ministry of Education, in Jiangsu, China. He is also the director of the Collaborative Cross-Disciplines Research Center of Telegeoprocessing at CUMT, the director of the Remote Sensing Big Data Center for Energy and Environment at CUMT and the director of the Center for Intelligent Remote Sensing Analysis, Institute of Artificial Intelligence at CUMT. He has published more than 310 peer-reviewed papers (more than 260 corresponding and first-author papers) with more than 3720 citations and an H-index of 33. He has published two academic monographs (co-author) and more than 320 invited conference presentations. He is currently on the editorial board of the Journal International Journal of Remote Sensing and the editor of the World Scientific Publishing Remote Sensing book series (2001 - ).

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Extent: 345pp

Type: Monograph

Series: Series in Remote SensingVolume 5

Main Subject: Environmental Science

Sub-Subjects: Environmental Engineering; Environmental Management & Planning; Communications; Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Keywords: Telegeoprocessing; Geoprocessing; Remote Sensing; GIS; GNSS; Real Time; Geoinformatics; Disaster

Readership: Researchers, professionals, academics, and graduate students in environmental engineering and environmental management & planning

• Remote Sensing and Real Time Processing in Remote Sensing

• Integration of Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems and Global Navigation Satellite Systems

• Parallel Geoprocessing

• Algorithms and Data Structures

• Grid Computing and Geoinformation

• High Performance Computing for Remote Sensing Big Data

• Data Communication

• A Prototype Telegeoprecessing System

• Telegeoprocessing Applications and Further Developments

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Nourishing Tomorrow

Clean Engineering and Nature-friendly Living

David S-K Ting University of Windsor, Canada Jacqueline A Stagner University of Windsor, Canada

Key Features

• Contributors include engineers, scientists, economists, architects, academics, and public servants from around the world

• Designing, building and maintaining ecologically sustainable habitates and environments is a complex issue and this volume provides a broad examination of many different aspects

Description

Human beings require nourishment for the body, mind, and soul. To nourish tomorrow demands sustainable, clean and healthy food, water, air, healthcare, energy, living quarters, communities, and governance for everyone. This volume brings together twenty-four experts — comprising engineers, scientists, economists, architects, academics, and public servants from around the world — to share their views on how we could sustainably nourish people and the planet.

In this book, the theme of building environments in which life — human and nonhuman — can co-exist, grow, and thrive in, is explored from multiple aspects. From agriculture and food security to drinking water, energy generation, energy storage, waste management and treatment, to building for and encouraging biodiversity in marinas, to establishing resilient communities that can recover quickly from both manmade and natural disasters.

This book is a valuable resource for readers in the fields of biological science, agriculture, and sustainability. It is also a thought-provoking volume for those who simply want to know more about the complex issue of nourishing the world.

Editors

David S-K Ting is the founder of the Turbulence & Energy Laboratory at the University of Windsor, Canada. Professor Ting supervises students primarily in the fields of energy and flow turbulence. To date, he has co/supervised over 80 graduate students, co-authored more than 160 journal papers, authored 5 textbooks and co-edited over 20 volumes.

Jacqueline A Stagner is the Undergraduate Programs Coordinator in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Windsor, Canada. She is also an adjunct graduate faculty member in the Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering. She co-advises students in the areas of sustainability and renewable energy, in the Turbulence & Energy Laboratory. She has co-edited ten volumes.

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Extent: 300pp

Type: Review Volume

Main Subject: Environmental Science

Sub-Subjects: Environmental Engineering; Environmental Management & Planning; Energy Studies; Research; Waste Management; Waste Management; Pollution; Biological Conservation & Preservation; Fish & Marine Biology; Crop Science

Keywords: Nourishing Tomorrow; United Nations; Energy; Water; Food; Agriculture; Biodiversity; Marinas; Environmental; Resilient Community; Architectural Systems

Readership: Research/(post)graduate students; research scientists, engineers, and architects who are passionate about nourishing tomorrow

• Preparing Today for Nourishing Tomorrow

• Exploring the Link between Irrigated Agriculture and Food Security

• Evidence from the Case of Spain

• Measuring the Sustainability of Water, Energy, and Food Resources in the Context of the WEF Nexus

• Green Compressed Air Energy Storage Technology

• Marinas can Co-function as Biodiversity Sanctuaries

• Biomaterials for Water Purification

• Integrating Chlorella vulgaris and Monoraphidium contortum in Architectural Systems for the Biodegradation of Sulfamethoxazole from Wastewater

• Assessing Environmental Skincare Products

• A Proposed Framework using SWARA, ARAS, and COPRAS Methods

• Stepwise Weight Appraisal Ratio Analysis in the Assessment of Biosurfactant

• Conceptualizations of a Resilient Community for Social Features

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The Wisdom of Solomon

The Genius and Legacy of Solomon Golomb

Beatrice A Golomb

University of California San Diego, USA Guang Gong University of Waterloo, Canada

Description

Alfred W Hales

IDA Center for Communications Research, la Jolla, USA

Solomon Wolf Golomb left an unparalleled legacy of accomplishment and recognition for his work in the applications of mathematics to coding and communication theory. His legacy also includes a host of individuals whose lives and careers were immeasurably enriched by their interactions with him. The coeditors have attempted to collect many articles/essays in this volume, of a nottoo-technical sort, by a representative collection of such individuals. Among their motivations is the wish to convince the reader of the incredibly prescient choice of his given name.

The first section consists of three articles which have already appeared elsewhere, by noted experts in the fields where the majority of Sol’s contributions lie — mathematics, computer science and electrical engineering. The second section consists of three articles by the co-editors in memory of and tribute to Sol. The third section contains 25-30 articles by Sol’s family, friends, students, colleagues, etc. They cover a great range of topics and vary widely in length, technicality and other aspects. In the last section are contributions by Sol himself, covering various aspects of his career and interests, as well as other related material.

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Extent: 400pp Type: Popular Book

Main Subject: General

Sub-Subjects: Popular Science; Electrical & Electronic Engineering; General Applied Mathematics; History Of Science

Keywords: Solomon Golomb; GolombDickman Constant; Coding and Communication Theory; Shift Register Sequences

Readership: General

• I: ᇶ

Introduction to Solomon W Golomb (Elwyn Berlekamp) ᇶ Solomon Wolf Golomb 1932–2016 (Andrew J Viterbi ) ᇶ Solomon Golomb (1932–2016) (Stephen Wolfram) • II: ᇶ

A Career in Engineering (Beatrice A Golomb and Solomon W Golomb) ᇶ Golomb’s Shift Register Sequences — Work with a Great Mind (Guang G Gong) ᇶ Memories of Sol (Alfred W Hales)

• III: ᇶ

The Most Interesting Man in the World (Daniel Arovas) ᇶ

The Issue of Shift Register Sequences (Richard Blahut) ᇶ Solomon Golomb — Some Personal Reflections (G S Bloom) ᇶ Golomb’s Norske Forbindelser (Tor Bu) ᇶ Sol Golomb, My Friend (Leo Buxbaum) ᇶ Ode to Sol ( John Dillon) ᇶ Puzzles and Tilings (Tuvi Etzion) ᇶ Solomon Wolf Golomb, May 30, 1932 – May 1, 2016 ( Jeremiah and Karen Farrell ) ᇶ Teaching Research and — Teaching (Aviezri Fraenkel ) ᇶ My Life with Sol (Harold Fredricksen) ᇶ

Focus and Contrast ( Jonathan Hall and Tingyao Xiong) ᇶ Taped Conversation re Sol and JPL ( Jon Hamkins) ᇶ Board Game to Board Room (Robert Hanisee) ᇶ The Wisdom of Solomon (Larry Harper) ᇶ The Norwegian Connections of Solomon W Golomb (Tor Helleseth) ᇶ Sol Golomb and a Twice-in-a-lifetime Celestial Event ( Jonathan Jedwab) ᇶ

Solomon W Golomb: A Man of Humility, Integrity and Compassion (Rochelle Kronzek) ᇶ Sol Golomb — My Hero and my Idol (Abraham Lempel ) ᇶ Golomb and Radar Transforms (Nadav Levanon) ᇶ Funeral Oration (C L Max Nikias) ᇶ

From Professor Solomon Golomb’s Math PhD Advisee to his Stock Market Guru (Stephen Schloss) ᇶ Bob Scholtz’s Memories of Sol (Robert Scholtz) ᇶ Solomon Golomb: Wise Man, Biblical Scholar, and Father-in-law (Terrence J Sejnowski ) ᇶ Professor S W Golomb was my Advisor and Mentor (Hong Song) ᇶ Sol Golomb in the Fay Zloc Era (Robert Tausworthe) ᇶ Early Days with Sol Golomb (Lloyd Welch) ᇶ Consummate Gentleman and Scholar ( Alan Willner) ᇶ A Tribute to Sol Golomb, the Genius who Transformed USC (Yannis Yortsos) ᇶ Meeting Young Sol (Neal Zierler) • IV: ᇶ Eight JPL Lab Oratory Issues ᇶ Shift Register Coders and The Golomb Algorithm ᇶ Sol’s Trip Report re Marshall Hall Visit ᇶ Hadamard Matrix Discovery ᇶ Comma Free Codes: Two Papers ᇶ Radar Measurements of the Planet Venus (L R Malling and S W Golomb)

“Spelling the States”, etc., from Golomb’s Gambits ᇶ “Word Ways” Excerpts ᇶ USC Engineer “From JPL to USC and Beyond” ᇶ Forty Years after Sputnik ᇶ Golomb’s Reminiscences ᇶ

Periodic Binary Sequences: Solved and Unsolved Problems ᇶ USC Viterbi “Super Sol” ᇶ USC Trojan “Busy Signals”: National Medal of Science ᇶ Letter to Granville; Erdos Number “Minus One”

The “Golomb-Dickman Constant” — Letter re Lagarias Article

LA Jewish Journal Obituary ᇶ Shizef Raphaeli Obituary Translation by Edna Sharoni

Puzzles in Memory of Solomon Golomb ( Joe Buhler et al.)

Final Oral Exam

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Conjuring with Computation A Manual of Magic and Computing for Beginners

Paul Curzon

Queen Mary University, UK

Peter W McOwan Queen Mary University, UK

Key Features

• While there have been books on magic with maths, and magic with science, we believe this is the first comprehensively exploring the links between magic and computer science

• Both authors are eminent researchers and award winning for their public engagement work. Their cs4fn and Teaching London Computing Projects that the book draws from have a huge global following including of teachers. This book is an extended version of one of the most popular aspects of their projects: using magic tricks to introduce computer science ideas. This is a much more comprehensive version of that idea

• It will appeal to anyone interested in magic or computer science: novices interested in learning magic, magicians interested in the links to computation, and also teachers, students and the general public interested in computing. It gives teachers fun and novel ways to introduce computing topics

• Computing is now compulsory in UK schools as well as many other countries so there is a lot of interest in fun ways to learn about it and teach it

• It also builds on the tradition of recreational maths and magic and will also be of interest to those interested in lay recreational mathematics/science and STEM public engagement

Description

The team behind Computer Science for Fun (CS4FN), bring you Conjuring with Computation: A Manual of Magic and Computing for Beginners. Develop your skills to be a magician while also learning the basics of computer science by exploring its links to magic. Each chapter explains how to do a simple magic trick, step-by-step, then uses the trick to introduce linked fundamental ideas in computer science in a fun way.

By reading the book you will learn to do self-working tricks, be able to hold magic shows, create you own versions of tricks and with creativity even invent your own. We cover:

• Self-working card tricks;

• Magical jigsaws, boxes and other objects;

• False shuffles and cuts;

• False choices;

• Magic with books and pictures;

• Mentalism, clairvoyance and tricks with ghosts;

• Magic built on technology;

• Find out your friends’ superpowers!

You will also learn how computation underpins conjuring answering questions like:

• What is computation?

• Why are the skills of a computational thinker, like decomposition, abstraction and generalisation, so important?

• Why is data represented in different ways?

• How is easy to use software created?

• How does maths underpin programming?

• What are the basics of cyber security and privacy?

• Why must we all understand how computing technology affects society?

The book includes profiles of computer scientists, and magicians with links to technology, through history.

Master conjuring and thinking computationally.

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Extent: 280pp

Type: Study Guide

Main Subject: General

Sub-Subjects: Popular Science; Software Engineering; Programming; General Science; Digital Security; Innovation; Technology; Knowledge; Information Management; Databases; Information Sciences; Theoretical Computer Science; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Robotics And Automated Systems; Neural Networks; Networking; Machine Perception; Computer Vision; Popular & Recreational Mathematics

Keywords: Computation; Conjuring; Computational Thinking; Computer Science; Programming; Magic; Computing; Informatics; Self-Working tricks; Human-Computer Interaction; Cyber Security and Privacy; Cognitive Psychology

Readership: General public: Those interested in learning how to do magic tricks and lay computing/mathematics/ science including those visiting science and technology/computing museums. Those learning computer science subjects (at school or university) with an interest in magic

• Introduction

• Algorithmic Thinking

• Evaluation & Logical Thinking I

• Making it work for people

• Decomposition & Abstraction

• Procedures & Procedural Abstraction

• Building Bigger

• Abstraction & Data Representation

• Human Computer Interaction

• Evaluation & Logical Thinking II

• More Advanced Computational Thinking

• Cyber Security and Privacy

• Advanced Technology

• Acknowledgements

• Further Reading

• Index of Computing Terms

• Index of Tricks, Illusions and Conjuring Techniques

• Index of People

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The Ultimate Guide to Doing a PhD

Merle van den Akker Commonwealth Bank, Australia

Key Features

• The PhD process is an inherently untransparent, fascinating, yet underexplored topic. The demand for more information regarding the PhD process is huge, and the target audience for this book is broad as a result of this. This book can be a helping hand for those actively considering doing a PhD, those who are already in a PhD, as well as those may have only ever given doing a PhD the smallest of thoughts

• This topic has millions of followers across different social platforms. And these are only the platforms that I am aware of. Although the language used in academic settings may be considered complex, The Ultimate Guide to Doing a PhD will be written in a way which assumes no prior knowledge of academia, nor will it target a specific field of study (e.g. marketing, physics, philosophy) making it accessible to any reader regardless of background, interest or education level

Description

Have you ever considered doing a PhD, but have no idea where to start? Or are you doing a PhD and starting to feel like you’re losing the plot?

Each year the number of applicants to postgraduate research and PhD programs increases, yet the information on how to successfully navigate the journey remains obscure. This is where this book comes in: I explore every aspect of doing a PhD.

Doing a PhD starts from the very the idea of wanting to do one itself. What motivations work well and which don’t when making it through the PhD? The book also includes several chapters on applying to a PhD, university selection, supervisor selection and document preparation. We then move onto what goes on during the PhD, which is where the majority of questions often arise. Questions around workload, time management, mental health, social comparison, (peer) pressure, supervisor (mis)communications, all the way up to publishing, teaching, networking, conference attendance, presenting work and preparing for the next step are addressed. And yes, the next step matters: are you planning to continue to work in academia, or not? The book addresses both career pathways, staying in or leaving academia, equally.

There has been increased pushback against the idea that those with a PhD should automatically remain in academia, especially as the academic job market has become increasingly saturated. There has been an increased interest in transitioning from academia to industry, but again, the information on how to properly approach this remains scattered. This book aims to take a (prospective) PhD student by the hand and outline the entire process, answering every question they could possibly have along the way.

Author

Merle van den Akker is a behavioural science manager at a bank. She decided to leave academia after completing her PhD in behavioural science. During her PhD she blogged about the application of behavioural science to personal finance on her blog Money on the Mind, as well as the PhD journey. It’s the latter that garnered her a loyal following and made her realize that there was a dire need for a guide to help out PhD students, through each and every stage of the PhD.

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Main Subject: General

Sub-Subjects: Popular Science; Teaching And Learning

Keywords: PhD; Academia; Doing a PhD; Surviving a PhD; PhD Guide; Post-graduate; Post-Graduate Guide; Research; Doctoral Training; How to PhD; PhD for Dummies; PhD Mental Health; Academic Advice; Academic Twitter; Academic Chatter

Readership: Younger (undergraduate, MA/MSc) students considering doing a PhD. Anyone (older students, practitioners and professionals) considering doing a PhD, or those who are engaged in education research for understanding the current struggles in the PhD process

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• Introduction

• Thinking About Doing a PhD: ᇶ Reasons to Not Do a PhD ᇶ A Critical Evaluation of Reasons to Do a PhD ᇶ The 5W’s and 1H of Doing a PhD ᇶ Biggest Misconceptions About Doing a PhD ᇶ Concluding Remarks (So Should You?)

