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Book 2017

Financial Accounting

Introduction to German GAAP with exercises

Robert Nothhelfer

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Every German student of business administration needs to have a basic understanding of accounting according to German GAAP, and thanks to globalization many courses about German accounting are nowadays held in English to improve the language skills of the students.

In addition many foreign subsidiaries of German companies have to prepare their part of consolidated financial statements according to German GAAP. So far, these professionals can rely on German literature only.

The first part of the book offers a compact introduction to financial statements according to German GAAP, the second part comprises exercises on individual topics with solutions and case studies for in-depth and effective learning.

This introduction provides ideal support for German-speaking students taking Englishspeaking lectures in the field and is furthermore valuable for professionals looking for explanations when preparing the data for consolidated financial statements.

Includes exercises and case studies for practice
Ideal textbook for students of German Universities attending English-speaking lectures in financial management
Ideal introduction for professionals with a succinct explanation and additional support with a glossary and vocabulary

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110521078
ISBN:: 9783110521078
ISBN:: 9783110521269
Subject:: Business and Economics
Subject:: Business Management
Subject:: Management Accounting, Financial Controlling, Cost Calculation, Investment
Subject:: Financial Reporting, Group Accounting, Accounting and Balancing
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2017

Volume 3 Image Understanding

Part of the multi-volume work Image Engineering

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This graduate textbook explains image reconstruction technologies based on region-based binocular and trinocular stereo vision, and object, pattern and relation matching. It further discusses principles and applications of multi-sensor fusion and content-based retrieval. Rich in examples and excises, the book concludes image engineering studies for electrical engineering and computer science students.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110524130
ISBN:: 9783110524130
ISBN:: 9783110520347
ISBN:: 9783110524239
Subject:: Computer Sciences
Subject:: Databases and Data Mining
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Electrical Engineering
Subject:: Signal Processing
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Volume 2 Image Analysis

Part of the multi-volume work Image Engineering

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This graduate textbook presents fundamentals, applications and evaluation of image segregation, unit description, feature measurement and pattern recognition. Analysis on textile, shape and motion are discussed and mathematical tools are employed extensively. Rich in examples and excises, it prepares electrical engineering and computer science students with knowledge and skills for further studies on image understanding.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110524123
ISBN:: 9783110524123
ISBN:: 9783110520330
ISBN:: 9783110524284
Subject:: Computer Sciences
Subject:: Databases and Data Mining
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Electrical Engineering
Subject:: Signal Processing
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Volume 1 Image Processing

Part of the multi-volume work Image Engineering

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This graduate textbook explains image geometry, and elaborates on image enhancement in spatial and frequency domain, unconstrained and constrained restoration and restoration from projection, and discusses various coding technologies such as predictive coding and transform coding. Rich in examples and exercises, it prepares electrical engineering and computer science students for further studies on image analysis and understanding.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110524116
ISBN:: 9783110524116
ISBN:: 9783110520323
ISBN:: 9783110524222
Subject:: Computer Sciences
Subject:: Databases and Data Mining
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Electrical Engineering
Subject:: Signal Processing
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Risk Management

Thomas Wolke

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This book is the English edition of the German third edition, which has proven to be a standard work on the subject of risk management. The English edition extends the scope of use to the English-language bachelor's and master's degree courses in economics and for potential use (especially as a reference work) in the professional practice of risk management. The subject of the book is company-wide risk management based on the Value at Risk concept. This includes quantitative and qualitative risk measurement, risk analysis based on the RoRaC and various management tools for risk control. Other topics covered are the peculiarities of the various risk types, e.g. risk management of the effects of climate change, the global financial crisis and risk reporting. The book is rounded off by a comprehensive case study, in which all aspects are summarized. The volume is thus an indispensable standard work for students and practitioners.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110440539
ISBN:: 9783110440539
ISBN:: 9783110432459
ISBN:: 9783110440522
Subject:: Business and Economics
Subject:: Business Management
Subject:: Management Accounting, Financial Controlling, Cost Calculation, Investment
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2021

Web Applications with Javascript or Java

Volume 2: Associations and Class Hierarchies

Gerd Wagner, Mircea Diaconescu

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Today, web applications are the most important type of software applications. This textbook shows how to design and implement them, using a model-based engineering approach that covers general information management concepts and techniques and the two most relevant technology platforms: JavaScript and Java. The book provides an in-depth tutorial for theory-underpinned and example-based learning by doing it yourself, supported by quiz questions and practice projects. Volume 1 provides an introduction to web technologies and model-based web application engineering, discussing the information management concepts of constraint-based data validation, enumerations and special datatypes. Volume 2 discusses the advanced information management concepts of associations and inheritance in class hierarchies.

Web apps are designed using UML class diagrams and implemented with two technologies: JavaScript for front-end (and distributed NodeJS) apps, and Java (with JPA and JSF) for back-end apps. The six example apps discussed in the book can be run, and their source code downloaded, from the book’s website.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110500325
ISBN:: 9783110500325
ISBN:: 9783110497564
ISBN:: 9783110500240
Subject:: Computer Sciences
Subject:: Information Technology
Subject:: Programming and Languages
Subject:: Computer Sciences and Media
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2016

Formulations

In Cosmetic and Personal Care

Tharwat F. Tadros

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Formulations starts with a general introduction, explaining interaction forces between particles and droplets, self-assembly systems, polymeric surfactants and nanoemulsions. The second part covers the industrial examples ranging from foams, soaps over to hair care, sunscreen and make-up products. Combines information needed by formulation chemists as well as researchers in the cosmetic industry due the increasing number of products.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110452389
ISBN:: 9783110452389
ISBN:: 9783110452365
ISBN:: 9783110452402
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Physical Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Substances and Products
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials Characterization and Properties
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Emulsions

Formation, Stability, Industrial Applications

Tharwat F. Tadros

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Chapter 1 General Introduction
Definition of emulsions and the role of the emulsifier. Classification based on the nature of the emulsifier. Classification based on the structure of the system. General instability problems with emulsions : creaming/sedimentation, flocculation, Ostwald ripening, coalescence and phase inversion. Importance of emulsions in various industrial applications.

Chapter 2 Thermodynamics of Emulsion Formation and Breakdown
Application of the second law of thermodynamics for emulsion formation : Balance of energy and entropy and non-spontaneous formation of emulsions. Breakdown of the emulsion by flocculation and coalescence in the absence of an emulsifier. Role of the emulsifier in preventing flocculation and coalescence by creating an energy barrier resulting from the repulsive energies between the droplets.