• Applying to a PhD: ᇶ How to Find Topic (Open vs Closed Projects) ᇶ How to Find a University (Home, Abroad, Intercontinental) ᇶ How to Find a Supervisor ᇶ How to Find Funding (Home, Abroad, Intercontinental) (Company, University, Country, Excellence) ᇶ Getting Documents in Order ᇶ How to Survive an Interview ᇶ Weighing Multiple Offers vs Dealing with Rejection ᇶ Concluding Remarks

• Starting the PhD: ᇶ Settling In ᇶ Coursework?! ᇶ Planning The Research ᇶ Supervisor Communication ᇶ First Year PhD Review ᇶ Concluding Remarks

• In the PhD: ᇶ Structure Amidst Chaos ᇶ Teaching ᇶ Conferences ᇶ Writing It All Down ᇶ The Publication Journey ᇶ Time Management & Multi-Tasking ᇶ Taking Breaks ᇶ Mental Health ᇶ Failure ᇶ Talking Supervisor (Again!) ᇶ What Do You Want from the PhD? ᇶ Mentorship ᇶ Knowing When to Quit ᇶ Doing “Just” the PhD Isn’t Enough ᇶ PhD Review, Year 2 ᇶ PhD Review, Year 3 ᇶ Concluding Remarks

• Finishing the PhD: ᇶ Balancing Writing and Job Searching (CV Writing) ᇶ Leveraging Contacts ᇶ Mental Health Revisited (Surviving Yet Another Existential Crisis) ᇶ A Good PhD is a Finished PhD ᇶ Submission ᇶ Final Year PhD Review ᇶ Things I Would Have Done Differently ᇶ Concluding Remarks

• PhDone! What now?: ᇶ The Anti-Climax of Submitting ᇶ Break?! ᇶ The Viva ᇶ Concluding Remarks: The Aftermath

• Final Words

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COVID Chaos

What Happened and Why

Robert J Sherertz Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA

Jon S Abramson Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA

Key Features

• COVID Chaos was written by two infectious disease physicians, who each have over 35 years of experience caring for patients with a large variety of infectious diseases. Additionally, both did research in understanding the pathogenesis of infectious diseases, and collectively have many years of experience handling outbreaks at the local level, have been involved with guideline documents making recommendations for reducing infections at the national level, and have global experience managing international infectious diseases

• The book begins with three first person accounts from physicians involved in COVID-19 care during the early pandemic, when it was overwhelming hospitals

• It then tracks its course from Wuhan, China, to other parts of the world, while comparing and contrasting public health interventions, both at the hospital and local community level, , all the way up to country level

• It attempts to understand the broad spectrum of COVID-19 disease, both clinically and pathophysiologically, as well as its global collateral damage

• It explores in depth SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development, testing and the geopolitical problems with vaccine deployment

• It attempts to understand the origin of SARS-CoV-2 and its place in the pantheon of other organisms causing pandemics

• It identifies unanswered questions related to COVID-19 and looks at possible solutions

• It concludes with some late breaking pandemic events at the end of 2021 (Omicron variant, etc) and a global photo essay about the pandemic

Description

COVID Chaos is a book about the 2019 SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic that was written real time, spanning the time from March 31, 2020 through December 31, 2021, by two Emeritus Professors of Infectious Diseases (Adult – RJS, Pediatrics – JSA). RJS’s and JSA’s careers began with the HIV pandemic, involved collaboration with the 2009 Influenza pandemic, and now are finishing up with the Coronavirus pandemic. The authors have broad experience with outbreaks, from the local level (RJS had career long responsibilities for controlling outbreaks at medical school hospitals and worked taking care of COVID-19 patients during the pandemic), all the way up to the pandemic level (JSA wrote a book about the 2009 Influenza pandemic and has worked with the WHO for the past 10 years.

The aim of the book is to give the reader some insight into the global impact of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak during the first two years, from multiple perspectives (patient, healthcare provider, global citizen, public health, economic, geopolitical). An attempt was also made to understand how SARS-CoV-2 caused disease, both its pathogenesis at the individual patient level, and globally, as to how it was so successful at causing a pandemic and how it compares with other organisms capable of causing outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics. It is written to be of interest to anyone who likes to read and wants to know more about what happened during the COVID-19 pandemic and why.

COVID Chaos was written by two infectious disease physicians, who each have over 35 years of experience caring for patients with a large variety of infectious diseases. Additionally, both did research in understanding the pathogenesis of infectious diseases, and collectively have many years of experience handling outbreaks at the local level, have been involved with guideline documents making recommendations for reducing infections at the national level, and have global experience managing international infectious diseases.

The book begins with three first person accounts from physicians involved in COVID-19 care during the early pandemic, when it was overwhelming hospitals.

It then tracks its course from Wuhan, China, to other parts of the world, while comparing and contrasting public health interventions, both at the hospital and local community level, all the way up to country level.

The book attempts to understand the broad spectrum of COVID-19 disease, both clinically and pathophysiologically, as well as its global collateral damage. It explores in depth SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development, testing and the geopolitical problems with vaccine deployment, and attempts to understand the origin of SARS-CoV-2 and its place in the pantheon of other organisms causing pandemics.

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Extent: 480pp Type: Popular Book

Main Subject: Life Sciences / Biology

Sub-Subjects: Microbiology; Virology Research; General Life Sciences; Infectious Diseases; Microbiology; Virology; Public Health (+Epidemiology)

Keywords: COVID-19; Pneumonia; Thrombosis; Stroke; Myocardial infarction; Ventilators; Dialysis; Multisystem Inflammatory Disease in Children; Pregancy; Long COVID; Long Haulers; Mortality; Risk Factors; Immuncompromised; Diagnosis; PCR; Antigen Tests; Antibody Tests; Chest X-Ray; CT Scan; Transmission; Personal Protective Equipment; Masks; Superspreaders; Indoors; Outdoors; Reinfection; R₀; Overwhelmed Hospitals; SARS-CoV-2; Mutation; Pandemic; Infectious Disease; Coronavirus

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Readership: Academia: medicine, infectious disease, microbiologists, virologists, epidemiologists, public health, nursing; industry: vaccines, drugs, diagnostic testing, healthcare workers, general public, nonfiction readers

• Prologue: Overwhelmed Hospitals

• Making of a Pandemic

• Path of Destruction

• Disorganized Global Response

• Airborne Assassin

• Vaccine Salvation?

• Collateral Damage

• Origin Story

• Pantheon of Plagues

• Are There Geopolitical Solutions?

• The Human Side

• Acknowledgements

• Epilogue

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Metal Halide Perovskites

Jin Zhong Zhang University of California Santa Cruz, USA Zhiguo Xia South China University of Technology, China

Description

Qi Pang Guangxi University, China

Metal halide perovskites are the hottest materials currently.

This unique compendium covers systematically the fundamental aspects of synthesis, properties, and applications of metal halide perovskites that exhibit unique properties and useful functionalities.

Written for beginners and practitioners, this useful reference text provides a good balance between fundamental concepts/principles and related recent researches with many highlighted examples.

This volume benefits researchers, practitioners, graduate students in materials chemistry/nanochemistry, physical chemistry and semiconductors.

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Extent: 300pp Type: Monograph

£85 | HARDCOVER 978-981-125-741-4 Main Subject: Materials Science

Sub-Subjects: New Materials; General Materials Science; Semiconductors & Related Areas; Materials Chemistry; Nanochemistry; Physical Chemistry; Condensed Matter Physics

Keywords: Metal Halide Perovskites; Solar Materials; Hybrid Perovskites

Readership: Researchers, professionals, academics, and graduate students in materials chemistry, physical chemistry and semiconductors

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M Eswaramoorthy

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), India

Subi J George

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), India

Description

A Sundaresan

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), India

C N R Rao

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), India

The world is in short supply of energy. Along with environmental factors, it has become crucial for science to provide solutions. Energy Materials is a significant area of research in material science.

The various aspects of energy include electrical power, comprising batteries, supercapacitors, thermoelectric energy conversion, photovoltaics, etc. Hydrogen is available in abundance, but catalysts are needed for the catalysis, so catalysts or porous solids have universal appeal in usage and applications. Then there are nuclear energy materials.

Overall, energy materials have now captured the most attention worldwide in research and investment. This book covers various sections that are currently exploring energy solutions through materials.

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Extent: 450pp

Type: Review Volume

Main Subject: Materials Science

Sub-Subjects: New Materials; Superconductivity & Magnetic Materials; Condensed Matter Physics; Applied And Technical Physics

Keywords: Photovoltaics; Electrode Materials; Thermoelectric Materials; Perovskites; Plasmonics; Porous Materials; Piezo and Triboelectric Energy Devices; Nuclear Energy; Supramolecular Energy

Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in energy materials

• Solution-Processed Photovoltaics ( Abdul Azeez and K S Narayan)

• Towards the Post-lithium Technologies: Advances in Electrode Materials for Na-ion and K-ion Batteries (Vinita Ahuja, Arindam Ghosh and Premkumar Senguttuvan)

• High Performance Thermoelectric Materials (Subarna Das, Animesh Bhui and Kanishka Biswas)

• Two-dimensional Materials for Supercapacitor Applications (Bhaskar Kakoty, Premkumar Senguttuvan and C N R Rao)

• Lead Halide Perovskites (K V Saurav and Pratap Vishnoi)

• Plasmon and Phonon-Polaritons in Refractory Transition Metal Nitrides (Krishna Chand Maurya and Bivas Saha)

• Electrochemical and Photochemical Hydrogen Evolution (Mohd Monis Ayyub and C N R Rao)

• Thermochemical CO₂ Conversion to High Energy Dense Fuels (Sathyapal R Churipard and Sebastian C Peter)

• Porous Materials for Energy Applications (M Eswaramoorthy and Tapas K Maji )

• Piezo and Triboelectric Energy Materials and Devices (Indrajit Mondal and Giridhar U Kulkarni )

• Nuclear Energy Materials (Dheeraj Jain and A K Tyagi )

• Supramolecular Energy Materials (Saikat Ghosh, Shagufi Ansari, Subi J George)

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Perspectives in Scalar Curvature

Mikhail L Gromov Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, France

H Blaine Lawson, Jr. Stony Brook University, USA

Key Features

• This is a wide-ranging work centered on the subject, from geometry, of scalar curvature. It begins with a long article written by Misha Gromov with many topics and open problems. The rest of Volume 1 consists of articles written about very recent major advances, by people involved in these discoveries. Volume 2 is a diverse and fascinating collection of essays written by mathematicians and physicists about their view of scalar curvature in their own work. They were invited to write whatever they found appealing. Some wrote large surveys and others wrote articles that were specifically focused. The ensemble is extremely interesting

• One reason this book is needed is that it put together viewpoints on scalar curvature from many quite different perspectives. It seems likely that this will engender new thinking in many areas

• Certainly the contributors are all leading researchers, and very well known

Description

Volume I contains a long article by Misha Gromov based on his many years of involvement in this subject. It came from lectures delivered in Spring 2019 at IHES. There is some background given. Many topics in the field are presented, and many open problems are discussed. One intriguing point here is the crucial role played by two seemingly unrelated analytic means: index theory of Dirac operators and geometric measure theory.

Very recently there have been some real breakthroughs in the field. Volume I has several survey articles written by people who were responsible for these results.

For Volume II, many people in areas of mathematics and physics, whose work is somehow related to scalar curvature, were asked to write about this in any way thay pleased. This gives rise to a wonderful collection of articles, some with very broad and historical views, others which discussed specific fascinating subjects.

These two books give a rich and powerful view of one of geometry’s very appealing sides.

Editors

Misha Gromov, Jay Gould Professor of Mathematics at Courant Institute, NYU, and emeritus professor at IHES, France. PhD from Leningrad State University in 1969. Research interests: spaces of geometric structures on manifolds and of spaces of maps between manifolds; Riemannian geometry, symplectic geometry, combinatorial geometry, asymptotic geometry of infinite groups; mathematical structures underlying living organisms and their physiological and mental functions including human natural languages.

H Blaine Lawson, Jr., Distinguished Professor, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. Minimal surfaces in the 3-sphere, foliations of spheres, boundaries of complex analytic varieties and holomorphic chains, co-creator of the field of calibrated geometries, work with Gromov on positive scalar curvature, work on algebraic cycles and homotopy theory.

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Extent: 1636pp

Type: Review Volume

Main Subject: Mathematics

Sub-Subjects: Geometry (Convex And Discrete Geometry) And Topology; Global Analysis; Analysis On Manifolds; Relativity & Gravitation

Keywords: Scalar Curvature; Dirac Operators; Index of Dirac Operators; A-Roof Genus; Spin Manifolds; K-Theory; Lichnerowicz Formula; Macroscopic Dimension; Minimal Hypersufaces; Positive Mass Theorems; Domininant Energy Condition; Quasi-Local Mass; Riemannian Polyhedra; Band Width; Enlargeable Manifolds; Callias Operators; Waist Inequality; C* Algebras and K-theory

Readership: Professional mathematicians and physicists, and certainly graduate students, in differential geometry and related areas in mathematics, and in general relativity and related areas in physics. The books could easily be used for advanced graduate courses in mathematics and physics

• Volume I: ◊ Four Lectures on Scalar Curvature ◊ Scalar Curvature and Generalized Callias Operators ◊ Convergence and Regularity of Manifolds with Scalar Curvature and Entropy Lower Bounds ◊ Level Set Methods in the Study of Scalar Curvature ◊ The Secret Hyperbolic Life of Positive Scalar Curvature ◊ On the Scalar Curvature of 4-Manifolds

• Volume II: ◊ Classical Relations to Topology and the Dirac Operator: ᇶ Some Topological Implications of Positive Scalar Curvature and Generalizations ᇶ Complete Manifolds with Positive Scalar Curvature ᇶ Manifolds with Boundary and Spaces of Metrics with Positive Scalar Curvature and Mean Curvature

Minimal Varieties ◊ Positive Mass and Positive Energy ◊ Positive Scalar Curvature on Generalized Spaces: ᇶ Polyhedra and Positive Scalar Curvature on Metric Spaces ᇶ Distance Estimates ᇶ Families and Foliations

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Fractional Differential Equations and Inclusions

Classical and Advanced Topics

Saïd Abbas

Tahar Moulay University of Saida, Algeria

Mouffak Benchohra

Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria

Jamal Eddine Lazreg

Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria

Key Features

Juan J Nieto (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Yong Zhou

Xiangtan University, China & Macau University of Science and Technology, China

• This monograph is devoted to the existence and stability for various classes of functional differential equations or inclusions involving the Hadamard or Hilfer fractional derivative. There are only a few systematic discussions on these contents in published books

• Many new results are presented and this represents the main difference between this book and competitive titles

• A good supplement to the existing literature on fractional differential equations

Description

This monograph is devoted to the existence and stability (Ulam–Hyers–Rassias stability and asymptotic stability) of solutions for various classes of functional differential equations or inclusions involving the Hadamard or Hilfer fractional derivative. Some equations present delay which may be finite, infinite, or statedependent. Others are subject to impulsive effect which may be fixed or noninstantaneous.

Readers will find the book self-contained and unified in presentation. It provides the necessary background material required to go further into the subject and explores the rich research literature in detail. Each chapter concludes with a section devoted to notes and bibliographical remarks and all abstract results are illustrated by examples. The tools used include many classical and modern nonlinear analysis methods such as fixed-point theorems, as well as some notions of Ulam stability, attractivity and the measure of non-compactness as well as the measure of weak noncompactness. It is useful for researchers and graduate students for research, seminars, and advanced graduate courses, in pure and applied mathematics, physics, mechanics, engineering, biology, and all other applied sciences.

Authors

Dr Saïd Abbas is a Full Professor at the department of mathematics at Tahar Moulay University of Saida since October 2006. Abbas received the master’s degree in Functional Analysis from Mostaganem University, Algeria, 2006, and the doctorate’s degree in Differential Equations from Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, 2011.

Dr Mouffak Benchohra is a Full Professor at the department of mathematics, Djillali Liabes University of Sidi Bel Abbes since October 1994. Benchohra received the master’s degree in Nonlinear Analysis from Tlemcen University, Algeria, 1994 and Ph.D. degree in Mathematics from Djillali Liabes University, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria.

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Extent: 270pp

Type: Monograph

Series: Series on Analysis, Applications and Computation - Volume 10

Main Subject: Mathematics

Sub-Subjects: Ordinary Differential Equations; Integral Equations

Keywords: Fractional Calculus; Hadamard and Hilfer Fractional Differential Equations; Caputo–Hadamard Fractional Differential Equations; Hilfer Fractional Differential Equations; Hilfer–Hadamard Fractional Differential Equations; Hilfer–Hadamard Fractional Differential Inclusions; Hilfer Fractional Differential Inclusions; Hilfer Pettis Fractional Differential Equations; Implicit Hilfer Pettis Fractional Differential Equations; Implicit Hadamard Pettis Fractional Differential Equations; Hadamard Pettis Fractional Integral Equations; Attractivity; Stability; Asymptotic Stability; Existence; Global Stability Ulam Stability

Readership: Researchers and graduate students for research, seminars, and advanced graduate courses, in pure and applied mathematics, physics, mechanics, engineering, biology, and other applied sciences

• Preliminary Background

• Hadamard and Hilfer Fractional Differential Equations and Inclusions

• Attractivity Results for Hilfer Fractional Differential Equations

• Ulam Stability Results for Hilfer Fractional Differential Equations and Inclusions

• Random Hilfer Fractional Differential Equations and Inclusions

• Nonlinear Hadamard Pettis Fractional Integral Equations

• Nonlinear Implicit Hadamard Pettis Fractional Differential Equations

• Hilfer Pettis Fractional Differential Equations and Inclusions

• Implicit Hilfer Pettis Fractional Differential Equations

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Dissipative Lattice Dynamical Systems

Xiaoying Han

University, USA

Key Features

• Readable introduction leading to actually research results

• Only book specifically on the topic

• An area of considerable current research activity

• Experienced authors

Description

There is an extensive literature in the form of papers (but no books) on lattice dynamical systems. The book focuses on dissipative lattice dynamical systems and their attractors of various forms such as autonomous, nonautonomous and random. The existence of such attractors is established by showing that the corresponding dynamical system has an appropriate kind of absorbing set and is asymptotically compact in some way.

There is now a very large literature on lattice dynamical systems, especially on attractors of all kinds in such systems. We cannot hope to do justice to all of them here. Instead, we have focused on key areas of representative types of lattice systems and various types of attractors. Our selection is biased by our own interests, in particular to those dealing with biological applications. One of the important results is the approximation of Heaviside switching functions in LDS by sigmoidal functions.

Nevertheless, we believe that this book will provide the reader with a solid introduction to the field, its main results and the methods that are used to obtain them.

Authors

Professor Xiaoying Han is Professor of Mathematics at Auburn University. Her main research interests are in random and nonautonomous dynamical systems and their applications. In addition to mathematical analysis of dynamical systems, she is also interested in modeling and simulation of applied dynamical systems in biology, chemical engineering, ecology, material sciences, etc. She is the coauthor of the books, Applied Nonautonomous and Random Dynamical Systems (with T Caraballo) and Attractors under Discretisation (with P E Kloeden), both published by SpringerBriefs, as well as Random Ordinary Differential Equations and their Numerical Solution (with P E Kloeden) published by Springer in 2017.