Chapter 3 Interaction Forces between Emulsion Droplets
Van der Waals attraction and its dependence on droplet size, Hamaker constant and separation distance between the droplets. Electrostatic repulsion resulting from the presence of electrical double layers and its dependence on surface (or zeta) potential and electrolyte concentration and valency. Combination of the van der Waals attraction with double layer repulsion and the theory of colloid stability. Steric repulsion resulting from the presence of adsorbed non-ionic surfactants and polymers. Combination of van der Waals attraction with steric repulsion and the theory of steric stabilisation.

Chapter 4 Adsorption of Surfactants at the Oil/Water Interface
Thermodynamic analysis of surfactant adsorption and the Gibbs adsorption isotherm. Calculation of the amount of surfactant adsorption and area per surfactant molecule at the interface. Experimental techniques for measuring the interfacial tension.

Chapter 5 Mechanism of Emulsification and the Role of the Emulsifier
Description of the factors responsible for droplet deformation and its break-up. Role of surfactant in preventing coalescence during emulsification. Definition of the Gibbs dilational elasticity and the Marangoni effect in preventing coalescence.

Chapter 6 Methods of Emulsification
Pipe flow, static mixers and high speed stirrers (rotor-stator mixer). Laminar and turbulent flow. Membrane emulsification. High pressure homogenisers and ultrasonic methods.

Chapter 7 Selection of Emulsifiers
The hydrophilic-lipophilic-balance (HLB) and its application in surfactant selection. Calculation of HLB numbers and the effect of the nature of the oil phase. The phase inversion temperature (PIT) method for emulsifier selection. The cohesive energy ratio method for emulsifier selection.

Chapter 8 Creaming/Sedimentation of Emulsions and its prevention
Driving force for creaming/sedimentation: effect of gravity, droplet size and density difference between the oil and continuous phase. Calculation of the rate of creaming/sedimentation in dilute emulsions. Influence of increase of the volume fraction of the disperse phase on the rate of creaming/sedimentation. Reduction of creaming/sedimentation: Balance of the density of the two phases, reduction of droplet size and effect of addition of ''thickeners'.

Chapter 9 Flocculation of Emulsions and its Prevention
Factors affecting flocculation. Calculation of fast and slow flocculation rate. Definition of stability ratio and its dependence on electrolyte concentration and valency. Definition of the critical coagulation concentration and its dependence on electrolyte valency. Reduction of flocculation by enhancing the repulsive forces.

Chapter 10 Ostwald Ripening and its Reduction
Factors responsible for Ostwald ripening : difference in solubility between small and large droplets and the Kelvin equation. Calculation of the rate of Ostwald ripening. Reduction of Ostwald ripening by incorporation of a small amount of highly insoluble oil. Reduction of Ostwald ripening by the use of strongly adsorbed polymeric surfactant and enhancement of the Gibbs elasticity.

Chapter 11 Emulsion Coalescence and its Prevention
Driving force for emulsion coalescence : Thinning and disruption of the liquid film between the droplets. The concept of disjoining pressure for prevention of coalescence. Methods for reduction or elimination of coalescence : Use of mixed surfactant films, use of lamellar liquid crystalline phases and use of polymeric surfactants.

Chapter 12 Phase Inversion and its Prevention
Distinction between catastrophic and transient phase inversion. Influence of the disperse volume fraction and surfactant HLB number. Explanation of the factors responsible for phase inversion.

Chapter 13 Characterisation of Emulsions
Measurement of droplet size distribution : Optical microscopy and image analysis. Phase contrast and polarising microscopyDiffraction methods. Confocal laser microscopy. Back scattering methods

Chapter 14 Industrial Application of Emulsions
14.1 Application in Pharmacy
14.2 Application in Cosmetics
14.3 Application in Agrochemicals
14.4 Application in Paints
14.5 Application in the Oil Industry

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110452242
ISBN:: 9783110452242
ISBN:: 9783110452174
ISBN:: 9783110452266
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Physical Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Detergenzien
Subject:: Medicine
Subject:: Clinical Medicine
Subject:: Pharmacology, Toxicology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Image Reconstruction

Applications in Medical Sciences

Gengsheng Lawrence Zeng

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This book introduces the classical and modern image reconstruction technologies. It covers topics in two-dimensional (2D) parallel-beam and fan-beam imaging, three-dimensional (3D) parallel ray, parallel plane, and cone-beam imaging. Both analytical and iterative methods are presented. The applications in X-ray CT, SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography), PET (positron emission tomography), and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) are discussed. Contemporary research results in exact region-of-interest (ROI) reconstruction with truncated projections, Katsevich’s cone-beam filtered backprojection algorithm, and reconstruction with highly under-sampled data are included.

The last chapter of the book is devoted to the techniques of using a fast analytical algorithm to reconstruct an image that is equivalent to an iterative reconstruction. These techniques are the author’s most recent research results.

This book is intended for students, engineers, and researchers who are interested in medical image reconstruction. Written in a non-mathematical way, this book provides an easy access to modern mathematical methods in medical imaging.

Table of Content:
Chapter 1 Basic Principles of Tomography
1.1 Tomography
1.2 Projection
1.3 Image Reconstruction
1.4 Backprojection
1.5 Mathematical Expressions
Problems
References
Chapter 2 Parallel-Beam Image Reconstruction
2.1 Fourier Transform
2.2 Central Slice Theorem
2.3 Reconstruction Algorithms
2.4 A Computer Simulation
2.5 ROI Reconstruction with Truncated Projections
2.6 Mathematical Expressions (The Fourier Transform and Convolution , The Hilbert Transform and the Finite Hilbert Transform , Proof of the Central Slice Theorem, Derivation of the Filtered Backprojection Algorithm , Expression of the Convolution Backprojection Algorithm, Expression of the Radon Inversion Formula ,Derivation of the Backprojection-then-Filtering Algorithm
Problems
References
Chapter 3 Fan-Beam Image Reconstruction
3.1 Fan-Beam Geometry and Point Spread Function
3.2 Parallel-Beam to Fan-Beam Algorithm Conversion
3.3 Short Scan
3.4 Mathematical Expressions (Derivation of a Filtered Backprojection Fan-Beam Algorithm, A Fan-Beam Algorithm Using the Derivative and the Hilbert Transform)
Problems
References
Chapter 4 Transmission and Emission Tomography
4.1 X-Ray Computed Tomography
4.2 Positron Emission Tomography and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
4.3 Attenuation Correction for Emission Tomography
4.4 Mathematical Expressions
Problems
References
Chapter 5 3D Image Reconstruction
5.1 Parallel Line-Integral Data
5.2 Parallel Plane-Integral Data
5.3 Cone-Beam Data (Feldkamp's Algorithm, Grangeat's Algorithm, Katsevich's Algorithm)
5.4 Mathematical Expressions (Backprojection-then-Filtering for Parallel Line-Integral Data, Filtered Backprojection Algorithm for Parallel Line-Integral Data, 3D Radon Inversion Formula, 3D Backprojection-then-Filtering Algorithm for Radon Data, Feldkamp's Algorithm, Tuy's Relationship, Grangeat's Relationship, Katsevich’s Algorithm)
Problems
References
Chapter 6 Iterative Reconstruction
6.1 Solving a System of Linear Equations
6.2 Algebraic Reconstruction Technique
6.3 Gradient Descent Algorithms
6.4 Maximum-Likelihood Expectation-Maximization Algorithms
6.5 Ordered-Subset Expectation-Maximization Algorithm
6.6 Noise Handling (Analytical Methods, Iterative Methods, Iterative Methods)
6.7 Noise Modeling as a Likelihood Function
6.8 Including Prior Knowledge
6.9 Mathematical Expressions (ART, Conjugate Gradient Algorithm, ML-EM, OS-EM, Green’s One-Step Late Algorithm, Matched and Unmatched Projector/Backprojector Pairs )
6.10 Reconstruction Using Highly Undersampled Data with l0 Minimization
Problems
References
Chapter 7 MRI Reconstruction
7.1 The 'M'
7.2 The 'R'
7.3 The 'I'; (To Obtain z-Information, x-Information, y-Information)
7.4 Mathematical Expressions
Problems
References
Indexing

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110500592
ISBN:: 9783110500592
ISBN:: 9783110498028
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Electrical Engineering
Subject:: Signal Processing
Subject:: Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
Subject:: Medical Imaging and Radiology
Subject:: Medicine
Subject:: Clinical Medicine
Subject:: Radiology
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Applied Mathematics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Forschungsmanagement

Ein praktischer Leitfaden

Lothar Behlau

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Today, research is no longer pushed ahead by lone inventive geniuses, but rather by a complex network of global players. Accordingly, it is essential for scientists and employees at research institutes, funding organizations, and government agencies to understand the structural idiosyncrasies of the science system. The practical guide offers an extensive survey of the field, revealing research management as a field of activity in its own right.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110517828
ISBN:: 9783110517828
ISBN:: 9783110517903
ISBN:: 9783110517811
Subject:: Business and Economics
Subject:: Business Management
Subject:: Management, Organization, Corporate Governance
Subject:: Key Competences in Scholarly Research
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2022

Medical Microbiology

Anil K. Sharma, Girish Kumar Gupta, Mukesh Yadav

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Medical Microbiology is an excellent and easy-to-use textbook which explains the roles of microorganisms in human health and illness. Written in a clear and engaging manner, the book provides an overview of pathogenic organisms, their diagnosis and treatment tools as well as the molecular mechanisms of hostpathogen interactions and antimicrobial drug resistance.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110517736
ISBN:: 9783110517736
ISBN:: 9783110517644
ISBN:: 9783110517743
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Biochemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
Subject:: Life Sciences
Subject:: Microbiology and Virology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Volume 1 Mechanics

Part of the multi-volume work Relativistic World

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In contrast to other introductions to special relativity, this one aims at a conceptually clear presentation of the theory. While not shying away from the proper mathematics, an emphasis is placed on an easy understanding of the underlying concepts, rather than technical calulcations only. With an entertaining writing style, comic-like illustrations and instructive problems, this textbook makes the entry to special relativity a lot easier.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110515886
ISBN:: 9783110515886
ISBN:: 9783110516005
ISBN:: 9783110515879
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
Subject:: Relativity and Gravitational Physics
Subject:: Electromagnetism, Optics and Photonics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Social Decentering

A Theory of Other-Orientation Encompassing Empathy and Perspective-Taking

Mark V. Redmond

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Social decentering theory was developed in response to the confusion created by the use of the term empathy and to a lesser extent, perspective-taking, to reflect a wide and varied set of human cognitive processes and behaviors. Theory of Social Decentering: A Theory of Other-Orientation Encompassing Empathy and Perspective-Taking, presents an innovative approach to the social cognitive process by which humans take into consideration the thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and dispositions of other people. The multidimensional theory and measure of social decentering represents a unifying theory that identifies and incorporates key elements imbedded in other-oriented terms.

The first chapters present the theory and development of a measure of social decentering in a complete and detailed manner examining the important role that social decentering plays in human communication.

The remaining chapters of the book examine the role that social decentering, empathy, and perspective-taking play in the development and management of interpersonal relationships, in marital relationships, in teams and group interactions, and in the workplace.

The final chapter examines the negative consequences to individuals, decisions, and relationships potentially created by engaging in social decentering.

The appendices include copies of the measure of social decentering and the measure of relationship-specific social decentering.

The book is of interest for graduates in communication studies, psychology, and sociology, and valuable for communication and social psychology scholars interested in empathy or perspective taking.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110515664
ISBN:: 9783110515664
ISBN:: 9783110515800
ISBN:: 9783110515657
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Sociology
Subject:: Social Structures, Social Interaction, Population, Social Anthropology
Subject:: Communication Science
Subject:: Communication Theory
Subject:: Interpersonal Communication
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2017

Algebra and Number Theory

A Selection of Highlights

Benjamin Fine, Anthony Gaglione, Anja Moldenhauer, Gerhard Rosenberger, Dennis Spellman

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This two-volume set collects and presents some fundamentals of mathematics in an entertaining and performing manner. The present volume examines many of the most important basic results in algebra and number theory, along with their proofs, and also their history.

Contents
The natural, integral and rational numbers
Division and factorization in the integers
Modular arithmetic
Exceptional numbers
Pythagorean triples and sums of squares
Polynomials and unique factorization
Field extensions and splitting fields
Permutations and symmetric polynomials
Real numbers
The complex numbers, the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra and polynomial equations
Quadratic number fields and Pell’s equation
Transcendental numbers and the numbers e and π
Compass and straightedge constructions and the classical problems
Euclidean vector spaces

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110516142
ISBN:: 9783110516142
ISBN:: 9783110516265
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Algebra and Number Theory
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Computational Physics

With Worked Out Examples in FORTRAN and MATLAB

Michael Bestehorn

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Drawing on examples from various areas of physics, this textbook introduces the reader to computer-based physics using Fortran® and Matlab®. It elucidates a broad palette of topics, including fundamental phenomena in classical and quantum mechanics, hydrodynamics and dynamical systems, as well as effects in field theories and macroscopic pattern formation described by (nonlinear) partial differential equations. A chapter on Monte Carlo methods is devoted to problems typically occurring in statistical physics.