Professor Peter E Kloeden has wide interests in the applications of mathematical analysis, numerical analysis, stochastic analysis and dynamical systems. He is the coauthor of several influential books on nonautonomous dynamical systems, metric spaces of fuzzy sets, and in particular Numerical Solution of Stochastic Differential Equations (with E Platen) published by Springer in 1992 and An Introduction to the Numerical Simulation of Stochastic Differential Equations (with Des Higham) published by SIAM in 2021.

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Extent: 380pp

Type: Monograph

Series: Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences - Volume 22

Main Subject: Mathematics

Sub-Subjects: Ordinary Differential Equations; Partial Differential Equations; Probability Theory; Stochastic Processes; Numerical Analysis; Dynamical Systems And Ergodic Theory; General Applied Mathematics; Mathematical Biology

Keywords: Lattice Dynamical Systems; Hilbert Space Valued Ordinary Differential Equations; Neural Network Lattice Models; Autonomous Dynamical Systems; Nonautonomous Dynamical Systems; Random Dynamical Systems; Set-Valued Dynamical Systems; Systems with Delays; Pullback Attractors; Random Attractors; Nonautonomous Omega-limit Sets; Finite-dimensional Approximations; Upper Semi Continuous Convergence; Neural Networks

Readership: Researchers ranging from doctoral students to professors in mathematics and related areas. Can also be used in lecture for a graduate course

Auburn

Peter Kloeden Universität Tübingen, Germany

• Background: ᇶ Lattice Dynamical Systems: A Preview

Dynamical Systems

• Laplacian LDS: ᇶ Laplacian Lattice Models

Approximation of Attractors LDS

Non-Autonomous Laplacian Lattice Systems in Weighted Sequence Spaces

• A Selection of Lattice Models:

Lattice Dynamical Systems with Delays

Set-Valued Lattice Models

Second Order Lattice Dynamical Systems

Discrete-Time Lattice Systems

Three Topics in Brief

• Stochastic and Random LDS: ᇶ Random Dynamical Systems

Stochastic LDS with Additive Noise

Stochastic LDS with Multiplicative Noise

Stochastic Lattice Models with Fractional Brownian Motions

• Hopfield Lattice Models: ᇶ Hopfield Neural Network Lattice Model

Hopfield Lattice Model in Weighted Spaces ᇶ A Random Hopfield Lattice Model

• LDS in Biology: ᇶ Fitzhugh-Nagumo Lattice Model

The Amari Lattice Neural Field Model

Stochastic Neural Field Models with Nonlinear Noise

Lattice Systems with Switching Effects and Delayed Recovery

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Modern Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers

A Street-Smart Introduction

Athanassios Fokas

University of Cambridge, UK & University of Southern California, USA

Description

Efthimios Kaxiras Harvard University, USA

Modern Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers is a modern introduction to basic topics in mathematics at the undergraduate level, with emphasis on explanations and applications to real-life problems. There is also an “Application” section at the end of each chapter, with topics drawn from a variety of areas, including neural networks, fluid dynamics, and the behavior of “put” and “call” options in financial markets. The book presents several modern important and computationally efficient topics, including feedforward neural networks, wavelets, generalized functions, stochastic optimization methods, and numerical methods.

A unique and novel feature of the book is the introduction of a recently developed method for solving partial differential equations (PDEs), called the unified transform. PDEs are the mathematical cornerstone for describing an astonishingly wide range of phenomena, from quantum mechanics to ocean waves, to the diffusion of heat in matter and the behavior of financial markets. Despite the efforts of many famous mathematicians, physicists and engineers, the solution of partial differential equations remains a challenge.

The unified transform greatly facilitates this task. For example, two and a half centuries after Jean d’Alembert formulated the wave equation and presented a solution for solving a simple problem for this equation, the unified transform derives in a simple manner a generalization of the d’Alembert solution, valid for general boundary value problems. Moreover, two centuries after Joseph Fourier introduced the classical tool of the Fourier series for solving the heat equation, the unified transform constructs a new solution to this ubiquitous PDE, with important analytical and numerical advantages in comparison to the classical solutions. The authors present the unified transform pedagogically, building all the necessary background, including functions of real and of complex variables and the Fourier transform, illustrating the method with numerous examples.

Broad in scope, but pedagogical in style and content, the book is an introduction to powerful mathematical concepts and modern tools for students in science and engineering.

Authors

Since 2002, Professor Athanassios Fokas has held the newly inaugurated Chair of Nonlinear Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge, UK (prior to this appointment he was Chair of Applied Mathematics at Imperial College London, UK). In addition, since 2015 he has been Adjunct Professor at the departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California, USA.

Professor Efthimios Kaxiras was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received a PhD in theoretical condensed matter physics. He joined the faculty of Harvard University in 1991, where currently holds the title of John Hasbrouck Van Vleck Professor of Pure and Applied Physics in the Department of Physics and Professor of Applied Mathematics in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS

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Extent: 568pp

Type: Textbook

Main Subject: Mathematics

Sub-Subjects: Functions Of A Complex Variable; General Applied Mathematics; Probability Theory; Stochastic Processes; Real Functions; Sequences; Series; Summability; Mathematical Physics

Keywords: Real Functions; Complex Analysis; Fourier Transform; Partial Differential Equations; Unified Transform; Fokas Method; Probability Theory; Stochastic Optimization Methods; Numerical Methods

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Readership: Advanced undergraduate students and graduate students in physical science and engineering departments; researchers and practitioners (both in industry and academia) in the same fields. Can be used as textbook for courses in: Applied Mathematics, Mathematics for Physicists, Mathematics for Engineers, at both the advanced undergraduate and graduate level. Can also be adopted for fields that use mathematical tools for modeling, such as finance

• Functions of Real Variables: ᇶ Functions of a Single Variable

Functions of Many Variables

Series Expansions

• Complex Analysis and the Fourier Transform: ᇶ Functions of Complex Variables ᇶ Singularities, Residues, Contour Integration

Mappings Produced by Complex Functions

The Fourier Transform

• Applications to Partial Differential Equations: ᇶ Partial Differential Equations: Introduction ᇶ Unified Transform I: Evolution PDEs on the Half-line ᇶ Unified Transform II: Evolution PDEs on a Finite Interval

Unified Transform III: The Wave Equation ᇶ Unified Transform IV: Laplace, Poisson, and Helmholtz Equations

• Probabilities, Numerical and Stochastic Methods: ᇶ Probability Theory

Numerical Methods ᇶ Stochastic Methods

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A First Course in Algebraic Geometry and Algebraic Varieties

Flaminio Flamini University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy

Endorsement

“The readers are taken by the hand and shown introductory and fundamental notions of Algebraic Geometry. The problems at the end of each chapter are helpful for ensuring a better understanding and for further practice of the concepts dealt with in the textbook. The clarity of presentation makes the book suitable and versatile in different contexts, not only — as one might assume at first sight — for the courses of the three-year degree in Mathematics.”

Gilberto Bini Professor in Geometry University of Palermo, Italy

Description

This book provides a gentle introduction to the foundations of Algebraic Geometry, starting from computational topics (ideals and homogeneous ideals, zero loci of ideals) up to increasingly intrinsic and abstract arguments, like “Algebraic Varieties”, whose natural continuation is a more advanced course on the theory of schemes, vector bundles and sheaf-cohomology.

Valuable to students studying Algebraic Geometry and Geometry, A First Course in Algebraic Geometry and Algebraic Varieties contains around 60 solved exercises to help students thoroughly understand the theories introduced in the book. Proofs of the results are carried out in full details.

Many examples are discussed which reinforces the understanding of both the theoretical elements and their consequences as well as the possible applications of the material.

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Series: Essential Textbooks in Mathematics

Main Subject: Mathematics

Sub-Subjects: Algebraic Geometry; Algebraic Topology

Keywords: Affine Varieties; Projective Varieties; Algebraic Varieties; Morphisms of Algebraic Varieties; Rational and Birational Maps of Algebraic Varieties; Blowups of Algebraic Varieties; Veronese Morphisms; Segre Morphisms; Algebraic Invariants of Algebraic Varieties

Readership: Advanced undergraduate students (specifically in their 3rd year of undergraduate study or their 1st year of postgraduate study) in the field of Algebraic Geometry; advanced Bachelor courses in Geometry or first courses Geometry during postgraduate study

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• Preface

• Basics on Commutative Algebra

• Algebraic Affine Sets

• Algebraic Projective Sets

• Topological Properties. Algebraic Varieties

• Regular and Rational Functions on Algebraic Varieties

• Morphisms of Algebraic Varieties

• Products of Algebraic Varieties

• Rational maps of Algebraic Varieties

• Completeness of Projective Varieties

• Dimension of Algebraic Varieties

• Fiber-Dimension. Semicontinuity

• Tangent Spaces. Smoothness of Algebraic Varieties

• Solutions to Exercises

• Bibliography

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Climate, Chaos and COVID

How Mathematical Models Describe the Universe

Chris Budd University of Bath, UK

Key Features

• The current high profile use of mathematical models to make decisions on COVID-19 and climate and beyond has created both a concern in the public, and also a desire to learn much more about how and why they work. This book aims to do exactly this. It also aims to provide motivation for why we learn mathematics at school, showing the huge power that mathematics has when it is used in the real world

• The topics covered, which include COVID-19, Climate change and saving the whales could not be more topical

• The level of mathematics varies between none, and that learned by the end of high school. The reader can therefore choose to either get involved in the mathematics and learn exactly how it is applied, or they can follow the story of how it is used in the different case studies

Description

Mathematical models are very much in the news now, as they are used to make decisions about our response to such vital areas as COVID-19 and climate change. Frequently, they are blamed for a series of dubious decisions, creating much concern amongst the general public. However, without mathematical models, we would have none of the modern technology that we take for granted, nor would we have modern health care, be able to forecast the climate, cook a potato, have electricity to power our home, or go into space.

By explaining technical mathematical concepts in a way that everyone can understand and appreciate, Climate, Chaos and COVID: How Mathematical Models Describe the Universe sets the record straight and lifts the lid off the mystery of mathematical models. It shows why they work, how good they can be, the advantages and disadvantages of using them and how they make the modern world possible. The readers will be able to see the impact that the use of these models has on their lives, and will be able to appreciate both their power and their limitations.

The book includes a very large number of both short and long case studies, many of which are taken directly from the author’s own experiences of working as a mathematical modeller in academia, in industry, and between the two. These include COVID-19 and climate and how maths saves the whales, powers our home, gives us the material we need to live, and takes us into space.

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Extent: 300pp

Type: Popular Book

Main Subject: Mathematics

Sub-Subjects: Mathematical Modeling; Popular & Recreational Mathematics; Bioinformatics; Biocomputing; Computational Biology; Biomathematics; Teaching And Learning

Keywords: Mathematical Modelling; Differential Equations; COVID-19; SIR Models; Chaos Theory; Climate Models; Saving the Whales; Electricity Generation; Materials; Origami; Space

Readership: Keen high school students, teachers, STEM undergraduates and postgraduates interested in the field of applied mathematics and mathematical modelling; policymakers and decision makers in relevant industries such as Education, Environment, Health and Social Care, and Energy; members of the general public who want to understand more of the mathematics behind the models used in everyday life

• Preface

• How Mathematics Models Real Life

• Why Did the Mathematician Cross the Road?

• Maths Saves the Whales

• How Maths Helped in the Fight Against COVID-19

• Can Maths Predict the Future?

• The Mathematics of Climate Change

• Energetic Maths

• How Much Maths Can You Eat?

• Material Mathematics

• Maths Goes into Space

• References

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Associative Algebraic Geometry

Arvid Siqveland University of South-Eastern, Norway

Key Features

• Gives explicit computational methods and includes the most necessary prerequisites

• Focuses on the meaning and the place of deformation theory, resulting in a complete theory applicable to moduli theory

• Answers the question “why moduli theory” and it give examples in mathematical physics by looking at the universe of a moduli of molecules

• Gives a meaning to most noncommutative theories

• Contains the first explicit definition of a noncommutative scheme, covered by not necessarily commutative rings. This definition does not contradict any of the previous abstract definitions of noncommutative algebraic geometry, but rather gives interesting relations to other theories which is left for further investigation

Description

Classical Deformation Theory is used for determining the completions of the local rings of an eventual moduli space. When a moduli variety exists, a main result in the book is that the local ring in a closed point can be explicitly computed as an algebraization of the pro-representing hull (therefore, called the local formal moduli) of the deformation functor for the corresponding closed point.

The book gives explicit computational methods and includes the most necessary prerequisites. It focuses on the meaning and the place of deformation theory, resulting in a complete theory applicable to moduli theory. It answers the question “why moduli theory” and it give examples in mathematical physics by looking at the universe as a moduli of molecules. Thereby giving a meaning to most noncommutative theories.

The book contains the first explicit definition of a noncommutative scheme, covered by not necessarily commutative rings. This definition does not contradict any of the previous abstract definitions of noncommutative algebraic geometry, but rather gives interesting relations to other theories which is left for further investigation.

Author

Arvid Siqveland, Cand. Scient. (Master) at University of Oslo 1990 under the supervision of O Arnfinn Laudal, Dr Scient. (PhD) at University of Oslo 1996 under the supervision of O Arnfinn Laudal. Siqveland has published a series of articles on deformation theory, half of them on noncommutative deformation theory. He has been on the editorial board of several East-European mathematical Journals and was very active in the Nordic Baltic Algebraic Geometry and Mathematical Physics cooperation (AGMP) during his period as a Dean for the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences at USN from 2006–2014. He was one of the authors of the book Noncommutative Deformation Theory published in 2017, and in 2021, O Arnfinn Laudal published the book Mathematical Models in Science which Siqveland helped in editing. This was when he understood that there was a missing link between deformation theory and mathematical models, and that this link was a noncommutative algebraic geometry.

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Extent: 358pp

Type: Monograph

Main Subject: Mathematics

Sub-Subjects: Algebraic Geometry; Algebraic Topology; Associative & Nonassociative Rings And Algebra; Category Theory; Homological Algebra; Geometry (Convex And Discrete Geometry) And Topology; Linear and Multilinear Algebra; Matrix Theory; Mathematical Physics

Keywords: Noncommutative Algebraic Geometry; Associative Algebraic Geometry; Affine Associative Variety; Simp; Spec; Deformation Theory; Moduli; Geometric Invariant Theory; Multi-Local Rings; Simple Modules; Closed Points

Readership: The target readership is graduate mathematicians, and it can be used as a textbook for graduate courses in algebra/algebraic geometry. The examples are good foundations for master and PhD theses. Can also be adopted to differential geometry and algebraic topology / K-theory and can be adopted to the recommended reading lists in such courses

• Basic Introduction to Associative Modul

• Associative Algebra

• Associative Varieties I

• Noncommutative Deformation Theory

• Associative Varieties II

• Computational Examples of Associative Varieties

• Algebraic Invariant Theory

• Pre-dynamic GIT

• Dynamical Algebraic Structures

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Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Insights into Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment

David J Hackam Johns Hopkins University, USA

Key Features

• This book is the first of its kind; to date, there is no comprehensive textbook that focuses on the treatment of children with necrotizing enterocolitis

• The authors of each chapter are from the top pediatric institutions around the world, and are all leaders in the field. Thus, this book offers a state-ofthe-art compendium devoted to the care of children with NEC

• The market for this book is very large: healthcare staff who services newborn nursery will need to be able to diagnose and treat NEC. This book is written in such a way that it appeals to students, nurses, physicians, as well as scientists in the field

Description

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), described over 30 years ago, remains the leading cause of death in premature infants from gastrointestinal disease. It is axiomatic that NEC is both a devastatingly serious disease and one in which its very underpinnings remain a mystery.

The disease develops quickly and without warning. Every clinician who takes care of neonates will attest to the typical scenario of a premature infant who is at first clinically stable, then subtly begins to manifest a series of symptoms which progress — often quite rapidly — from feeding intolerance, abdominal distention and bloody stools, to outright sepsis and hemodynamic instability. Every surgeon who operates on these fragile patients will have experienced the scenario where laparotomy reveals the presence of patchy necrosis of the intestine with a distribution and severity which may or may not match the clinical impression that was present preoperatively. A large number of studies have revealed that neither the type of surgery that is performed on patients with NEC, nor its timing, can significantly alter outcomes in patients with this disease. These clinical impressions reveal the highly variable nature of patients with NEC, and also underscore the fact that if we are to improve the outcome of these young children, then a clearer understanding of the pathogenesis of NEC at the molecular level is required.

This textbook will focus on all major schools of thought regarding the factors that lead to the development of NEC, and will address the current scientific approach to the development of appropriate treatments. In addition, this book will address the complex social, ethical, nursing and rehabilitative issues that clinicians face when caring for patients with NEC. Finally, a significant focus of the book will be devoted to the scientific underpinnings of this disease, and the successes so far in the development of novel therapeutic approaches based upon these scientific discoveries.

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Extent: 300pp

Type: Review Volume (Treat As Textbook)

Main Subject: Medicine

Sub-Subjects: Paediatrics; Surgery; Nursing; Medical Education Keywords: Necrotizing Enterocolitis; Newborn; Surgery; Pediatrics; Pediatric Surgery

Readership: Surgeons, pediatricians, neonatologists, nutritionists, neurodevelopmental clinicians, and pediatric nurses

Fundamentals of Radiation Biology

Susan B Klein

Indiana University, USA Marc S Mendonca

Indiana University, USA & Purdue University, USA

Key Features

• Includes the biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics that form the foundations of radiation biology

• Includes state-of-the-art research results and current hypotheses

• Presents an engaging narrative that enhances the accessibility of difficult subject matter

Description

Fundamentals of Radiation Biology presents a contemporary, comprehensive review of the interactions between ionizing radiations and biological materials, tracking the consequences to three inevitable endpoints: cell restitution, cell death, or cell transformation.

The introductory narrative is followed by examination of larger scale phenomena including tissue responses to radiation injury, organ failure modes, and resultant human illness including cancer. Ultimately, Fundamentals of Radiation Biology considers circumstantial radiation incidents impacting biological systems including radiological terrorism and radiation pollution remediation. Chapters presenting an overview of carcinogenesis and radiation therapy techniques based in radiobiology discuss two significant expansions central to the concerns of the text.