Contents
Introduction
Nonlinear maps
Dynamical systems
Ordinary differential equations I
Ordinary differential equations II
Partial differential equations I, basics
Partial differential equations II, applications
Monte Carlo methods (MC)
Matrices and systems of linear equations
Program library
Solutions of the problems
README and a short guide to FE-tools

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110515145
ISBN:: 9783110515145
ISBN:: 9783110515213
ISBN:: 9783110515138
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
Subject:: Electromagnetism, Optics and Photonics
Subject:: Computational Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Biography in Theory

Key Texts with Commentaries

Wilhelm Hemecker, Edward Saunders

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This textbook is an anthology of significant theoretical discussions of biography as a genre and as a literary-historical practice. Covering the 18th to the 21st centuries, the reader includes programmatic texts by authors such as Herder, Carlyle, Dilthey, Proust, Freud, Kracauer, Woolf and Bourdieu. Each text is accompanied by a commentary placing its contribution in critical context.

Ideal for use in undergraduate seminars, this reader may also be of interest for academic researchers in the areas of literary studies and history aiming to get an overview of historical questions in biographical theory.

This revised and updated English language edition also includes new translations of texts by J. G. Herder and Stefan Zweig, as well as an introductory discussion on the possibility of a ‘theory of biography’.

Note: Due to copyright reasons, the chapter "Sade, Fourier, Loyola [Extract] (1971)" (pp. 175–177) by Roland Barthes could not be included in the ebook.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110516678
ISBN:: 9783110516678
ISBN:: 9783110501612
ISBN:: 9783110516692
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Topics in Cultural Studies
Subject:: Other Topics
Subject:: History
Subject:: Theories, Methods, and Auxiliary Sciences
Subject:: Theory
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Genres and Media
Subject:: Biography and Autobiography
Subject:: Literary Theory
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Elemental Analysis

An Introduction to Modern Spectrometric Techniques

Gerhard Schlemmer, Lieve Balcaen, José Luis Todolí, Michael W. Hinds

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Elemental Analysis is an excellent guide introducing cutting-edge methods for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of elements. Each chapter of the book gives an overview of a certain technique, such as AAS, AFS, ICP-OES, MIP-OES, ICP-MS and XRF. Readers will benefit from a balanced combination of theoretical basics, operational principles of instruments and their practical applications.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110501087
ISBN:: 9783110501087
ISBN:: 9783110498325
ISBN:: 9783110501070
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Spectroscopy
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Analytical Chemistry
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials Characterization and Properties
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Spectroscopy and Metrology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Supercritical Fluid Chromatography

Volume 1

Gérard Rossé

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Supercritical Fluid Chromatography (SFC) provides a timely overview of SFC application areas which were unimaginable just a decade ago. This two-volume series opens with an overview of the history and expectant future of SFC and continues with recent applications in the pharmaceutical industry and other fascinating areas of science. SFC has found its place in the pharmaceutical industry with an increasing body of applications for chiral and achiral molecules in both the research and development phases of the drug discovery process. As illustrated in this two-volume series, the current interest in SFC extends well beyond the pharmaceutical industry. Chapters encompassing applications for polar and non-polar mixtures of importance are covering widely disparate areas in substance abuse, natural products including cannabinoids, bioactive lipids, flavor and fragrance. With its broad balance and coverage, this two-volume book constitutes a unique educational platform to students and scientists for many years to come. The major objective of this book editions is to inspire and stimulate readers to continue exploring the possibilities of exploiting supercritical fluids as a particular media for analysis, purifications and synthesis

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110500776
ISBN:: 9783110500776
ISBN:: 9783110500752
ISBN:: 9783110498127
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Organic Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Green and Sustainable Technology
Subject:: Environmental Chemistry
Subject:: Analytical Chemistry
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Optical Electronics

An Introduction

Jixiang Yan, Tsinghua University Press

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This book discusses light transmission and extends to more applied fields of laser and laser technology, photoelectric detection and devices, photoelectric imaging and systems with explainations on theories and engineering applications. Addressing the intersection between optics and electrical engineering, the textbook prepares graduate students to photoelectronics and can also be used as reference for engineers.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110500608
ISBN:: 9783110500608
ISBN:: 9783110500493
ISBN:: 9783110498004
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Electrical Engineering
Subject:: Electronics
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Electromagnetism, Optics and Photonics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Web Applications with Javascript or Java

Volume 1: Constraint Validation, Enumerations, Special Datatypes

Gerd Wagner, Mircea Diaconescu

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Gerd Wagner

is Professor of Internet Technology at Brandenburg University of Technology, Germany, and Adjunct Associate Professor at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA. He works in the areas of web engineering and modeling and simulation.

Mircea Diaconescu

is a Software Architect and Technical Team Leader at Entri GmbH, Berlin. He enjoys to work with the newest web technologies and to build Web of Things projects. Java, JavaScript/NodeJS and C# are his favorite programming languages.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110499957
ISBN:: 9783110499957
ISBN:: 9783110499933
ISBN:: 9783110497243
Subject:: Computer Sciences
Subject:: Information Technology
Subject:: Programming and Languages
Subject:: Computer Sciences and Media
Subject:: Business Computing
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2020

Bioorganometallic Chemistry

Wolfgang Weigand, Ulf-Peter Apfel

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Bioorganometallic Chemistry is an excellent introduction to this transdisciplinary field which is straddled with biochemistry, medicine and organometallic chemistry. The book is a comprehensive review on the latest advances of this rapidly growing area, as well as historical background and future trends, revealing a tremendous potential of bioorganometallic compounds as novel drug candidates and diagnostic tools.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110496574
ISBN:: 9783110496574
ISBN:: 9783110493979
ISBN:: 9783110496505
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Biochemistry
Subject:: Organic Chemistry
Subject:: Macromolecular Chemistry
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Biomaterials and Natural Materials
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Computational Methods for Data Analysis

Yeliz Karaca, Carlo Cattani

In the series De Gruyter STEM

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This graduate text covers a variety of mathematical and statistical tools for the analysis of big data coming from biology, medicine and economics. Neural networks, Markov chains, tools from statistical physics and wavelet analysis are used to develop efficient computational algorithms, which are then used for the processing of real-life data using Matlab.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110496369
ISBN:: 9783110496369
ISBN:: 9783110493603
ISBN:: 9783110496352
Subject:: Computer Sciences
Subject:: Databases and Data Mining
Subject:: Computer Sciences and Media
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Probability and Statistics
Subject:: Applied Mathematics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Industrial Organic Chemistry

Mark Anthony Benvenuto

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Industrial Organic Chemistry examines all major industrial manufacturing technologies and reaction types with a focus on organic chemistry in general and petroleum refining in particular. The author takes a systematic approach to introducing the most important classes of organic compounds, from the C1 fraction through to polyaromatics and polymers.

The author introduces biological sources for key compounds such as fuel and plastics and compares these bio-based organic materials to the corresponding petroleum-based chemicals.

In addition to the chemistry behind processes in the petroleum, pharma, food and agrochemical industries, this book also discusses related topics such as process selectivity, waste management, and product purification.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110494471
ISBN:: 9783110494471
ISBN:: 9783110491715
ISBN:: 9783110494464
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Organic Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Environmental Chemistry
Subject:: Substances and Products
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Microfluidics

Theory and Practice for Beginners

Sebastian Seiffert, Julian Thiele

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Microfluidics introduces the theory and practice of fluid flow on small scales. The exquisite control of such flow at low Reynolds numbers allows liquids to be processed in either a well-defined co-flow or a well-defined segmented-flow fashion. Both lays a ground for high-throughput analytics and advanced materials design. With that, this book is ideal for research scientists and Ph.D. students in the fields of chemistry, chemical engineering, biotechnology, and materials science.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110487701
ISBN:: 9783110487701
ISBN:: 9783110487770
ISBN:: 9783110487848
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Physical Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Biochemical Engineering
Subject:: Biotechnology
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Polymeric Surfactants

Dispersion Stability and Industrial Applications

Tharwat F. Tadros

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Polymeric Surfactants covers the structure and stability origins of these highly useful surfactants. Adsorption and solution properties in emulsions are discussed based on their underlying thermodynamics and kinetics. Research scientists and Ph.D. students investigating chemistry, chemical engineering and colloidal science will benefit from this text on polymeric surfactants and their value in preparation and stabilization of disperse systems.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110487282
ISBN:: 9783110487282
ISBN:: 9783110487220
ISBN:: 9783110487527
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Detergenzien
Subject:: Polymer Science and Technology
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Polymers
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Suspension Concentrates

Preparation, Stability and Industrial Applications

Tharwat F. Tadros

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Suspension Concentrates is a survey into the theory of the formulation and stabilization of suspensions, elaborating on the breaking of aggregates and agglomerates and the role of dispersing agents on flocculation and electrostatic and steric stabilization. Practical analysis by rheology is discussed. Suspension Concentrates is ideal for research scientists and Ph.D. students investigating chemistry, chemical engineering and colloidal science.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110486872
ISBN:: 9783110486872
ISBN:: 9783110486957
ISBN:: 9783110486780
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Detergenzien
Subject:: Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Polymers
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Inorganic Pigments

Gerhard Pfaff

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The book provides a complete overview on inorganic pigments and their use in dye industry. Each chapter introduces a certain class of pigment in respect of fundamentals, manufacture, properties and toxicology and thus being very valuable for paint chemists and materials specialists. The readers will benefit from a concise and well-structured text, numerous examples and a set of test questions in the end of each chapter.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110484519
ISBN:: 9783110484519
ISBN:: 9783110484557
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Paints, Pigments, Coatings and Dyes
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials Sciences, other
Subject:: Electronic and Optical Materials
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2020

Electrochemical Energy Storage

Physics and Chemistry of Batteries

Reinhart Job

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Starting from physical and electrochemical foundations, this textbook explains working principles of energy storage devices. After a history of galvanic cells, different types of primary, secondary and flow cells as well as fuel cells and supercapacitors are covered. An emphasis lies on the general setup and mechanisms behind those devices to enable easy understanding for students from all technical and natural science disciplines.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110484427
ISBN:: 9783110484427
ISBN:: 9783110484540
ISBN:: 9783110484373
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Electrochemistry
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Electrical Engineering
Subject:: Energy Engineering
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials for Energy
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Technical and Applied Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Microwave Chemistry

Giancarlo Cravotto, Diego Carnaroglio, Pedro Cintas, Paolo Veronesi, Cristina Leonelli, György Keglevich, Zoltán Mucsi, Marilena Radoiu, Antonio de la Hoz, Pilar Prieto, Yuji Wada, Dai Mochizuki, Taishi Ano, Masato M. Maitani, Shuntaro Tsubaki, Naoto Haneishi, Satoshi Horikoshi, Nick Serpone, Frédéric Delbecq, Rafael Luque, Christophe Len, Angél Díaz-Ortiz, Abhishek Sharma, Erick van der Eycken, Jacek Wojnarowicz, Tadeusz Chudoba, Andrzej Majcher, Witold Łojkowski, Rodrigo González-Prieto, Santiago Herrero, Reyes Jiménez-Aparicio, Emilio Morán, Jésus Prado-Gonjal, José Luis Priego-Bermejo, Rainer Schmidt, Dariusz Bogdal, Sandrine Perino, Emmanuel Petitcolas, Farid Chemat, Cláudia Passos, Manuel Coimbra, Simona Collina, Serena Della Volpe, Karin Engen, Jonas Sävmarker, Luke Odell, Mats Larhed, Silvia Tabasso, Zhilin Wu, María del Mar Delgado Povedano, María D. Luque de Castro, Cezar Augusto Bizzi, Érico M. M. Flores, Márcia Foster Mesko, Juliano S. Barin, Fabio A. Duarte, Paola de Azevedo Mello, Éder L. de Moraes Flores, Richard Morrison

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Microwave Chemistry has changed the way to work in chemical laboratories and is an established state-of-the-art technology to accelarate and enhance chemical processes. This book not only gives an overview of the technology, its historical development and theoretical background, but also presents its exceptionally broad spectrum of applications. Microwave Chemistry enables graduate students and scientist to learn and apply its methods successfully.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110479935
ISBN:: 9783110479935
ISBN:: 9783110480023
ISBN:: 9783110479928
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Organic Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Green Chemistry and Technologies

Long Zhang, Changsheng Gong, Dai Bin, Huazhong University of Science and

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The book gives a systematic introduction to green chemistry principles and technologies in inorganic and organic chemistry, polymer sciences and pharmaceutical industry. It also discusses the use of biomass and marine resources for synthesis as well as renewable energy utilization and the concepts and evaluation of recycling economy and eco-industrial parks.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110479317
ISBN:: 9783110479317
ISBN:: 9783110478617
ISBN:: 9783110479782
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Sustainable and Green Chemistry
Subject:: Catalysis
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Weak Convergence of Stochastic Processes

With Applications to Statistical Limit Theorems

Vidyadhar S. Mandrekar

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The purpose of this book is to present results on the subject of weak convergence in function spaces to study invariance principles in statistical applications to dependent random variables, U-statistics, censor data analysis. Different techniques, formerly available only in a broad range of literature, are for the first time presented here in a self-contained fashion.