This book takes an unprecedented narrative approach to radiobiology; each chapter expands on the fundamentals surveyed previously to lead the reader steadily to a panorama of radiation biocomplexity. No biological event happens in isolation. Actions evoke reactions that alter structures and cause living systems to adapt. It also examines the components constituting mammalian radiation response machinery and correlates them with resultant physiological behaviors.

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Extent: 400p Type: Textbook

Main Subject: Medicine

Sub-Subjects: Nuclear Medicine; Radiology; Medical Imaging; Biophysics; Biophysics, Biological And Medical Physics; Oncology; Nuclear Chemistry; Cancer Research

Keywords: Radiation Biology; Radiation Biophysics; Cancer Radiotherapy; Health Physics; Radiation

Readership: Medical students, radiologic technology students, cancer oncology researchers, medical physics residents, Physicists

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• The Origins of Radiation

• Interactions Between Radiation and Absorbing Materials

• Radiation Chemistry

• The Biochemistry of DNA Repair

• Higher Order Biology and Radiation Damage

• Modeling Radiation Biology

• Applications of Dose Response Models

• In Vivo Radiation Response

• Radiation and Cancer Biology

• Radiation Therapy

• Radiation Safety

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Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine

Volume 21: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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Key Features

• The editors of this series are internationally recognized, well-respected leaders in the field of Chinese medicine and evidence-based medicine with strong track records in research

• A rigorous scientific approach is used to review evidence from clinical studies — including randomised controlled trials, controlled clinical trials and non-controlled studies — of Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture therapies and other Chinese medicine therapies, such as qigong and taichi exercise, Chinese massage and diet therapy

• This book provides a comprehensive review of classical Chinese medicine literature. Analysis of the classical literature presents the conception and treatment of diabetes using herbal medicine, acupuncture related therapies and diet therapy

Description

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic progressive disease characterised by hyperglycaemia. It affects many people around the world and creates burden for the individual as well as the economy. Chinese medicine can be used to support the management of Type 2 diabetes mellitus symptoms. Chapter 1 of the book summarises the conventional understanding of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, including aetiology, diagnosis and current available treatments.

This book uses the ‘whole evidence’ approach to give an overview of the available evidence for Chinese medicine treatment for Type 2 diabetes mellitus, from classical literature to clinical evidence. Evidence from clinical studies are evaluated using high-quality and rigorous scientific methodology. Clinical trial literature of Chinese medicine treatments for Type 2 diabetes mellitus are described, with treatment modalities including Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture and other Chinese medicine therapies. The findings are analysed and potential implications for clinical practice and research are explored. Experimental studies that describe the potential mechanisms of action of key herbs are summarised. Current evidence of Chinese medicine for Type 2 diabetes mellitus is synthesised in the final chapter, and suggestions for contemporary clinical practice and future research are also offered.

Targeted at clinicians and students of Chinese and integrative medicine, this book is a convenient reference that provides comprehensive synthesis of both classical and contemporary knowledge, which can support and be incorporated into their clinical practice.

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Extent: 200pp Type: Monograph

Series: Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine - Volume 21

Main Subject: Medicine

Sub-Subjects: Alternative Medicine / Chinese Medicine | Endocrinology

Keywords: Evidence-based Chinese Medicine; Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; Classical Chinese Medicine Literature; Chinese Herbal Medicine; Acupuncture; Clinical Management

Readership: Chinese medicine practitioners and students in evidencebased Chinese medicine management of type 2diabetes mellitus

Charlie Changli Xue RMIT University, Australia Chuanjian Lu Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, China

Yuan Ming Di RMIT University, Australia Lu Sun Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, China

• Introduction to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

• Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Chinese Medicine

• Classical Chinese Medicine Literature

• Methods for Evaluating Clinical Evidence

• Clinical Evidence for Chinese Herbal Medicine

• Pharmacological Actions of Frequently Used Herbs

• Clinical Evidence for Acupuncture and Related Therapies

• Clinical Evidence for Other Chinese Medicine Therapies

• Clinical Evidence for Combination Therapies

• Summary and Conclusions

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Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine

Volume 26: Rheumatoid Arthritis

Charlie Changli Xue RMIT University, Australia

Lu

Key Features

Brian H May RMIT University, Australia Xuan Xia Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, China

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• Uses an innovative ‘whole evidence’ approach: This book combines multiple types and sources of evidence to provide a unique and comprehensive assessment of the available evidence for Chinese medicine in the management of rheumatoid arthritis

• Clinically informative and relevant: This book integrates the results of meta-analyses of clinical trial data with evidence from the classical Chinese medicine literature, and the recommendations in contemporary textbooks and clinical guidelines for the application of Chinese medicine in RA, using syndrome differentiation where appropriate

• Developed by a skilled team: The authors are internationally recognized, well-respected leaders in the field of Chinese medicine and evidence-based medicine with strong track records in research with multiple publications in the field. best available evidence

Description

This 26th volume of the Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine series provides a multi-faceted “whole evidence” analysis of the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using integrative Chinese medicine. Beginning with an overview of how RA is conceptualised and managed in conventional medicine (Chapter 1), the authors summarise the syndrome differentiation and management of RA in contemporary Chinese medicine (Chapter 2), based on clinical guidelines and contemporary books. Chapter 3 provides detailed analyses of how RA and related conditions were treated with herbal medicine and acupuncture in past eras based on the classical Chinese medical literature. The subsequent chapters comprehensively review the current state of the clinical evidence for the integrative application of Chinese herbal medicines (Chapter 5), acupuncture therapies (Chapter 7), other Chinese medicine therapies (Chapter 8) and combination Chinese medicine therapies (Chapter 9), as well as analyse and evaluate the results of these clinical studies from an evidence-based medicine perspective. Chapter 6 reviews and summarises experimental evidence for the bioactivity of commonly used Chinese herbs and their constituent compounds. The outcomes of these analyses are summarised and discussed in Chapter 10. Implications for clinical practice and future research are identified. This book informs clinicians and students in the fields of integrative medicine and Chinese medicine regarding contemporary practice and the current evidence base for Chinese medicine therapies for managing RA. It enables clinicians in making evidence-based decisions in patient care. It also provides researchers with a comprehensive survey of the state of the field that can inform future directions for clinical and experimental studies.

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Extent: 440pp Type: Monograph

Series: Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine - Volume 26

Main Subject: Medicine

Sub-Subjects: Alternative Medicine; Chinese Medicine; Endocrinology; Rheumatology

Keywords: Acupuncture; Chinese Herbal Medicine; Chinese Herbs; Evidence-based Chinese Medicine; Complementary and Alternative Therapies; Herbal Medicine; Rheumatology; Classical Chinese Medicine; Classical Chinese Medical Literature; Evidence-based Medicine; Integrative Chinese Medicine

Readership: Clinicians and students in Chinese and integrative medicine

Chuanjian

Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, China

• Introduction to Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Rheumatoid Arthritis in Chinese Medicine

• Classical Chinese Medicine Literature

• Methods for Evaluating Clinical Evidence

• Clinical Evidence for Chinese Herbal Medicine

• Pharmacological Actions of the Common Herbs

• Clinical Evidence for Acupuncture and Related Therapies

• Clinical Evidence for Other Chinese Medicine Therapies including Tai Chi

• Clinical Evidence for Combination Therapies

• Summary and Conclusions

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Aiming at Medicine?

Human Biology, Health Sciences and Medicine Futures

Charles Oxnard University of Western Australia, Australia

Key Features

• This book questions those many young people thinking of careers in medicine, health and medical science. Young people, girls as well as boys, are often worried that they may not be good enough, or clever enough

• Yet young people have worked so diligently, getting good grades in high schools, doing well as undergraduates, memorizing facts as medical students, working hard and long as young doctors, and then into practice (and for many, also, teaching and research)

• It all seems so obvious, and to some, so off-putting. But it’s really so much more!

• In this book are my answers to the question; they are: For you, students of all ages; For your parents (especially doctor and science parents - they wonder: should you follow them?); For your grandparents (forever proud of you, their grandchildren, whatever you come to do!); For all your other supporters, interested in where you are going; For anyone else, wondering about the realities of learning, discovery, practice and service; For everyone, worried about the ways that medicine and medical education are changing

• Parents (especially mothers) are forever proud of their sons (and their daughters): “My child, the doctor!” Is this part of the way?; Acredita No Veio: Listen to the Old Man: Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pelé)

Description

Though first a doctor who treated patients, the author became a professor, questioning facts (researching), exciting students (teaching), borrowing ideas (from the breadth of science, statistics, technology, engineering and medicine), and challenging ‘how it all works’. Though beginning gently, the question in the book eventually leads fiercely into how research, teaching, practice and service really occur, and to ferocious challenges both inside academia and out in society.

It is hoped that this double-ferocity will be useful: to students wondering about their futures; to physician and scientist parents looking at the possibility of their children following them; to all parents and grandparents worrying about the careers of all offspring; to anyone interested in the processes of discovery, teaching, and service; and for everyone, concerned about the wider implications for education and for society.

Author

Charles Oxnard, (BSc, MB, ChB, PhD, DSc, degrees in Biology, Medicine, Science and Engineering), has had a research, teaching, and administrative career on three continents, in four universities, and during more than sixty years. He was Dean of the Undergraduate College (University of Chicago), the Graduate School (University of Southern California), and the Faculty of Science and Agriculture (University of Western Australia). He has been Director of combined MD/PhD, programmes twice in the USA.

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Extent: 300pp

Type: Popular Book

Main Subject: Medicine

Sub-Subjects: General Medicine; Medical Education; General Interest; General Science; Young Adults For 13 And Above; Teaching And Learning; Secondary And High School

Keywords: Teaching/Research/Practice Triad; Anatomy; Surgery; Physicians; Medical Communication, Heredity; Development; Growth; Function; Evolution; Medical School Application; Osteoporosis; Bones; Nerves; Spinal Cord and Brain Vitamin B12 Deficiency; Iodine Deficiency; Cretinism; Forensics

Readership: High school students, undergraduate students, medical students, research students, teachers and educators, student mentors, parents, and all interested in the careers of the young

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• You, Our Students, Must Be Centre-Stage: ᇶ First: Three Students

• How it Happened to Me: A Road Less Travelled: ᇶ A Passion for Science and Medicine ᇶ First Discovery: A Very Small Finding ᇶ First Teaching: The Teaching/Research Nexus ᇶ First Practice: The Research/Teaching/Practice Triad

• Research Wrinkles: How Research is Really Done: ᇶ “Just Sheer Dumb Luck” (Professor McGonagall, Hogwarts) ᇶ Borrowed, Gifted, Shared, Even Invented, (But Not Stolen?!) ᇶ Three Heresies and Thrice a Heretic! ᇶ Guessing Human Pasts! ‘Guestimating’ Human Futures? ᇶ Gold Standards, Accepted Wisdoms, Best Practices: (Are They Crippling Straight-Jackets?)

‘O-Metrics’: Revealing What Is Hidden! ᇶ Change, Challenge and China!

• Challenging Inside the Ivory Tower: ᇶ Students Effecting Change. Is It Possible? ᇶ Professors Effecting Change. It is Impossible! ᇶ Deans and Change. The Poisoned Chalice: Is It Ever Possible? ᇶ The Conscience of The University! ᇶ Military Interludes

• Challenging Beyond the Drawbridge: ᇶ From Axes and Arrows to Pandemics and ‘Cyber-Demics’ ᇶ Do We Have a Science/Technology/Medicine Problem? ᇶ Halfway Out: Climbing Up, Sliding Down! ᇶ Are Teaching and Research Careers Now Moribund? ᇶ The World Sphere: Should We be Worried?

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The Baby Bear Book

A Practical Guide on Paediatrics 4th Edition

Kok Wee Chong

KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore Yi Hua Tan

KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore

Description

For the past two decades, The Baby Bear Book has been the “go-to” text for healthcare professionals caring for sick children in Singapore. With an emphasis on the clinical aspects of paediatric care, the 4th edition includes important revisions and new chapters by experienced clinicians to enhance its usefulness in today’s practice. The Baby Bear Book is a practical guide which provides the latest evidence-based information that is relevant to the care of children from newborn through adolescence.

This book provides key messages from the relevant literature and practical solutions to real problems faced by those who work with sick children, presented by experienced, expert paediatricians. It is a ready reference for paediatricians and family physicians at every stage of their training, and long after.

Editors

Dr Chong Kok Wee is Head of the Paediatric Allergy Service and a Consultant Paediatrician at the Department of Paediatrics, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH), Singapore. He received his medical degree from the National University of Singapore in 2007 and obtained his post-graduate Paediatric Medicine specialist qualifications in 2012. In 2019, he completed his fellowship in paediatric allergy at St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College, London. His research interests include food and drug allergies in children, as well as food oral immunotherapy. He has presented his research work in multiple international and regional conferences and actively publishes in peer-reviewed journals. He serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Duke-NUS Medical School and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in Singapore. He also serves in the Board of Directors of Asia Pacific Association of Pediatric Allergy, Respirology and Immunology (APAPARI).

Dr Tan Yi Hua is a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine and Sleep Service at the Department of Paediatrics, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH), Singapore. He received his medical degree from National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2006, and obtained his Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine in 2009 from NUS as well as Master of Medicine in Paediatric Medicine from NUS and Membership to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in 2013. He obtained his specialist accreditations and went on to subspecialise in Paediatric Pulmonology, formally joining Respiratory Medicine Service in 2017. His clinical research interests are in paediatric pulmonology and sleep-related disorders. He serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Duke-NUS Medical School, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in Singapore.

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Extent: 872pp Type: Medical Handbook

Main Subject: Medicine

Sub-Subjects: Paediatrics; Dermatology; Haematology; Immunology; Nephrology; Renal Medicine; Nursing

Keywords: Baby Bear Book; Paediatric Medicine; KKH

Readership: Medical and nursing students, paediatric and family medicine trainees, practising physicians, nursing and allied health practitioners

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• Foreword

• Preface

• Medical Emergencies:

ᇶ Recognising the Critically Ill Child (Loi V-Ter, Mervin; Lim Kian Boon, Joel )

ᇶ Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (Loi V-Ter, Mervin; Lim Kian Boon, Joel )

ᇶ Drug Overdose and Poisoning (Tan Shi Rui, Victoria; Lim Kae Shin; Ong Yong-Kwang, Gene)

• Surgical Emergencies:

ᇶ Neurosurgical Emergencies (Low Yin Yee, Sharon)

ᇶ Acute Abdomen (Ong Choo Phaik, Caroline)

ᇶ Major Trauma ( Junaidah Binte Badron)

• Procedures:

ᇶ

Urinary Catheterisation (Chow Wen Hann; Chang Su Ying, Serena; Chan Meng Fai, Joel )

ᇶ

Lumbar Puncture (Chow Wen Hann; Chang Su Ying, Serena; Chan Meng Fai, Joel )

ᇶ

Central Venous Line Insertion (Cher Yuqin; Ng Si Min, Pamela; Lim Kian Boon, Joel )

ᇶ

Chest Tube Insertion (Ng Si Min, Pamela; Cher Yuqin; Chan Meng Fai, Joel; Lee York Tien)

ᇶ

Bone Marrow Aspiration and Trephine (Cher Yuqin; Ng Si Min, Pamela; Lee Ming Wei )

ᇶ Exchange Transfusion (Chow Wen Hann; Eleah Nolasco Vidal; Shrenik Vora)

ᇶ

Umbilical Artery and Vein Catheterisation (Huang Peiqi; Kong Juin Yee)

ᇶ Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Insertion (Huang Peiqi; Kong Juin Yee)

• Sedation and Analgesia:

ᇶ Sedation and Analgesia (Wong Ju Ming, Judith; Lim Kian Boon, Joel; Yeo Siok Hoong, Angela)

• Adolescent Health:

ᇶ The Adolescent Interview (HEADSS Assessment) (Kumudhini Rajasegaran; Courtney Davis; Chew Chu Shan, Elaine; Tan Sher Kit, Juliet; Oh Jean Yin)

ᇶ Eating Disorders (Oh Jean Yin; Chew Chu Shan, Elaine; Courtney Davis; Kumudhini Rajasegaran; Tan Sher Kit, Juliet)

ᇶ Adolescent Sexual Health (Tan Sher Kit, Juliet; Karen Donceras Nadua; Seet Meei Jiun; Lee Hwee Chyen; Courtney Davis; Chew Chu Shan, Elaine; Kumudhini Rajasegaran)

• Allergy & Immunology:

ᇶ Anaphylaxis (Goh Si Hui; Goh Eng Neo, Anne)

ᇶ Food Allergy (Chong Kok Wee; Goh Eng Neo, Anne)

ᇶ Drug Allergy (Tan Liling, Lynette; Loh Wenyin)

ᇶ Urticaria (Lee May Ping, Samantha; Ong Lin Xin)

ᇶ

Primary Immunodeficiencies (Inborn Errors of Immunity) (Chan SuWan, Bianca; Liew Woei Kang)

• Cardiology:

ᇶ Chest Pain (Tan Teng Hong) ᇶ Syncope (Chan Jiahui, Charmaine; Tan Teng Hong) ᇶ Cardiac Arrhythmias (Chan Jiahui, Charmaine; Tan Teng Hong) ᇶ Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure (Zhang Zhewei, Dyan; Sreekanthan Sundararaghavan)

ᇶ

Infective Endocarditis (Tan Teng Hong) ᇶ Kawasaki Disease (Kotecha Monika Kantilal; Choo Tze Liang, Jonathan)

• Child Development: ᇶ Normal Development (Tan Hui Yin, Jessica; Rachana Koura) ᇶ Developmental Disorders (Lourdes Mary Daniel; Wong Chui Mae)

• Child Protection: ᇶ Child Abuse and Neglect (Wong Choong Yi, Peter)

• Dermatology: ᇶ Rashes (Ho Pui Yoong, Valerie; Koh Jean Aan, Mark) ᇶ Atopic Dermatitis (Ho Pui Yoong, Valerie; Koh Jean Aan, Mark)