Contents:
Weak convergence of stochastic processes
Weak convergence in metric spaces
Weak convergence on C[0, 1] and D[0,∞)
Central limit theorem for semi-martingales and applications
Central limit theorems for dependent random variables
Empirical process
Bibliography

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110476316
ISBN:: 9783110476316
ISBN:: 9783110475425
ISBN:: 9783110475456
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Probability and Statistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Chemical Product Technology

Dmitry Yu. Murzin

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Chemical Product Technology focuses on materials chemistry and introduces industrial manufacturing technologies for different product types. The author presents a full cycle of product development for the materials that are used in everyday live, such as cosmetics, dyes, drugs, papers, textiles, agrochemicals, etc., starting from product selection and up to setup of manufacturing process.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110475524
ISBN:: 9783110475524
ISBN:: 9783110475654
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Chemistry, other
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials Processing
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Scientific Leadership

J. W. (Hans) Niemantsverdriet, Jan-Karel Felderhof

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Modern Science is teamwork. But how can young academics go from being a productive member of a scientific team to leading their own? Entry level positions for PhDs in Science often require the infamous "people skills". The authors aim to equip young academics with the right ideas and strategies for their scientific leadership development. Become a successful leader not with tricks, but with an inspiring and straightforward vision and mission, the correct mindset, and effective teamwork.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110468892
ISBN:: 9783110468892
ISBN:: 9783110469219
ISBN:: 9783110468885
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Chemistry, other
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry, other
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials Sciences, other
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Physics, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Environmental Engineering

Basic Principles

Vesna Tomašić, Bruno Zelić, Anita Šalić, Ivančica Ternjej, Zlatko Mihaljević, Tomislav Bolanča, Šime Ukić, Mirjana Novak Stankov, Felicita Briški, Marija Vuković Domanovac, Zoran Nakić, Marta Mileusnić, Krešimir Pavlić, Zoran Kovač, Aleksandra Sander, Jasna Prlić Kardum, Gordana Matijašić, Krunoslav Žižek, Karolina Maduna, Danijela Ašperger, Davor Dolar, Krešimir Košutić, Hrvoje Kušić, Ana Lončarić Božić, Ivica Kisić, Željka Zgorelec, Aleksandra Percin, Ana Jurinjak Tušek

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Environmental Engineering provides a profound introduction to Ecology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Geology and Hydrology engineering. The authors explain transport phenomena, air pollution control, waste water management and soil treatment to address the issue of energy preservation, production asset and control of waste from human and animal activities. Modeling of environmental processes and risk assessment conclude the interdisciplinary approach.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110468038
ISBN:: 9783110468038
ISBN:: 9783110468014
ISBN:: 9783110468076
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Sustainable and Green Chemistry
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Process Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Green and Sustainable Technology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Product and Process Design

Driving Innovation

Jan Harmsen, André B. de Haan, Pieter L. J. Swinkels, Johan Grievink, Ido Pat-El, Jos van Reisen

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Product and Process Design: Driving Innovation is a comprehensive textbook for students and industrial professionals. It treats the combined design of innovative products and their innovative manufacturing processes, providing specific methods for BSc, MSc, PDEng and PhD courses. Students, industrial innovators and managers are guided through all design steps in all innovation stages (discovery, concept, feasibility, development, detailed engineering, and implementation) to successfully obtain novel products and their novel processes.

The authors’ decades of innovation experience in industry, as well as in teaching BSc, MSc, and post-academic product and process design courses, thereby including the latest design publications, culminate in this book.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110467741
ISBN:: 9783110467741
ISBN:: 9783110467727
ISBN:: 9783110467758
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Plant Design
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Probability Theory

A First Course in Probability Theory and Statistics

Werner Linde

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This book is intended as an introduction to Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics for students in mathematics, the physical sciences, engineering, and related fields. It is based on the author’s 25 years of experience teaching probability and is squarely aimed at helping students overcome common difficulties in learning the subject. The focus of the book is an explanation of the theory, mainly by the use of many examples. Whenever possible, proofs of stated results are provided. All sections conclude with a short list of problems. The book also includes several optional sections on more advanced topics. This textbook would be ideal for use in a first course in Probability Theory.

Contents:
Probabilities
Conditional Probabilities and Independence
Random Variables and Their Distribution
Operations on Random Variables
Expected Value, Variance, and Covariance
Normally Distributed Random Vectors
Limit Theorems
Mathematical Statistics
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110466195
ISBN:: 9783110466195
ISBN:: 9783110466256
ISBN:: 9783110466171
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Probability and Statistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Process Synthesis and Process Intensification

Methodological Approaches

Ben-Guang Rong, Adriana Freites Aguilera, Ville Alopaeus, Lars Porskjær Christensen, Gabriel Contreras-Zarazúa, Massimiliano Errico, Xu Feng, Fernando Israel Gómez-Castro, Claudia Gutiérrez Antonio, Victor Sifontes Herrera, Anton A. Kiss, Sébastien Leveneur, Chandrakant R. Malwade, Saeed Mardani, Haiyan Qu, Tapio Salmi, Juan Gabriel Segovia-Hernández, Pasi Tolvanen, Carlo Edgar Torres Ortega, Jean-Noel Tourvielle, Petri Uusi-Kyyny, José Antonio Vázquez-Castillo, Yufei Wang

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Process synthesis and process intensification are becoming state-of-the-art scientific fields that provide the methods and tools to improve process technologies in terms of high energy efficiency, low capital investment, low emissions, improved safety, and less hazardous byproducts to achieve sustainable products and processes. The book covers manufacturing processes from both fossil- and biomass-based feedstocks for graduate students.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110465068
ISBN:: 9783110465068
ISBN:: 9783110465150
ISBN:: 9783110465051
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Green and Sustainable Technology
Subject:: Process Intensification
Subject:: Life Sciences
Subject:: Biotechnology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Chemical Complexity via Simple Models

MODELICS

Valeriy I. Bykov, Svetlana B. Tsybenova, Gregory Yablonsky

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This book is focused on mathematical modelling of chemical kinetics. The authors present the classification of basic models of chemical kinetics, thermokinetics and macrokinetics, as well as their application for the most important chemical transformations, such as combustion and catalysis. Readers will find a detailed description and analysis of different mathematical instruments which can be applied for simulation of reaction dynamics.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110464948
ISBN:: 9783110464948
ISBN:: 9783110464917
ISBN:: 9783110465143
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Theoretical and Quantum Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Stochastic Finance

An Introduction in Discrete Time

Hans Föllmer, Alexander Schied

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This book is an introduction to financial mathematics. It is intended for graduate students in mathematics and for researchers working in academia and industry.
The focus on stochastic models in discrete time has two immediate benefits. First, the probabilistic machinery is simpler, and one can discuss right away some of the key problems in the theory of pricing and hedging of financial derivatives. Second, the paradigm of a complete financial market, where all derivatives admit a perfect hedge, becomes the exception rather than the rule. Thus, the need to confront the intrinsic risks arising from market incomleteness appears at a very early stage.
The first part of the book contains a study of a simple one-period model, which also serves as a building block for later developments. Topics include the characterization of arbitrage-free markets, preferences on asset profiles, an introduction to equilibrium analysis, and monetary measures of financial risk.
In the second part, the idea of dynamic hedging of contingent claims is developed in a multiperiod framework. Topics include martingale measures, pricing formulas for derivatives, American options, superhedging, and hedging strategies with minimal shortfall risk.
This fourth, newly revised edition contains more than one hundred exercises. It also includes material on risk measures and the related issue of model uncertainty, in particular a chapter on dynamic risk measures and sections on robust utility maximization and on efficient hedging with convex risk measures.

Contents:
Part I: Mathematical finance in one period
Arbitrage theory
Preferences
Optimality and equilibrium
Monetary measures of risk
Part II: Dynamic hedging
Dynamic arbitrage theory
American contingent claims
Superhedging
Efficient hedging
Hedging under constraints
Minimizing the hedging error
Dynamic risk measures

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110463453
ISBN:: 9783110463453
ISBN:: 9783110463446
ISBN:: 9783110463460
Subject:: Business and Economics
Subject:: Mathematics and Statistics for Economists
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Probability and Statistics
Subject:: Applied Mathematics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Signal Processing and Data Analysis

Tianshuang Qiu, Ying Guo, Tsinghua University Press

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This book presents digital signal processing theories and methods and their applications in data analysis, error analysis and statistical signal processing. Algorithms and Matlab programming are included to guide readers step by step in dealing with practical difficulties. Designed in a self-contained way, the book is suitable for graduate students in electrical engineering, information science and engineering in general.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110465082
ISBN:: 9783110465082
ISBN:: 9783110461589
ISBN:: 9783110465136
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Electrical Engineering
Subject:: Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering
Subject:: Signal Processing
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Convex and Set-Valued Analysis

Selected Topics

Aram V. Arutyunov, Valeri Obukhovskii

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This textbook is devoted to a compressed and self-contained exposition of two important parts of contemporary mathematics: convex and set-valued analysis. In the first part, properties of convex sets, the theory of separation, convex functions and their differentiability, properties of convex cones in finite- and infinite-dimensional spaces are discussed. The second part covers some important parts of set-valued analysis. There the properties of the Hausdorff metric and various continuity concepts of set-valued maps are considered. The great attention is paid also to measurable set-valued functions, continuous, Lipschitz and some special types of selections, fixed point and coincidence theorems, covering set-valued maps, topological degree theory and differential inclusions.

Contents:
Preface
Part I: Convex analysis
Convex sets and their properties
The convex hull of a set. The interior of convex sets
The affine hull of sets. The relative interior of convex sets
Separation theorems for convex sets
Convex functions
Closedness, boundedness, continuity, and Lipschitz property of convex functions
Conjugate functions
Support functions
Differentiability of convex functions and the subdifferential
Convex cones
A little more about convex cones in infinite-dimensional spaces
A problem of linear programming
More about convex sets and convex hulls
Part II: Set-valued analysis
Introduction to the theory of topological and metric spaces
The Hausdorff metric and the distance between sets
Some fine properties of the Hausdorff metric
Set-valued maps. Upper semicontinuous and lower semicontinuous set-valued maps
A base of topology of the spaceHc(X)
Measurable set-valued maps. Measurable selections and measurable choice theorems
The superposition set-valued operator
The Michael theorem and continuous selections. Lipschitz selections. Single-valued approximations
Special selections of set-valued maps
Differential inclusions
Fixed points and coincidences of maps in metric spaces
Stability of coincidence points and properties of covering maps
Topological degree and fixed points of set-valued maps in Banach spaces
Existence results for differential inclusions via the fixed point method
Notation
Bibliography
Index

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110460308
ISBN:: 9783110460308
ISBN:: 9783110460285
ISBN:: 9783110460414
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Analysis
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Wind Energy Harvesting

Micro-to-Small Scale Turbines

Ravi Kishore, Shashank Priya, Colin Stewart

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This book provides the fundamental concepts required for the development of an efficient small-scale wind turbine. For centuries, engineers and scientists have used wind turbines of all shapes and sizes to harvest wind energy. Large-scale wind turbines have been successful at producing great amounts of power when deployed in sites with vast, open space, such as in fi elds or in offshore waters. For environments with limited space, such as dense urban environments, small-scale wind turbines are an attractive alternative for taking advantage of the ubiquity of wind. However, many of today’s tools for aerodynamic design and analysis were originally developed for large-scale turbines and do not scale down to these smaller devices. Arranged in a systematic and comprehensive manner, complete with supporting examples, Wind Energy Harvesting: Micro- To Small-Scale Turbines is a useful reference for undergraduate and graduate level classes on energy harvesting, sustainable energy, and fl uid dynamics, and an introduction to the field for non-technical readers.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614514176
ISBN:: 9781614514176
ISBN:: 9781614519799
ISBN:: 9781614515654
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Energy Engineering
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials for Energy
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Technical and Applied Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Advanced Data Management

For SQL, NoSQL, Cloud and Distributed Databases

Lena Wiese

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Advanced data management has always been at the core of efficient database and information systems. Recent trends like big data and cloud computing have aggravated the need for sophisticated and flexible data storage and processing solutions.
This book provides a comprehensive coverage of the principles of data management developed in the last decades with a focus on data structures and query languages. It treats a wealth of different data models and surveys the foundations of structuring, processing, storing and querying data according these models.

Starting off with the topic of database design, it further discusses weaknesses of the relational data model, and then proceeds to convey the basics of graph data, tree-structured XML data, key-value pairs and nested, semi-structured JSON data, columnar and record-oriented data as well as object-oriented data. The final chapters round the book off with an analysis of fragmentation, replication and consistency strategies for data management in distributed databases as well as recommendations for handling polyglot persistence in multi-model databases and multi-database architectures.