• Endocrinology: ᇶ

Adrenal Insufficiency ( Aravind Venkatesh; Chan Wei Keong, Daniel; Chin Xinyi; Lek Ngee; Rashida Farhad Vasanwala; Yap Kok Peng, Fabian) ᇶ Hypoglycaemia (Chin Xinyi; Chan Wei Keong, Daniel; Aravind Venkatesh; Lek Ngee; Rashida Farhad Vasanwala; Yap Kok Peng, Fabian) ᇶ Hyperglycaemia ( Aravind Venkatesh; Chan Wei Keong, Daniel; Chin Xinyi; Lek Ngee; Rashida Farhad Vasanwala; Yap Kok Peng, Fabian) ᇶ Normal Puberty and Disorders of Puberty ( Aravind Venkatesh; Chan Wei Keong, Daniel; Chin Xinyi; Lek Ngee; Rashida Farhad Vasanwala; Yap Kok Peng, Fabian) ᇶ Obesity (Chin Xinyi; Chew Chu Shan, Elaine; Chan Wei Keong, Daniel; Aravind Venkatesh; Lek Ngee; Rashida Farhad Vasanwala; Yap Kok Peng, Fabian) ᇶ Thyroid Disorders (Chan Wei Keong, Daniel; Chin Xinyi; Aravind Venkatesh; Lek Ngee; Rashida Farhad Vasanwala; Yap Kok Peng, Fabian) ᇶ Disorders of Calcium Metabolism (Chan Wei Keong, Daniel; Chin Xinyi; Aravind Venkatesh; Lek Ngee; Rashida Farhad Vasanwala; Yap Kok Peng, Fabian) ᇶ Diabetes Insipidus (Chan Wei Keong, Daniel; Chin Xinyi; Aravind Venkatesh; Lek Ngee; Rashida Farhad Vasanwala; Yap Kok Peng, Fabian)

• Fluids & Electrolytes: ᇶ Management of Fluids and Electrolytes (Chan Meng Fai, Joel; Leow Hui Min, Esther; Mok Yee Hui; Ng Yong Hong) ᇶ Sodium Disorders (Chan Meng Fai, Joel; Leow Hui Min, Esther; Mok Yee Hui; Ng Yong Hong) ᇶ Potassium Disorders(Chan Meng Fai, Joel; Leow Hui Min, Esther; Mok Yee Hui; Ng Yong Hong) ᇶ Acid-base Disorders (Chan Meng Fai, Joel; Leow Hui Min, Esther; Mok Yee Hui; Ng Yong Hong)

• Gastroenterology: ᇶ Failure to Thrive (Charanya Rajan; Veena Logarajah) ᇶ Recurrent Abdominal Pain (Charanya Rajan; Veena Logarajah) ᇶ Vomiting (Ho Wen Wei, Christopher; Veena Logarajah) ᇶ Constipation (Goh Suk-Hui, Lynette; Phua Kong Boo) ᇶ Acute Gastroenteritis (Ho Wen Wei, Christopher; Phua Kong Boo) ᇶ Chronic Diarrhoea (Ng Lay Queen; Phua Kong Boo) ᇶ Prolonged Jaundice (Goh Suk-Hui, Lynette; Chiou Fang Kuan) ᇶ Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage (Ho Wen Wei, Christopher; Chiou Fang Kuan) ᇶ Acute Liver Failure (Siti Nur Hanim Buang; Goh Suk-Hui, Lynette; Tan Wei Wei; Mok Yee Hui; Chiou Fang Kuan) ᇶ Infant Formula (Ng Lay Queen; Phua Kar Yin; Chiou Fang Kuan)

• Genetics and Metabolic: ᇶ Suspected Genetic Syndrome (Koh Ai Ling; Saumya Shekhar Jamuar; Lai Hwei Meeng, Angeline) ᇶ Common Genetic Syndromes (Koh Ai Ling; Lai Hwei Meeng, Angeline) ᇶ Inborn Errors of Metabolism (Koh Ai Ling; Ting Teck Wah; Tan Ee Shien; Teo Siak Hong)

• Haematology: ᇶ Anaemia (Lee Ming Wei; Rajat Bhattacharyya; Lam Ching Mei, Joyce) ᇶ Bleeding Disorders (Lee Ming Wei; Rajat Bhattacharyya; Lam Ching Mei, Joyce) ᇶ Thrombosis and Thrombophilia (Rajat Bhattacharyya; Lam Ching Mei, Joyce) ᇶ Transfusion Therapy (Lam Ching Mei, Joyce)

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• Infectious Diseases:

ᇶ

The Febrile Child (Karen Donceras Nadua)

ᇶ Common Viral Infections (Tan Woon Hui, Natalie; Chong Chia Yin; Thoon Koh Cheng)

ᇶ

Common Bacterial Infections (Tan Woon Hui, Natalie; Chong Chia Yin; Thoon Koh Cheng)

ᇶ Tuberculosis (Tan Woon Hui, Natalie; Karen Donceras Nadua; Chong Chia Yin; Thoon Koh Cheng)

ᇶ Incubation and isolation Periods for Infectious Diseases (Tan Woon Hui, Natalie; Chong Chia Yin; Thoon Koh Cheng)

ᇶ Immunisations (Thoon Koh Cheng; Tan Woon Hui, Natalie; Karen Donceras Nadua)

• Neonatology:

ᇶ Classifications of Newborn Babies (Tan Pih Lin; Khoo Poh Choo)

ᇶ Newborn Resuscitation (Quek Bin Huey; Abdul Haium Abdul Alim)

ᇶ Breastfeeding (Chua Mei Chien; Pooja Agarwal Jayagobi; Tong Wing Yee)

ᇶ

Neonatal Dermatoses (Odattil Geetha; Koh Jean Aan, Mark)

ᇶ Birth Trauma (Tan Pih Lin)

ᇶ

Neonatal Jaundice ( Abdul Haium Abdul Alim)

ᇶ Respiratory Distress (Kong Juin Yee)

ᇶ Neonatal Sepsis (Yeo Kee Thai )

ᇶ Necrotising Enterocolitis ( Amudha Jayanthi Anand )

ᇶ Polycythaemia (Shrenik Vora)

ᇶ Hyperinsulinaemic Hypoglycaemia (Suresh Chandran; Yap Kok Peng, Fabian; Victor Samuel Rajadurai)

ᇶ Neonatal Seizures (Nirmal Kavalloor Visruthan)

• Nephrology:

ᇶ Haematuria (Leow Hui Min, Esther; Ng Yong Hong)

ᇶ Acute Nephritic Syndrome (Leow Hui Min, Esther; Ng Yong Hong)

ᇶ Nephrotic Syndrome (Chao Sing Ming; Yap Jia Ying, Celeste)

ᇶ Hypertension (Leow Hui Min, Esther; Ng Yong Hong)

ᇶ Urinary Tract Infections & Vesicoureteric Reflux (Chong Siew Le; Chao Sing Ming)

ᇶ Acute Kidney Injury (Indra Ganesan)

ᇶ Nocturnal Enuresis (Chao Sing Ming)

ᇶ Renal Reference Limits (Chong Siew Le)

• Neurology:

ᇶ Headaches and Migraines (Lim Yi Xiu, Jocelyn; Yeo Tong Hong)

ᇶ Seizures and Epilepsy (Ngoh Seow Fen, Adeline; Lim Yi Xiu, Jocelyn; Chan Wei Shih, Derrick)

ᇶ Encephalopathy & Stroke (Lim Yi Xiu, Jocelyn; Terrence Thomas)

ᇶ Acute Flaccid Paralysis (Lim Yi Xiu, Jocelyn; Simon Ling)

ᇶ Cerebral Palsy (Ng Zhi Min; Yeo Tong Hong; Arjandas Mahadev; Choong Chew Thye)

ᇶ Movement Disorders (Yeo Tong Hong)

ᇶ Bell’s Palsy (Lim Yi Xiu, Jocelyn; Terrence Thomas)

• Oncology:

ᇶ Oncological Emergencies

ᇶ Infective Prophylaxis in Immunocompromised Patients ᇶ Lymphadenopathy (Prasad Ramanakrishnan Iyer; Chan Mei Yoke) ᇶ Palliative Care (Chan Mei Yoke; Wyn Yi Yi)

• Psychiatry:

ᇶ Agitated and Violent Patients (Radha Srikanth, Ong Say How) ᇶ Self-harm and Suicidal Behaviours (Ong Say How) ᇶ Mental Health (Vicknesan Jeyan Marimuttu; Loh Hong Yan, Abigail; Hong Ling Feng; Roselyne Shirley Pat Fong; Poon Ngar Yee)

• Respiratory:

ᇶ Chronic Cough (Biju Thomas) ᇶ Asthma (Teoh Oon Hoe; Chay Oh Moh) ᇶ Common Respiratory Conditions ( Arun Pugalenthi; Teoh Oon Hoe) ᇶ Pneumonia, Parapneumonic Effusion and Empyema (Biju Thomas; Teoh Oon Hoe)

• Rheumatology: ᇶ Joint Pain (Teh Kai Liang; Thaschawee Arkachaisri ) ᇶ Common Rheumatological Conditions (Teh Kai Liang; Thaschawee Arkachaisri ) ᇶ Drugs in Rheumatology (Teh Kai Liang; Thaschawee Arkachaisri ) ᇶ Rheumatological Investigations (Teh Kai Liang; Thaschawee Arkachaisri )

• Sleep Medicine: ᇶ Healthy Sleep (Ting Chun Yi; Cheng Zai Ru) ᇶ Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (Tan Yi Hua; Teoh Oon Hoe) • Appendices: ◊ Growth Charts ◊ Drugs: ᇶ Anti-infectives (Antibiotics, Antifungals, Antivirals, Antihelmintics, Antimalarials) (Ong Yue Ling, Rina; Seah Xue Fen, Valerie)

Gastrointestinal System (Antacids, Antireflux agents & Antiulcerants, Anti-spasmodics, Laxatives, Drugs for Inflammatory Bowel Disease) (Nurashyura Binte Ishak; Mai Xiangrui ) ᇶ Cardiovascular System (Anti-arrhythmics, Anti-hypertensives, Diuretics, Other Cardiovascular Agents, Anticoagulants and Antiplatelets) (Poh Bao Hui; Wang Lay Nee)

Respiratory System (Anti-asthma Medications, Cold Medications, Nasal Preparations) (Tan Wei Wei; Cedric Poh Wei Ming) ᇶ Central Nervous System (Anti-convulsants, Muscle Relaxants, Neuromuscular Drugs, Anti-pyretics and Analgesics, Drugs for Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) (Zhang Yifan; Eng Jing Jia; Lim Guo Yong) ᇶ Endocrine System (Tan Xin Yi; Christine Choo)

Dermatology (Oral antihistamines, Drugs for Acne, Scabies and Head Lice, Infantile Haemangioma, Atopic Dermatitis, Complicated Vascular Anomalities, Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions, Vitiligo) (Chen Mee Kuan; Nicholas Teo) ᇶ Vitamins & Minerals (Lim Kae Shin; Jamie Stephanie) ◊ Useful Formulae

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Fundamentals of Electronic Materials and Devices

A Gentle Introduction to the Quantum-Classical World

Avik Ghosh University of Virginia, USA

Endorsement

“... contains well-crafted and advanced problems that help solidify understanding of the subjects.”

Philip Kim Professor, Harvard University Winner, Oliver E Buckley Prize (2014)

Key Features

• The book contains core material for two popular and well-regarded university courses (won the UVA’s highest teaching award for the author)

• The book contains research which earned a place in the 2016 Physics World Top 10 Research Breakthrough in Physics

• Together with the homework, the book can easily be adopted for comparable courses across multiple learning institutions

• Solution manual to the excellent homework questions inside is available for instructors

• The book and courses are unique for combining top-down device physics with bottom-up quantum physics towards the same technological goal, namely emerging hardware for the future of computing

Description

The Romans built enduring bridges well before Newton came along, armed simply with a working knowledge of mechanics and materials. In contrast, today’s bridge building is an elaborate enterprise involving CAD tools, composite materials and acoustic imaging. When technology is pushed to its limits, a working knowledge proves inadequate, and an in-depth understanding of core physical principles, both macroscopic and microscopic, top-down vs bottom-up, becomes essential.

We find ourselves today at a similar crossroad in semiconductor device technology, where a working knowledge of solid state electronics is no longer enough. Faced with the prohibitive cost of computing and the slowdown of chip manufacturing, device scaling and the global supply chain, the semiconductor industry is forced to explore alternate platforms such as 2-D materials, spintronics, analog processing and quantum engineering.

This book combines top-down classical device physics with bottom-up quantum transport in a single venue to provide the basis for such a scientific exploration. It is essential, easy reading for beginning undergraduate and practicing graduate students, physicists unfamiliar with device engineering and engineers untrained in quantum physics. With just a modest pre-requisite of freshman maths, the book works quickly through key concepts in quantum physics, Matlab exercises and original homeworks, to cover a wide range of topics from chemical bonding to Hofstader butterflies, domain walls to Chern insulators, solar cells to photodiodes, FinFETs to Majorana fermions. For the practicing device engineer, it provides new concepts such as the quantum of resistance, while for the practicing quantum physicist, it provides new contexts such as the tunnel transistor.

Author

Avik Ghosh is Professor at the Charles Brown Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering and the Department of Physics at the University of Virginia. He holds a PhD in theoretical condensed matter physics from the Ohio State University and a postdoctoral fellowship in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. He is also the UVA site-director of the NSF-Industry University Cooperative Center on Multifunctional Integrated Systems Technology (MIST).

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Extent: 300pp

Type: Textbook

Series: Lessons from Nanoscience: a Lecture Notes Series - Volume 8

Main Subject: Nanotechnology & Nanoscience

Sub-Subjects: Nanoelectronics; Condensed Matter Physics; Nanomaterials and Nanostructures; Microelectronics; Semiconductors & Related Areas; Theoretical Chemistry; Quantum Chemistry; Circuits & Systems; Computer Engineering; Electrical & Electronic Engineering; Magnetic Properties Of Nanostructure; Quantum Mechanics And Quantum Information

Keywords: Nanomaterials; Nanoelectronics; Quantum; Electron Transport; Semiconductors; Semiconductor Devices; Magnetism; Topology; Topological Materials; 2D Materials; Spintronics

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Readership: Advanced undergraduates, graduates, researchers, and industry professionals in the following fields: condensed matter physics, nanoelectronics, semiconductor devices, nanomaterials, materials science, device physics, digital electronics

• Equilibrium Physics and Chemistry: ᇶ Fundamentals of Information Processing ᇶ Quantum Physics: A Whole New World

Interpreting Quantum Probabilities ᇶ Bumps Along the Quantum Path: Steps, Wells and Barriers

Numerical Methods and Approximations ᇶ Angular Momentum and the Hydrogen Atom

Atomic and Molecular Structure ᇶ Solids: From Bonds to Bands ᇶ Spins and Magnetism ᇶ How Do Spins Interact with Their Surroundings? ᇶ Counting States ᇶ Filling the States — Statistical Physics

• Top Down: Classical Transport: ᇶ Drift-Diffusion ᇶ Physics of Mobility: Fermi’s Golden Rule ᇶ Physics of Recombination-Generation ᇶ Engineering Barriers — The PN Junction Diode ᇶ A Simple Switch: The Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) ᇶ Voltage Gating: The Field Effect Transistor (FET)

• Bottom-Up: Quantum Transport: ᇶ Landauer Theory of Quantum transport ᇶ Quantum Transport with Scattering ᇶ Non-Equilibrium Green’s Function (NEGF) for Charge ᇶ Non-Equilibrium Green’s Function (NEGF) for Current ᇶ Time-Dependent Effects

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How Does Sunshine Become Electricity

Authors

Key Features

• An updated popular science reading for primary school students by Academician of Chinese Academy of Science

Description

In recent decades, scientists have done a lot of research to find ways to make use of solar energy. One of the most direct ways is to use solar cell to transform sunshine into electricity. So what are the current products that use solar energy? And what can humans do with solar energy in the future?

This book is a compilation of the series of ‘Dialogues With Great Chinese Scientists’, where several great scientists in different research files were invited to share their stories and scientific knowledge. It is meant to inspire more students to become great scientists in the future.

Editors

Chu Junhao, who was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005, is a scientist of infrared physics. He is China’s expert in semiconductor physics and instruments and also the research fellow of Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Hai Bo is a famous broadcasting host of Shanghai Media Group (SMG). He is the host of “Free Talk Show over the Sea” (Haishang Changtan) and “Haibo Hotline” (Haibo Rexian). He has received the National Golden Speaker Award and Shanghai Changjiang Taofen Award (national top award for news workers). He was awarded the “Prestigious Host of Shanghai Broadcasting and Television” three times.

Qin Chang is a famous broadcasting host of Shanghai Media Group (SMG). She is the host of “Free Talk Show over the Sea” (Haishang Changtan) and “Citizens and Society”. She has received the National Golden Speaker Award, Shanghai Changjiang Taofen Award (national top award for news workers) and Award of China News.

Xue Zhongying was born in May 1976 in Zibo City, Shandong Province. He received a bachelor’s degree in physics from Shandong University in 1999, a master’s degree from Shandong University in 2002, and was engaged in software development at Jicheng Electronics Co. Ltd. from 2002 to 2007. In June 2011, he received a PhD degree from Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Since July 2011, he has been working in the State Key Laboratory of Information Functional Materials, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and has served as assistant researcher and associate researcher.

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Extent: 128pp

Type: Popular Book

Main Subject: Physics

Sub-Subjects: Applied And Technical Physics; General Physics (Popular Reading)

Keywords: Solar Energy; Light; Electricity; Physics

Readership: General readers and primary school students

Junhao Chu Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Bo Hai Shanghai Media Group, China

Chang Qin Shanghai Media Group, China

Translated by Zhongying Xue Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

• An Explorer who Grew Up by Liwa River

• Trying Our Best to Use Solar Energy

• The Wonderful World of the Sunlight

• The Secret of the Transformation Between Light and Electricity

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The Enchantment of Urania

25 Centuries of Exploration of the Sky

Key Features

• Scientific stories told in a captivating way, connected to each other by the thread of the general history in order to give a continuous fresco of the evolution of science in the context of the evolution of the human civilization

Description

Today we know much about the sky: how stars are born, how they live and die, and how the universe as a whole evolves. We have learned of the existence of another type of matter, indifferent to light and yet decisive for the formation of galaxies, and we have a hint of a dark energy that since the last 4.5 billion years has taken over the control of the cosmos. We postulated and then discovered and even photographed black holes and listened to the faint rustle of the space-time ripple produced when these monsters devour each other. We reached these astonishing results (recognized by a bunch of Nobel Prizes and filling every day the media with wonders for the eyes and the mind) by the marriage of physics and astronomy that unified the Earth with the sky and then by the leap forward of science and technology in the Twentieth Century. This rich heritage has ancient roots. It was built by accumulating discoveries with errors, observations with fantasies, myths, and superstitions with flashes of genius, over a span of millennia, since Homo sapiens, turning his eyes to the immutable and perfect sky, began to ask questions.

The book is a narration of the answers to these questions that had evolved over time: a progressive path, inserted in the general history, with some second thoughts and many obstacles. This is a saga of men and machines where greatness sometimes mixes with misery and passion often borders on sacrifice and even martyrdom. Why should we know it? Because our current knowledge is the result of these efforts and of the preconceptions that accompanied them.

The challenge has been to present this complex and intricate subject without resorting to any formulas, so that it can be accessible to a wide audience of curious people, including high school and university students and in general all those who normally keep themselves informed of scientific things. A rich bibliography has also been added in the appendix for those wishing to learn more on one or more topics.

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Extent: 550pp Type: Popular Book

Main Subject: Physics

Massimo Capaccioli has served as professor of astronomy at the Universities of Padua and then of Naples Federico II, where he is currently emeritus. He has investigated the dynamics and evolution of stellar systems and the observational cosmology and published over 550 scientific articles in international journals (citations 13,740, H-index 58: source ADS July 2021). As a long-time director of the Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory in Naples, he has conceived and managed, in synergy with the European Southern Observatory (ESO), the construction of the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), one of the largest reflectors fully dedicated to astronomical surveys. He has chaired the Italian Astronomical Society (SAIt) for a decade and for a three-year turn the National Society of Sciences, Letters, and Arts in Naples. Journalist and passionate publicist, he has collaborated with various Italian newspapers and with the national public broadcasting company of Italy (RAI). He has authored both university textbooks and popular books (mostly in Italian), including: Arminio Nobile and the Measurement of the Sky (Springer 2012, with S Galano), Mille1Notte. Stories from the other world (Mediterranean 2018), Red Moon. The Soviet conquest of space (Carocci 2019), and The Enchantment of Urania: 25 centuries of explorations of the sky (Carocci 2020), Once upon the time in the sky. 30 short astronomical stories (Carocci 2021). The list of his honors includes the title of Commander of the Italian Republic for scientific merits (2005), the honorary professorship granted by the University of Moscow Lomonosov in 2010, the honorary doctorate by the Universities of Dubna (Russia, 2015), Kharkiv (Ukraine, 2017), and Pyatigorsk (Russia, 2019), and the medals Struve (2010; Russian Academy of Sciences), Tacchini (2013; SAIt), Karazin (2019; Karazin University, Kharkiv, Ukraine), and Gamov (2019: University of Odessa, Ukraine). He is a member of some academies in Italy, of the Academia Europaea and of the National Academy of Ukraine.

Sub-Subjects: Astronomy, Astrophysics And Cosmology (Including Geophysics); History Of Science

Keywords: Stars; Sun; Earth; Galaxies; Universe; Black Holes; Dark Energy; Dark Matter; Ancient Astronomy; Greek Astronomy; History of Astronomy; Cosmology; Cosmogony; Astronomical Instruments

Readership: This is accessible to a wide audience of curious people, including high school and university students and in general all those who normally keep themselves informed of scientific things

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Massimo Capaccioli University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Author

• Preface

• Introduction

• With the Naked Eye

• An Introvert, a Reactionary, and a Visionary

• The Glass Eye

• The Heroic Fury

• The Celestial Laboratory Cassini, Huygens and Bradley

• Mirror of My Desires

• Beyond the Pillar of Hercules

• The Cyclops

• Stop Time

• The Harmony of Light

• The Meter and the Measure

• New World Symphony

• The Fundamental Building Blocks

• The Eighth Wonder

• The Sun and the Other Stars

• Astrophysics at the Time of the Cold War

• Observing with Closed Eyes

• The Last Half Century: ad maiora

• Acknowledgements

• Bibliography and Notes

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Mesoscopic Nuclear Physics

Vladimir

Zelevinsky Michigan

State University, USA

Alexander Volya Florida State University, USA

Key Features

• There are no competing books (only journal articles)

• The treatment combines nuclear physics, statistical thermodynamics, mathematics of random matrices, and simple engineering schemes of possible applications

• The authors have significant experience in practical university teaching and publishing textbooks

Description

This book summarizes the recent development of nuclear science as an important part of mesoscopic physics, the intermediate world between the macroscopic and microscopic. This fast developing area with many practical applications includes complex atoms, molecules (including biological), nuclei, small-scale solid state systems, and future quantum computers. The complexity of the problem appears due to the richness of problems, from the necessity to study individual quantum levels, to the fundamental features of statistics and thermodynamics.

February 2023

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Extent: 160pp

Type: Monograph (Treat As Textbook)

Main Subject: Physics

Sub-Subjects: Nuclear Physics

Keywords: Nuclei; Isotopes; Pairing; Chaotic Ensembles; Parity Violation; Superradiance

Readership: The book could be useful for the reader interested in the current evolution of science, on all levels — from a student to a practitioner working in different areas of physics and engineering

• Introduction

• Nucleus as a Mesoscopic Object

• Many-Body Nuclear Complexity

• Statistical Ensembles

• Shell Model as a Testing Ground for Quantum Chaos

• Nucleus as an Open System

• Quantum Signal Transmission

• References

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The Kaleidoscope of Physics

Attilio Rigamonti University of Pavia, Italy Andrey Varlamov SPIN-CNR, Italy

Key Features

Jacques Villain Academy of Sciences of France, France

• This book talks about physics and its role in the world around us

• In 2014, the publishing house Belin published “Le Kaleidoscope de la Physique”, which was awarded the main prize for the best popular science book of the year in French — the international Roberval prize, a year after its publication. Its Russian language version, published in 2020, was recognized among the best scientific popular books and awarded the Diploma of Russian Academy of Sciences

Description

Physics manifests itself in our life, like the metamorphoses of a kaleidoscope. This book is written by professional scientists who have devoted their entire lives to finding answers to the riddles posed by nature. The authors investigate this from the very first chapter: the curious reader will find out why the sky and the sea are blue, why the rivers are meandering, how natural waveguides work, why the climate changes and so on ...

Further, the path of knowledge leads from the beauties and uncovered mysteries of nature to the physics of everyday life. From the train in the gallery, to the secrets of a glass harmonica and a good violin. Over an aperitif, the authors ask questions about the secrets of bubbles of champagne and wine tears on the walls of the glass, knowing the answers to which will help you to be known as an experienced sommelier. Then you enter the kitchen: the physical phenomena around ovens and stoves are endless, from microwaves to cooking, with corresponding phase transformations. Making pizza requires deep thought, not to mention pasta, where Italian and German philosophies collide. The physics behind making good (or bad) coffee is very interesting, and you can’t go wrong.

After an excursion to the kitchen, the authors invite us to a strange quantum world, believing that the themes of the last part may be on the verge of understanding for the uninitiated. Indeed, the quality of the text and the splendor of the illustrations convey the aesthetics of the physics of the atomic and subatomic world. The chapter entitled Physics, Geometry and Beauty deals with fullerenes, Leonardo, Piero della Francesca and Luca Pacioli. Even though our senses are already heightened by wine, cooking and good coffee, perhaps it is in the field of quantum physics that two cultures, once united, and then separated by Aristotelian constructions, again merge into world harmony.

Authors

Attilio Rigamonti (born 1937) is experimental physicist, professor, member of the Lombard Institute Academy of Science and Letters (Italy), of the G Cardano Institute, and of the Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics.

Andrey Varlamov (born in 1954) is theoretical physicist, professor, corresponding member of the Lombard Institute Academy of Science and Letters (Italy), of the Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics, popularizer of science.

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Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Company

Extent: 260pp

Type: Popular Book

Main Subject: Physics

Sub-Subjects: General Physics (Popular Reading); Popular Science; Secondary And High School

Keywords: Meanders; Natural Waveguides; Colours of Sky and Sea; Foucault’s Pendulum; Coriolis Force Tides; Bubbles and Drops; Climate; Amorphous Compounds; Aerodynamics; Bernoulli Law; Energy Sources; Vibrations and Acoustics; Physics In Kitchen; Heat Transfer; Physics of Pizza; Spaghetti and Physics; Physics of Coffee; Science in Cuisine; Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream; Uncertainty Principle; Quantum Physics; Superconductivity; Persistent Currents; Liquid Helium; Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Readership: Students in high school, college and university. General readership interested in physics. Courses of general physics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, history of physics, condensed matter physics, nanophysics, low temperature physics, molecular culinary

• Open-air Physics: ᇶ Rivers, Meanders, and Lakes ᇶ Artificial and Natural Waveguides ᇶ Colours of Sky and Sea ᇶ Foucault’s Pendulum and the Coriolis Force ᇶ Tides ᇶ

Bubbles and Drops ᇶ Climate: Why the Summers Become Hotter ᇶ Tracks on the Beach ᇶ From the Crystal Snowflakes to the Amorphous Glass

• Everyday Physics: ᇶ Conversation During a Train Trip ᇶ Stradivarius’s Legacy ᇶ Singing and Silent Glasses ᇶ Energy: Obedient Maid or Oppressive Mistress? ᇶ Nunc Est Bibendum

• The Sapiens Cooker: ᇶ Waiting for a Cup of Tea ᇶ When Physics Invades the Kitchen ᇶ Ab Ovo ᇶ

Thinking About Baking Pizza ᇶ Knots, Spaghetti and Physics ᇶ Physics of Good or Bad Coffees ᇶ Science, Cuisine and Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream

• The Strange World of the Quanta: ᇶ Uncertainty, the Real Base of the Quantum Physics ᇶ Physics, Geometry and Beauty ᇶ Eternal Motion in Superconductors? ᇶ Properties and Applications of Superconductors ᇶ Snowballs in Liquid Helium ᇶ MRI Looks Inside the Human Body ᇶ Semiconductors and Nanoscience

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Fundamentals of Laser Physics

Key Features

• Considering the rapid development in laser-related fields, this textbook covers not only the basic materials but also the latest advances in laser physics with discussions on experimental results on various laser-related phenomena based on a coherent theoretical framework

• This textbook covers enough amount of essentials but is concise enough to be covered in one semester

• This book provides a coherent theoretical framework from the beginning to the end so that students can move on to the next subjects with ease once having mastered the preceding materials

Description

This book is intended as a textbook on laser physics for advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students in physics and engineering who need to use lasers in their labs and want to understand the physical processes involved with the laser techniques in their fields of study. This book aims to provide a coherent theoretical framework on the light–matter interaction involved with lasers in such a way that students can easily understand the essential topics related to lasers and their applications and get accustomed to the latest cutting-edge research developments. Most of all, the content of this book is concise to be covered in a semester.

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Extent: 360pp

Type: Monograph (Treat As Textbook)

Main Subject: Physics

Sub-Subjects: Optics And Laser Physics; Atomic And Molecular Physics

Keywords: Laser Rate Equation; Spectral Line Broadening; Saturation Spectroscopy; Laser Linewidth; Optical Bloch Equation; Rabi Oscillation; Pulse Area Theorem; Laser Threshold; Frequency Pulling; Dressed State; Mode Locking; Q-switching; Frequency Comb; Cavity QED; Superradiance; Superabsorption; Exceptional Point; P-T Symmetry; Non-Hermitian System

Readership: Advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students in physics and engineering who need to use lasers in their labs

Kyungwon An Seoul National University, South Korea

• Classical Theory of Emission and Absorption

• Einstein’s Theory of Matter-Field Interaction

• Semiclassical Theory of Atom-Field Interaction

• Spectral Line Broadening

• Lamb-Dip Spectroscopy

• Optical Bloch Equation

• More Applications of Bloch Equation

• Rate Equation Approximation

• Coherent Pulse Propagation

• Quantum Theory of Laser

• Strong-Coupling Regime of Cavity QED

• Survey of Various Lasers

• Pulsed Lasers and Frequency Combs

• Other Laser-Related Topics

• Single-Photon Sources and Novel Lasers

• Non-Hermitian Laser

• Exceptional-Point Lasers

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The Sixteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting

On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics, and Relativistic Field Theories (In 4 Volumes)

Proceedings of the MG16 Meeting on General Relativity Online, 5 – 10 July 2021

Remo Ruffini

University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy & International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network (ICRANet), Italy

Key Features

• Contributions by experts in the field

• Covers a wide range of topics

Description

Gregory Vereshchagin

International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network (ICRANet), Italy

February 2023

The proceedings of MG16 give a broad view of all aspects of gravitational physics and astrophysics, from mathematical issues to recent observations and experiments. The scientific program of the meeting included 46 plenary presentations, 3 public lectures, 5 round tables and 81 parallel sessions arranged during the intense six-day online meeting. All talks were recorded and are available on the ICRANet YouTube channel at the following link: http://www.icranet.org/ video_mg16.

These proceedings are a representative sample of the very many contributions made at the meeting. They contain 383 papers, among which 14 come from the plenary sessions.

The material represented in these proceedings cover the following topics: accretion, active galactic nuclei, alternative theories of gravity, black holes (theory, observations and experiments), binaries, boson stars, cosmic microwave background, cosmic strings, dark energy and large scale structure, dark matter, education, exact solutions, early universe, fundamental interactions and stellar evolution, fast transients, gravitational waves, high energy physics, history of relativity, neutron stars, precision tests, quantum gravity, strong fields, and white dwarf; all of them represented by a large number of contributions.

The online e-proceedings are published in an open access format.

Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Company

Extent: 4876pp

Type: Proceedings

Main Subject: Physics

Sub-Subjects: Astronomy, Astrophysics And Cosmology (Including Geophysics; Relativity And Gravitation; Computational, Mathematical and Theoretical Physics

Keywords: General Relativity; Astrophysics; Cosmology; Matter Accretion; Active Galactic Nuclei; Alternative Theoriesof Gravity; Black Holes; Binary Stars; Boson Stars; Cosmic Microwave Background; Cosmic Strings; Dark Energy; Large Scale Structure in the Universe; Dark Matter; Education; Exact Solutions; Early Universe; Fundamental Interactions and Stellar Evolution; Fast Transients; Gravitational Waves; High Energy Physics; Historyof Relativity; Neutron Stars; Precision Testsof General Relativity; Quantum Gravity; Strong Gravitational Fields; White Dwarf

Readership: Graduate students and researchers interested in general relativity, astrophysics, and cosmology

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• Part A: ◊

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Plenary Sessions:

New Results from Testing Relativistic Gravity with Radio Pulsars (Michael Kramer)

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Dragging of Inertial Frames by Matter and Waves ( Jiří Bičák and Tomáš Ledvinka)

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Probes of the Progenitors, Engines and Physics Behind Stellar Collapse (Chris L Fryer)

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The Observation of High-Energy Neutrinos from the Cosmos: Lessons Learned for Multimessenger Astronomy (Francis Halzen)

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The First Results of PandaX-4T ( Jianglai Liu on behalf of the PandaX Collaboration)

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XRISM: X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (Makoto S Tashiro and the XRISM Team)

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The SVOM Mission ( J-L Atteia, B Cordier and J Wei on behalf of the SVOM Collaboration)

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Quantum Field Theory with Boundary Conditions at the Horizons (Gerard ‘t Hooft)

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The Development of General Relativity and the Cosmological Constant ( Asghar Qadir)

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The Irreducible Mass of Christodoulou-Ruffini-Hawking Mass Formula (Yuan K Ha)

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Reshaping Our Understanding on Structure Formation with the Quantum Nature of the Dark Matter (C R Argüelles, E A Becerra-Vergara, A Krut et al.)

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First Results of LHAASO (Ruo-Yu Liu for the LHAASO Collaboration)

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On the MG16 Awards 2021 (Remo Ruffini)

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The White Dwarf Binary Merger Model of GRB 170817A ( J A Rueda, R Ruffini, Liang Li et al.)

• Parallel Sessions: ◊ Accretion

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MHD Processes Near Compact Objects (Sergey Moiseenko)

ᇶ Accretion Discs and Jets ( Audrey Trova and Shokoufe Faraji)

◊ Active Galactic Nuclei

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The Black Hole in M87 (Brian Punsly and Jorge Rueda)

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Machine Learning in Astronomy: AGN, Transient Events, Cosmology and Others (Rahim Moradi and Yu Wang)

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Multiwavelength and Multi-Messenger Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei (Paolo Giommi and Narek Sahakyan)

◊ Alternative Theories

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Extended Theories of Gravity and Quantum Cosmology (Yi-Fu Cai and Wentao Luo)

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Mathematical Problems of Relativistic Physics: Classical and Quantum ( A Shadi Tahvildar-Zadeh and Michael Kiessling)

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Wormholes, Energy Conditions and Time Machines (Francisco Lobo and Diego Rubiera-Garcia)

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Theories of Gravity: Alternatives to the Cosmological and Particle Standard Models (Stefano Bellucci and Orlando Luongo)

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Conformal Dilaton Gravity and Related Issues (Reinoud Jan Slagter)

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Horava-Lifshitz Gravity ( Anzhong Wang)

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Ghost-Free Models of Modified Gravity: Massive Gravity, Horndeski and DHOST Theories, Other Related Models; Their Properties and Solutions (Dmitry Gal’tsov and Michael Volkov)

• Part B:

◊ Black Holes: Theory and Observations/Experiments: ᇶ Theoretical and Observational Studies of Astrophysical Black Holes ( Alexander Zakharov) ᇶ Black Hole Thermodynamics (Hernando Quevedo)

• Black Holes in Alternative Theories of Gravity ( Jutta Kunz and Kamal Hajian)

• Binaries: ◊ Explosive Events Associated with Compact-Object Binary Mergers (Chris Belczynski and Jorge Rueda) ◊ Post-Newtonian and Post-Minkowskian Corrections for Binary Gravitating Systems ( Johannes Bluemlein) ◊ Multichannel Studies of Nonstationary Relativistic Stars (Vladimir Lipunov)

• Boson Stars: ◊ Scalar Fields in Cosmology (Carlos Herdeiro and Alfredo Macias)

• Cosmic Microwave Background: ◊ Cosmic Backgrounds from Radio to Far-IR (Carlo Burigana) ◊ New Horizons in Cosmology with CMB Spectral Distortions ( Jens Chluba and Andrea Ravenni ) ◊ Status of the H₀ and σ₈ Tensions: Theoretical Models and Model-Independent Constraints ( Joan Solà Peracaula and Adrià Gómez-Valent) ◊ Effects of Primordial Perturbations Enhancement: From Black Holes Formation to CMB Anomalies ( Antonio Enea Romano and Krzysztof Turzynski )

• Cosmic Strings: ◊ Cosmic Strings (Reinoud Jan Slagter and Batool Imtiaz) ◊ From Cosmic Strings to Superstrings (Carlos Martins and Ivan Rybak)

• Dark Energy and Large Scale Structure: ◊ Dark Energy and the Accelerating Universe ( Alexei Starobinky and David Polarski ) ◊ Cosmography with Gravitational Lensing (Claudio Grillo and Mimoza Hafizi )

• Dark Matter: ◊ Interacting Dark Matter (Nikolaos Mavromatos)

Dark Matter Searches with Liquid Xenon and Argon Detectors and Self Gravitating Systems and Dark Matter (Marco Merafina and Soroush Shakeri and She-Sheng Xue) ◊ Dark Matter: Beyond ΛCDM (Carlos Argüelles and Andreas Krut)

Dark Matter and Rare Processes (Carlos Rita Bernabei and Zurab Berezhiani )

The Nature of Galactic Halos (Francesco De Paolis and Asghar Qadir) • Part C: ◊ Education:

Teaching Einsteinian Physics to School Students (David Blair and Matteo Luca Ruggiero)

Exact Solutions:

Exact Solutions in Four and Higher Dimensions (David Blair and Matteo Luca Ruggiero)

Exact Solutions (Including Higher Dimensions) (Susan Scott)

Early Universe:

Quantum Fields ( Andrei Lebed )

Topological Methods, Global Existence Problems, and Spacetime Singularities (Spiros Cotsakis)

The Early Universe (Stefano Ansoldi)

Fundamental Interactions and Stellar Evolution:

Why and How the Sun and the Stars Shine: The Borexino Experiment (Giampaolo Bellini, Dmitry Naumov, Gioacchino Ranucci, Gemma Testera)

Rotation in Stellar Evolution (Georges Meynet)

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Fast Transients: ᇶ

What Can We Learn from a Growing Sample of Fast Radio Bursts? (Duncan Lorimer, Victoria Kaspi and Bing Zhang) ᇶ

Non Standard Cosmological Probes (Duncan Lorimer, Victoria Kaspi and Bing Zhang) ᇶ

Photospheric Emission in GRBs (Gregory Vereshchagin and Damien Bégué) ᇶ High and Very High Energy Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts (Francesco Longo and Fabian Schüssler) ᇶ

Electromagnetic Counterparts of Compact Binary Mergers ( Jonathan Granot and Paz Beniamini ) ᇶ Unusual and New Types of Gamma-Ray Bursts (Binbin Zhang) ᇶ

Gamma-Ray Burst Correlations: Observational Challenges and Theoretical Interpretation (Maria Giovanna Dainotti and Liang Li ) ᇶ

GRB 170817A and Binary Models (Marica Branchesi and Giulia Stratta) ᇶ

Binary-Driven Hypernovae of Type 1, 2 and 3 (Carlo Luciano Bianco, Christian Cherubini and Simonetta Filippi )

◊ Gravitational Waves: ᇶ Sources of Gravitational Waves (Andrew Melatos) ᇶ Mid-frequency GravitationalWaves (0.1–10 Hz): Sources and Detection Methods (Wei-Tou Ni ) ᇶ Numerical Relativity and Gravitational Wave Observations (Nigel Bishop)

◊ High Energy: ᇶ Very High Energy Gamma Rays (Razmik Mirzoyan and Alessandro De Angelis) ᇶ

Future Missions for High-Energy Astrophysics (Filippo Frontera and Shaolin Xiong) ᇶ

The SRG Mission: First Results from eROSITA and ARTXC (Andrea Merloni ) ᇶ eXTP — Enhanced X-Ray Timing and Polarimetry Mission (Marco Feroci and Fangjun Lu) ᇶ Observations of HE and UHE Cosmic Rays (Ivan De Mitri and Fabio Gargano)

• Part D:

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History of Relativity: ᇶ The “Fall and Rise” of Betelgeuse (Costantino Sigismondi ) ᇶ History of Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology (Luis Crispino) ᇶ Time and Philosophy in Physics (Shokoufe Faraji )

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Dragging is Never Draggy: MAss and CHarge Flows in GR (Oldrich Semerak)

Quantum Gravity: ᇶ Loop Quantum Gravity (Marcin Kisielowski and Jerzy Lewandowski ) ᇶ

Quantum Gravity Phenomenology (Giovanni AmelinoCamelia and Jerzy Kowalski-Glikman) ᇶ

Loop Quantum Gravity: Cosmology and Black Holes ( Jorge Pullin and Parampreet Singh)

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The Effects of (Non)Linear Electrodynamics on the Properties of Astrophysical/Gravitational Compact Objects (Seyed Hossein Hendi ) ◊

Strong Field: ᇶ Strong Electromagnetic and Gravitational Field Physics: From Laboratories to Early Universe (Sang Pyo Kim and She-Sheng Xue) ᇶ

White Dwarfs: ᇶ

White Dwarf Explosions (Robert Fisher and María Pilar Ruiz Lapuente) ᇶ White Dwarfs, Magnetic Compact Stars and Nuclear Astrophysics (Manuel Malheiro and Jaziel Goulart Coelho)

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Neutron Stars: ᇶ Dense Matter in Compact Stars (Alessandro Drago and Jorge Rueda) ᇶ

Compact Stars as Laboratories for Testing Strong Gravity (Aurora Perez Martinez and César Augusto Zen Vasconcellos) ᇶ

Pulsar Power in Physics and Astrophysics and Pulsars and Pulsar Systems at High Energies (Andrea Possenti and Pak-Hin Tam)

◊ Precision Tests: ᇶ Gravitational Lensing and Shadows (Perlick Volker and Oleg Tsupko) ᇶ

Experimental Gravitation (Angela di Virgilio and Claus Lammerzahl ) ᇶ

Variation of the Fundamental Constants, Tests of the Fundamental Symmetries and Probes of the Dark Sector (Angela Victor Flambaum and Yevgeny Stadnik)

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Handbook of Accelerator Physics and Engineering

Alexander Wu Chao SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA Maury Tigner Cornell University, USA

Endorsement

Hans Weise DESY, Germany

Frank Zimmermann CERN, Switzerland

“This book is an outstanding collection of essential information about accelerator physics and design. For those working with accelerators, it would be a very handy source of essential practical information on the design and operation of linear and circular accelerators for high-energy physics and synchrotron radiation.”

IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine

Description

Edited by internationally recognized authorities in the field, this expanded and updated new edition of the bestselling Handbook, containing many new articles, is aimed at the design and operation of modern particle accelerators. It is intended as a vade mecum for professional engineers and physicists engaged in these subjects. With a collection of more than 2000 equations, 300 illustrations and 500 graphs and tables, here one will find, in addition to common formulae of previous compilations, hard to find, specialized formulae, recipes and material data pooled from the lifetime experience of many of the world’s most able practioners of the art and science of accelerators.

The seven chapters include both theoretical and practical matters as well as an extensive glossary of accelerator types. Chapters on beam dynamics and electromagnetic and nuclear interactions deal with linear and nonlinear single particle and collective effects including spin motion, beam-environment, beambeam, beam-electron, beam-ion and intrabeam interactions. The impedance concept and related calculations are dealt with at length as are the instabilities due to the various interactions mentioned. A chapter on operational considerations including discussions on the assessment and correction of orbit and optics errors, realtime feedbacks, generation of short photon pulses, bunch compression, phasespace exchange, tuning of normal and superconducting linacs, energy recovery linacs, free electron lasers, cryogenic vacuum systems, steady state microbuching, cooling, space-charge compensation, brightness of light sources, collider luminosity optimization and collision schemes, machine learning, multiple frequency rf systems, FEL seeding, ultrafast electron diffraction, and Gamma Factory. Chapters on mechanical and electrical considerations present material data and important aspects of component design including heat transfer and refrigeration. Hardware systems for particle sources, feedback systems, confinement, including undulators, and acceleration (both normal and superconducting) receive detailed treatment in a sub-systems chapter, beam measurement and apparatus being treated therein as well.

A detailed name and subject index is provided together with reliable references to the literature where the most detailed information available on all subjects treated can be found.

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£165 | HARDCOVER 978-981-126-917-2

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Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Company

Extent: 950pp Type: Handbook

Main Subject: Physics

Sub-Subjects: Particle Physics; High Energy Physics; Quantum Fields; Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Keywords: Particle Accelerators; Accelerator Engineering; Colliders Synchrotrons; Betatron; Cyclotrons

Readership: Physicists, engineers and practitioners in accelerator science

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• Introduction

• Beam Dynamics

• Electromagnetic and Nuclear Interactions

• Operational and Design Considerations

• Mechanical Considerations

• Electrical Considerations

• Subsystems

• Author Index

• Subject Index

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Discontinuous Phase Transitions in Condensed Matter

Symmetry Breaking in Bulk Martensite, Quasiperiodic and LowDimensional Nanostructures

Vladimir Dmitriev ESRF, France

Key Features

• Despite a long history and considerable progress in the field, no new titles have recently appeared on the corresponding topic of this title

• Importantly, this book will be the first publication which presents the current status of the phenomenological theory of phase transitions in its entire but compact form, making this a unique textbook on the subject

• The book will prove helpful to a wide audience of students, researchers, and lecturing professors

• The book offers not only new domains of applicability (such as martensitic transformations, crystallization of the crystalline and aperiodic bulk materials, complex fluids or viruses) where the theory demonstrates its efficiency, but it also equips the investigator with the necessary methods and theoretical tools to control and manage their experiments

Description

Discontinuous (first-order) phase transitions constitute the most fundamental and widespread type of structural transitions existing in Nature, forming a large majority of the transitions found in elemental crystals, alloys, inorganic compounds, minerals and complex fluids. Nevertheless, only a small part of them, namely, weakly discontinuous transformations, were considered by phenomenological theories, leaving aside the most interesting from a theoretical point of view and the most important for application cases. Discontinuous Phase Transitions in Condensed Matter introduces a density-wave approach to phase transitions which results in a unified, symmetry-based, model-free theory of the weak crystallization of molecular mixtures to liquid-crystalline mesophases, strongly discontinuous crystallization from molten metals and alloys to conventional, fully segregated crystals, to aperiodic, quasi-crystalline structures. Assembly of aperiodic closed virus capsids with non-crystallographic symmetry also falls into the domain of applicability of the density-wave approach.

The book also considers the applicability domains of the symmetry-based approach in physics of low-dimensional systems. It includes comparisons of stability of different surface superstructures and metal monoatomic coverage structures on the surface of single-crystalline substrates. The example of the twisted graphene bilayer demonstrates how parametrization in the spirit of an advanced phenomenological approach can establish symmetry-controlled, and therefore model-free, links between geometrical parameters of the twisted bilayer structure and reconstruction of its Brillouin zone and energy bands.

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Extent: 438pp

Type: Monograph

Main Subject: Physics

Sub-Subjects: Condensed Matter Physics; General Materials Science; Nanomaterials And Nanostructures

Keywords: Phase Transition; Phenomenological Theory; Condensed Matter; Structural Transformation; Symmetry; Group Theory; Transition Order-Parameter; Reconstructive Phase Transition; Martensitic Transformation; Polytypism; Order-Disorder Transformation; Density Waves; OrderParameter Space; Thermodynamics; Displacive Transformation; Crystallization; Liquid-Solid Transition; Aperiodic Structure; Quasicrystal; Virus Capsid; Monoatomic Layer; Surface Reconstruction; Bilayer Graphene; Moire Pattern

Readership: Suitable for both undergraduate and advanced courses of condense matter physics, and academic researchers in the field of materials science. Also suitable for researchers and engineers working in metal physics and metallurgy

• Phenomenological Theory of Weakly Discontinuous Phase Transitions

• Symmetry Predicted Discontinuous Phase Transitions

• Phase Transitions in Crystals: Classes and Types

• Advanced Phenomenological Theory of Discontinuous Phase Transitions

• Displacive Reconstructive Phase Transitions

• Ordering Type Reconstructive Phase Transitions

• Phase Transitions from Isotropic State: Crystallization

• Phase Transitions in Low-Dimensional Structures

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Confronting the Enigma of Time

John R Fanchi Texas Christian University, USA

Key Features

• The book shows that many of the issues which arise in understanding time occur when time is treated as if it is the same physical quantity in every application

• The reader will gain an increased awareness of time and its place in our understanding of nature

Description

Time played the role of a monotonically increasing evolution parameter in classical Newtonian mechanics. Einstein rejected the Newtonian concept and identified time as the fourth coordinate of a space-time four-vector. Today, scientists are considering different concepts of time as a means of resolving incompatibilities between relativity and quantum mechanics. For example, some view time as an emergent property of a system rather than a fundamental property. Alternatively, others are considering two temporal variables. The purpose of this book is to examine the role of time in modern physics.

Author

John R Fanchi has a PhD in physics from the University of Houston and is the author of a variety of books in the areas of physics, earth science, mathematics, and engineering. He was co-founder and first President of the International Association for Relativistic Dynamics. He has worked in the energy industry, and has taught courses in energy, engineering, and physics at Texas Christian University (TCU), Colorado School of Mines (CSM), and the University of Tulsa. His books include Parametrized Relativistic Quantum Theory (1993, Kluwer), Shared Earth Modeling (2002, Butterworth-Heinemann), Energy: Technology and Directions for the Future (2004, Elsevier Academic), Math Refresher for Scientists and Engineers (2006, 3rd edition), Energy in the 21st Century (4th edition, 2017, World Scientific), Principles of Applied Reservoir Simulation (2018, 4th edition, Elsevier), The Goldilocks Policy: The Basis for a Grand Energy Bargain (2019, World Scientific), and Reason, Faith, and Purpose: The Ultimate Gamble (2021, World Scientific).

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Extent: 210pp Type: Popular Book

Main Subject: Physics

Sub-Subjects: General Physics (Popular Reading); General Science; History Of Science; Popular Science; Astronomy, Astrophysics And Cosmology (Including Geophysics); Particle Physics; High Energy Physics; Quantum Fields; Relativity And Gravitation; Quantum Mechanics And Quantum Information

Keywords: Time; Enigma of Time; Classical Physics; Special Relativity; Paradoxes; General Relativity; Gravity; Action at a Distance; Quantum Theory; Standard Model of Particle Physics; Cosmology; Expanding Universe; Inflation; Inflationary Cosmology; Quantum Gravity; Time’s Arrow; Relativistic Dynamics; Newtonian Time; Einsteinian Time; Minkowski Time; Historical Time

Readership: General public. Also suitable for undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and researchers in the fields of history of science, philosophy of science, general physics etc

• Introduction

• Introduction to the Enigma of Time: ᇶ Time from Prehistory to the Ancient Greeks ᇶ Time from Ptolemy to Kepler ᇶ Newton and Maxwell

• Einsteinian Time: ᇶ Einstein’s Special Relativity ᇶ Paradoxes of Special Relativity ᇶ Gravity and Action at a Distance ᇶ General Relativity

• Cosmology and the Inflationary Universe: ᇶ Introduction to Modern Cosmology ᇶ Evidence for the Expanding Universe ᇶ Physics of the Subatomic Scale ᇶ Prelude to the Big Bang ᇶ The Inflationary Universe

• The Future of Time: ᇶ Time’s Arrow ᇶ Time: Death or Rebirth? ᇶ Historical Time ᇶ Epilogue — Resolving the Enigma of Time

• End Notes

• Dates

• References

• Index

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Politics of Climate Change

Swaran Singh Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

Reena Marwah University of Delhi, India

Key Features

• Presents a unique blend of theory, policy and initiatives for mitigating the impacts of climate change

• Critiques existing literature and discourses on climate change

• Crystallises ideas about the influence and impact of human actions on natural catastrophes

• Elucidates the narratives in developed and developing countries where people are starting to accept that their actions can contribute to a collective result on a global scale

• Mirrors the synergies required for climate-related action and climate governance and their critical analyses

Description

The year 2020 was a watershed event in the history of climate change politics. It marked the end of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol and the beginning of the ambitious Paris Agreement. It was also the year of the pandemic, where the disruption caused severe implications on a global scale. The pandemic also brought before the world the severity and scale of the transboundary challenges in a globally interconnected world. It exposed the weaknesses of the global institutions and governance structures in tackling the complex and imminent threat of climate change.

As states prepare for the future of global climate change negotiations post the COP26 event of 2021, there has been a significant shift in the politics of climate change at all levels. The negotiations took place in the shadows of the pandemic, which has challenged the political lethargy and non-committal attitudes of states on the climate change question.

Unlike in the past, climate change is now a hot issue on the political high tables. It has also spilled outside these negotiating spaces and into the public sphere. Whether it is the school strikes led by children or the indigenous struggles of marginalized populations, the politics of climate change today is far more diverse, representative, and active. At the same time, we can witness the shifts in the state’s understanding of the problem, which is actively inquiring about its security and geopolitical dimensions. The boundaries between traditional and nontraditional threats to security are getting blurred as climate change, and its myriad impacts wreak havoc on ecosystem resilience, the state’s welfare capacity, and people’s everyday lives.

Hence, this volume seeks to decipher the nature of global climate change politics in the post-pandemic and climate insecure world. Who will be its main actors, main stakeholders, and losers? How will questions of equity, sustainability, and finance interplay at the COP26 event and thereafter? How will developing and poor countries engage with the issue in the next phase of climate politics? Finally, how will the ambition of the Paris Agreement, which is reflected in the language of net-zero targets and the two degrees Celsius temperature goals, be brought into action?

Editors

Dr Swaran Singh is Chairman and Professor, Centre for International Politics, Organisation and Disarmament (CIPOD), School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi), President of Association of Asia Scholars (New Delhi), Member, Governing Body, Society of Indian Ocean Studies (New Delhi).

Reena Marwah (M.Phil, Delhi University; PhD, India, International Business) is Professor, Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University.

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Extent: 200pp

Type: Review Volume

Main Subject: Social Sciences

Sub-Subjects: Political Science; Policy Studies; Public Policy; Climate Change; Climate Change Economics; Climate Change Policy; International Relations

Keywords: Anthropocene; Climate Change; Governance; Climate Action; UNFCC; Disasters; Hazards, Human Security; Migration; Politics; Environmental Degradation; Sustainable Mobility; Carbon Emissions; Carbon Leakage; Clean Energy; Green Energy; Carbon Footprint; COP26; Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy; Common But Differentiated Responsibilities; Environmental Policy

Readership: Academics and students interested in environmental studies, climate change, climate security and society, Asian Studies, governance, and policy studies

• Politics of Climate Change: Accords and Discord (Swaran Singh and Reena Marwah)

• Issues: ᇶ

All Ships Are Not Raised: The Politics of Climate Disasters in the Anthropocene (Saurabh Thakur) ᇶ Climatic Politics of Non-state Actors in the Post-pandemic Era: Insights from Eco-cinema of the Global South (Anand Sreekumar) ᇶ

Climate Change as a New Area of Sino — Quad Competition: Pacific Islands Perspectives (Artyom A Garin)

Political Economy of River Ecocide in Bangladesh: A Study in the Context of Dhaleshwari River (Rabby Us Suny, Oliver Tirtho Sarkar, and Md Abid Hasan)

Challenges of Space Debris and Space Drag: Building an International Climate Change Regime (Swasti Rao & Kunwar Alkendra Pratap Singh)

• Institutions and Initiatives: ᇶ Climate Action by the European Union: Making the European Green Deal a Reality (Kakoli Sengupta) ᇶ International Solar Alliance: Testing a New Framework to Approach Energy Shortage (Claudia Astarita and Julius Hulshof )

Multilateralism Efforts in Asia: What’s the Way Forward? (Prathit Singh, Namit Mahajan, Ritvick Khanna)

• Climate Change Narratives with a Focus on India: ᇶ International Climate Governance: Indian Perspectives (Chaitra C ) ᇶ Policies as Instruments in Promoting Sustainable Development: Limiting the Climate Change Issues in India (Sheeraz Ahmad Alaie) ᇶ The Impact of Fridays for Future Movement in Indian Politics (Sonia Roy) ᇶ Emerging Indian Partnerships in Climate Change with Special Reference to Covid-19 Era ( Aditi Basu)

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Singapore Ageing Issues and Challenges Ahead

S Vasoo

National University of Singapore, Singapore Bilveer Singh National University of Singapore, Singapore

Key Features

Srinivasan Chokkanathan

National University of Singapore, Singapore

• Caters to the rising interest on the issues of ageing in Singapore, in light of the nation’s greying population

• Raises the socio-economic implications arising from an ageing demography

• Addresses the more complex viewpoints and articulation by seniors and other interest groups for social and healthcare services

• Contributed by experienced professionals dealing with ageing issues

Description

Ageing is a part of life that all Singaporeans must face and, in fact, all families will have their next of kins undergoing that life stage. Singapore Ageing assembles a team of researchers, administrators, practitioners, advocates and academics from varied social service and care sectors, to share their thoughts, concerns and future challenges faced by an ageing Singapore in different arenas.

With the Singapore demography showing a greying trend, it is increasingly vital for the government and the social, health and economic sectors to meet the needs of an ageing nation. The appropriate services and support have to be in place to respond to the issues faced by seniors. This edited volume serves as a useful resource for those who are working or researching in the field of ageing.

Editors

Editor, Dr S Vasoo is Emeritus Professor of National University of Singapore. He obtained his Doctorate and Master of Social Work from the University of Hong Kong and holds a Diploma in Social Studies with distinction from the University of Singapore. He authored several monographs on social issues and has published various articles both internationally and locally. He was awarded the Honorary Life Member of the Singapore Association of Social Workers for his outstanding contributions to social work in Singapore. He was the Member of Parliament from 1984 to 2001 and served as Chairman of Government Parliamentary Committee for Community Development. He is Advisor to a number of voluntary welfare organisations in Singapore and actively involved in community development work and activities.

Co-Editor, Associate Professor Bilveer Singh who teaches and is Deputy Head in the Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Centre of Excellence for National Security, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, presents chapter 2 on Singapore and the Politics of Ageing: An Overview.

Co-Editor, Associate Professor Srinivasan Chokkanathan is currently undertaking research work in elderly welfare, elder abuse and management, service delivery and policy issues for care of elderly. Dr Srinivasan graduated with PhD from National University of Singapore and completed his postgraduate MPhil study in Psychiatric Social Work from National Indian Institute of Mental Health.

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Extent: 350pp

Type: Review Volume

Main Subject: Social Sciences

Sub-Subjects: Social Issues; Human Security; Political Science; Policy Studies; Public Policy; Singapore Collection; Asian Politics; Society; Southeast Asia

Keywords: Singapore Ageing; Population Ageing; Ageing Issues; Ageing Heathcare; Critical Care; Aged Policies; Elderly Care

Readership: Undergraduates and researchers studying ageing issues and those working in social service, healthcare and community development sectors

• Social and Healthcare Issues of Singapore Ageing: Some Implications and Challenges (S Vasoo)

• Singapore and the Politics of Ageing: An Overview (Bilveer Singh)

• Family Policies, Family Relationships and Older Adults (Kalyani K Metha)

• Organisation and Delivery of Long-term Care in Singapore: Present Issues and Future Challenges (Kalyani K Metha and S Vasoo)

• Building Social Network for Older Adults: A Nation-wide Initiative by the Singapore Silver Generation Office (Corrine Ghoh and Andrew Sim)

• Issues and Challenges of Digitisation in Ageing Singapore (Tan Tai Kiat)

• Reaching Out to Elderly Living Alone: Tightening the Nodes (R Jai Prakash)

• Information Technology’s Role in Ageing and Community Service ( Jedi Pan Zhengxiang)

• Productive Ageing: Examining Conceptual and Empirical Issues (Peter Sun and Nancy Morrow-Howell )

• Data Management and Analysis in the Social Service Sectors (Leong Chang Hoon and Angelica Ang Ting Yi)

• Ageing in Singapore and the Asian Context (Srinivasan Chokkanathan)

• Every End Requires a Planning: End of Life Issues Among Older Adults (Lee Geok Ling and Chee Wai Yee)

• Conclusion (S Vasoo and Bilveer Singh)

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Cyber Laundering

International Policies and Practices

Nathalie Rébé

Key Features

• This book is a compilation of articles from worldwide academics and professionals specializing in IT and Law as well as Financial crimes

Description

This book illustrates current cyber laundering practices and the underlying risks associated with them, such as cross-border crimes and terrorism financing. Despite the existence of international regulations and strong worldwide cooperation, countermeasures and international response efforts are often hindered by enforcement and jurisdictional issues, as well as online asset recovery complexity.

This work investigates the blockages to the accomplishment of cyber laundering regulation and enforcement at the international level. It provides strong legal recommendations for fostering the construction of more efficient means of implementation.

Editor

Dr Nathalie Rébé holds a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from Paris School of Business, and a Doctorate in Juridical Science (JSD) on Financial Crimes from Thomas Jefferson School of Law (USA). She has participated in various international conferences as an academic author, and taught both International Criminal Law, and Business Administration university-level courses. With a postgraduate Diploma in Cyber Law from the University of Montpellier, Dr Rébé’s research and publications focus on New Technologies, Security, Privacy, and Regulatory Matters.

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Extent: 278pp

Type: Review Volume

Main Subject: Social Sciences

Sub-Subjects: Social Issues; Human Security; Digital Security; General Economics; International Finance

Keywords: Money Laundering; Cyber Laundering; Virtual Currencies; Virtual Asset; Bitcoin; DeFI; Online Casinos; Dark Web; Gaming; Terrorism; Asset Recovery; Jurisdiction; Regulations; Cooperation; Enforcement; Gambling; Artificial Intelligence; New Technologies; Internet; Cyber; Crime; Data

Readership: Intended for Finance, IT and Law postgraduate students. Also useful for researchers, lawyers and policymakers

•

• Editorial Note

• Introduction (Nathalie Rébé)

• Virtual Laundering Practices: ᇶ Turning Cash to Cryptocurrency (Eric Fulton) ᇶ Combating Blockchain-Enabled Crime (Mansoor Ahmed-Rengers) ᇶ Online Casinos: Artificial Intelligence and Money Laundering (Fausto Martin De Sanctis)

Not A Game: The Need to Harmonize a Global Regulatory Approach to Combat Money Laundering via Virtual Assets in Massively Multiplayer Online games (Mikhail Reider-Gordon)

Malicious Financial Activities in the Dark web — the Extent of the Information and the Knowledge (Tal Pavel) ᇶ Cyber Terrorism and Organized Crime (Georg Thomas)

• Countermeasures and International Response: ᇶ Evolution of Legal and Regulatory Responses to Money-laundering Risks Related to VAs: EU and USA Examples (Tanya Gibbs) ᇶ

Worldwide Cooperation and Enforcement Issues (Benjamin Musau) ᇶ Anti-Cyberlaundering: The Inclusion of Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) ( Jennifer Palpacuer, Benjamin Aouizerat) ᇶ Cryptocurrencies’ Asset Recovery: A Multidimensional Approach (Stavros Katsios & Ioannis Blatsos) ᇶ

Prosecuting Transnational Cybercrimes: From Territorial Sovereignty to New Jurisdictions, the Swiss Experience (Ludovic Tirell i)

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Towards a Sustainable Arctic

International Security, Climate Change and Green Shipping

Michael Goodsite University of Adelaide, Australia Niklas Swanström Institute for Security and Development Policy, Sweden

Key Features

• Global viewpoints

• The book is State-of-the art with the most recent analysis on shipping, security, and natural resources available with an interdisciplinary approach connecting economic, security, environment and engineering with a number of chapters including impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine to their subject matter

• The maps which depict various scenarios reflect state of the art research

• Contributors are well-established as well as newer scholars with respect to studies in the Arctic

• Unique maps and figures from the authors

Description

The Arctic is changing quickly: environmentally, economically, and politically, without sustainable political and military cooperation because of the conflicts of interest among the stakeholders. Russia, Canada, the United States, the Nordic states, and non-Arctic states such as China, Japan, and others see the economic benefits from the region but struggle with addressing the security challenges and the potential environmental impact of activities conducted there. This book provides a snapshot of the areas connecting transport, environmental security, resource development, and military security with contributions written in 2021 and others written after Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine.

Editors

Michael Goodsite is Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the inaugural Director of The Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources (ISER) at the University of Adelaide. He is a Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow at Institute for Security & Development Policy, where he led its Arctic-China research theme. He is an experienced expedition leader to the Arctic with circumpolar field experience. He directed the Nordic Centre of Excellence for Strategic Adaptation Research (NCoE NORD-STAR) and conducted environmental studies at Arctic bases. Formal qualifications include BScCE, MScEnvE, MBA, PhD FIEAust, CPEng (Civil; Environmental; Management &Leadership), EngExec, NER, APEC Engineer, IntPE(Aus), FIUPAC, MAusIMM, MAICD. Professor Goodsite is a former US and NATO military officer.

Niklas Swanström is Director of the Institute for Security and Development Policy, and one of its co-founders. He is a Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Senior Associate Fellow at the Italian Institute for International Political Studies and a guest lecturer at University of Pavia. His main areas of expertise are conflict prevention, conflict management and regional cooperation; Chinese foreign policy and security in Northeast Asia; The Korean Peninsula, the Belt and Road Initiative, traditional and non-traditional security threats and its effect on regional and national security as well as negotiations. His focus is mainly on Northeast Asia, Central Asia and Southeast Asia.

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Extent: 214pp

Type: Review Volume

Main Subject: Social Sciences

Sub-Subjects: International Relations; International Trade; Business; General; General Interest; Maritime Studies; Political Science; Policy Studies; Public Policy; Security Studies; Terrorism; Social Issues; Human Security

Keywords: Arctic; Shipping; Security; Sustainable Growth; Climate Change; Maritime Routes; Mining; Resource Development; Arms Race; Trade; Military Bases; Militarization; Minorities; Infrastructure; Search And Rescue; Maps; Melting of Ice; Receding Ice; Environmental Degradation; Environmental Adaptation; Climate Change Adaptation; Transport; IceBreakers; Competition; Research Cooperation; Stalemate; Politization; Polar Region; Geopolitical Tension; China; Russia; Nordic States; Arctic Council; US; NATO

Readership: Arctic scholars and scholars of regional security and climate change global policy. Also useful for Asian scholars interested in the Arctic

• Security Dynamics In, Through, and Over the Arctic “Region”

• Comprehensive Security’ — A Prerequisite for Sustainable Development

• Increased Maritime Routes in the Arctic and Their Security Impact

• Russia in the New Arctic

• Nordic States, Arctic Council and Asian Powers: Polar, Powers and Politics

• Arctic Shipping: Economic and Environmental Assessments

• Shipping in the Arctic — is Climate Change a Game Changer

• Benefits and Opportunities of Zero-Emission Shipping in the Arctic

• A Structured Analysis of Sustainability in Arctic Transport Studies

• Analysis of Supplier Development Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

• The Future of Shipping Minerals from the Arctic

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Regulating Cyber Technologies Privacy vs Security

Nathalie Rébé

Key Features

• This book is a compilation of articles from worldwide academics and professionals specializing in IT and Law as well as Financial crimes

Description

Regulating cyber matters is a complex task, as cyberspace is an intricate world full of new threats related to a person’s identity, finance, and private information. Algorithm manipulation, hate crimes, cyber-laundering, and data theft are strong menaces in the cyber-world. New technologies are generating both privacy and security issues involving anonymity, cross border transactions, virtual communications and assets, among others.

This book is a collection of works by experts on cyber matters and legal considerations that need addressing in a timely manner. It comprises cross-disciplinary knowledge that is pooled to this end. Risk mitigation tools, including cyber risk management, data protection regulations, as well as ethical practice guidelines are reviewed in detail.

The regulatory issues associated with new technologies along with emergent challenges in the field of cybersecurity that require improved regulatory frameworks are considered. We probe ethical, material, and enforcement threats, thus revealing the inadequacy of current legal practices. To address these shortcomings, we propose new regulatory privacy and security guidelines that can be implemented to deal with the new technologies and cyber matters.

Editor

Dr Nathalie Rébé holds a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from Paris School of Business, and a Doctorate in Juridical Science (JSD) on Financial Crimes from Thomas Jefferson School of Law (USA). She has participated in various international conferences as an academic author, and taught both International Criminal Law, and Business Administration university-level courses. With a postgraduate Diploma in Cyber Law from the University of Montpellier, Dr Rébé’s research and publications focus on New Technologies, Security, Privacy, and Regulatory Matters.

February 2023

Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Company Europe

Extent: 252pp

Type: Review Volume

£80 | HARDCOVER 978-1-80061-285-3 Main Subject: Social Sciences

Sub-Subjects: Social Issues; Human Security; Political Science; Policy Studies; Public Policy; Digital Security; International Finance

Keywords: New Technologies; Cyber; Privacy; Security; Regulation; Algorithm; Cyber-Laundering; Hate Crimes; Data Theft; Identity; Risk Management; Anonymity; Data Protection; Ethical Hacking Cybersecurity; Dark Web; Policy; COVID-19

Readership: Intended for postgraduate students in IT and Law. Also useful for academics, researchers and policymakers

• Abstract

• Editorial Note

• List of Contributors

• Acronyms

• List of Figures

• Introduction

• The Latest Challenges in the Cybersecurity Field (Ioan-Cosmin Mihai, Costel Ciuchi, Gabriel Petrică)

• Governance of Cyberspace- El Dorado of States and Private Actors (Dragos Nicolae Costescu)

• Defining Cyber Risk Management Objectives (Sérgio Nunes)

• Data Protection Concerns in Emerging Technologies ( Jorge Alan García Bazán)

• Biometric Technology and User Identity (Steven Furnell )

• National Cyber Policies Attitude towards Digital Privacy (Tal Pavel )

• Too Much Information: OSINT in Criminal Investigations and the Erosion of Privacy (Mikhail Reider-Gordon)

• The Balance of Opinion in Social Media Regulation — Regime Stability and Risk in Democratic and Non-democratic Nation States (Vignesh Ram)

• Children, Data Collection and Privacy — Is the Safeguarding Fallacy a Justification for Excessive Regulation and an Erosion of Human Rights? ( Andy Phippen)

• Privacy and Security of Health Data-What’s at Stake? (Elena Lazar)

• Hate Speech: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Europe (M Margaret McKeown, Dan Shefet)

• Cyber Risks, Dark Web and Money Laundering (Fausto Martin De Sanctis)

• Discussing Regulation for Ethical Hackers (Georg Thomas)

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