While primarily geared towards students of Master-level courses in Computer Science and related areas, this book may also be of benefit to practitioners looking for a reference book on data modeling and query processing. It provides both theoretical depth and a concise treatment of open source technologies currently on the market.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110441413
ISBN:: 9783110441406
ISBN:: 9783110441413
ISBN:: 9783110433074
Subject:: Computer Sciences
Subject:: Databases and Data Mining
Subject:: Business and Economics
Subject:: Business Management
Subject:: Business Informatics
Subject:: Process Management
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 1999

Lectures on the Topology of 3-Manifolds

An Introduction to the Casson Invariant

Nikolai Saveliev

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110806359
ISBN:: 978-3-11-016272-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-080635-9
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Geometry and Topology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 1998

Mathematical Statistics

Problems and Detailed Solutions

Wiebe R. Pestman, Ivo B. Alberink

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110809343
ISBN:: 978-3-11-015358-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-080934-3
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Probability and Statistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Ordinary Differential Equations

Example-driven, Including Maple Code

Radu Precup

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This introductory text combines models from physics and biology with rigorous reasoning in describing the theory of ordinary differential equations along with applications and computer simulations with Maple. Offering a concise course in the theory of ordinary differential equations, it also enables the reader to enter the field of computer simulations. Thus, it is a valuable read for students in mathematics as well as in physics and engineering. It is also addressed to all those interested in mathematical modeling with ordinary differential equations and systems.

Contents
Part I: Theory
Chapter 1 First-Order Differential Equations
Chapter 2 Linear Differential Systems
Chapter 3 Second-Order Differential Equations
Chapter 4 Nonlinear Differential Equations
Chapter 5 Stability of Solutions
Chapter 6 Differential Systems with Control Parameters

Part II: Exercises
Seminar 1 Classes of First-Order Differential Equations
Seminar 2 Mathematical Modeling with Differential Equations
Seminar 3 Linear Differential Systems
Seminar 4 Second-Order Differential Equations
Seminar 5 Gronwall’s Inequality
Seminar 6 Method of Successive Approximations
Seminar 7 Stability of Solutions

Part III: Maple Code
Lab 1 Introduction to Maple
Lab 2 Differential Equations with Maple
Lab 3 Linear Differential Systems
Lab 4 Second-Order Differential Equations
Lab 5 Nonlinear Differential Systems
Lab 6 Numerical Computation of Solutions
Lab 7 Writing Custom Maple Programs
Lab 8 Differential Systems with Control Parameters

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110447446
ISBN:: 9783110447446
ISBN:: 9783110447507
ISBN:: 9783110447422
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Analysis
Subject:: Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
Subject:: Numerical and Computational Mathematics
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2021

Global Health

Das Konzept der Globalen Gesundheit

Mathias Bonk, Timo Ulrichs

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There are many threats to global health in the 21st century: newly emerging infectious diseases, climate change, non-communicable diseases spreading among different societies and many more. There is an urgent need to find answers to questions how to organize an efficient health care system, how to define best practices in health policies and health politics, how to ensure universal coverage for all and how to fight new and old diseases.

This textbook gives an introduction in this intersdisciplinary field and addresses current and imminent aspects of global health. It assembles the fields of medicine, health sciences, political and social sciences, epidemiology as well as economic and management aspects of health and addresses at both students and global health care workers.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110448474
ISBN:: 9783110448474
ISBN:: 9783110445534
ISBN:: 9783110448498
Subject:: Medicine
Subject:: Clinical Medicine
Subject:: Public Health
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Physics of Wetting

Phenomena and Applications of Fluids on Surfaces

Edward Yu. Bormashenko

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Motivated by a plethora of phenomena from nature, this textbook introduces into the physics of wetting of surfaces. After a brief discussion of the foundations of surface tension, its implementation for floating objects, capillary waves, bouncing droplets, walking of water striders, etc. is discussed. Furthermore, Marangoni flows, surface tension inspired instabilities, condensation and evaporation of droplets, liquid marbles, superhydrophobicity and superoleophobicity (lotus effect) are introduced. All relevant concepts are illustrated by the numerous qualitative and quantitative exercises.

Contents
What is surface tension?
Wetting of surfaces: the contact angle
Surface tension-assisted floating of heavy and light objects and walking of water striders
Capillary interactions between particles. Particles placed on liquid surfaces. Elasticity of liquid surfaces, covered by colloidal particles
Capillary waves
Oscillation of droplets
Marangoni flow and surface instabilities
Evaporation of droplets. The Kelvin and the coffee-stain effects
Condensation, growth and coalescence of droplets and the breath-figure self-assembly
Dynamics of wetting: bouncing, spreading and rolling of droplets (water hammer effect – water entry and drag-out problems)Superhydrophobicity and superoleophobicity: the Wenzel and Cassie wetting regimes
The Leidenfrost effect. Liquid marbles: self-propulsion
Physics, geometry, life and death of soap films and bubbles

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110444810
ISBN:: 9783110444810
ISBN:: 9783110437164
ISBN:: 9783110444803
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Physical Chemistry
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Thin Films, Surfaces and Interfaces
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics
Subject:: Condensed Matter Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Research Laboratory Safety

Daniel Reid Kuespert

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Research Laboratory Safety explains the most important prerequisite when working in a laboratory: Knowing the potential hazards of equipment and the chemical materials to be employed. Students learn how to assess and control risks in a research laboratory and to identify a possible danger. An approach on the hazard classes such as physical, chemical, biological and radiation hazards is given and exercises to each class prepare for exams.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110444438
ISBN:: 9783110444438
ISBN:: 9783110444391
ISBN:: 9783110437058
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Chemistry, other
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Subject:: Basics and Tools
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Safety and Risk Management
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Experimental Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Functional Analysis

A Terse Introduction

Gerardo Chacón, Humberto Rafeiro, Juan Camilo Vallejo

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This textbook on functional analysis offers a short and concise introduction to the subject. The book is designed in such a way as to provide a smooth transition between elementary and advanced topics and its modular structure allows for an easy assimilation of the content. Starting from a dedicated chapter on the axiom of choice, subsequent chapters cover Hilbert spaces, linear operators, functionals and duality, Fourier series, Fourier transform, the fixed point theorem, Baire categories, the uniform bounded principle, the open mapping theorem, the closed graph theorem, the Hahn–Banach theorem, adjoint operators, weak topologies and reflexivity, operators in Hilbert spaces, spectral theory of operators in Hilbert spaces, and compactness. Each chapter ends with workable problems.
The book is suitable for graduate students, but also for advanced undergraduates, in mathematics and physics.

Contents:
List of Figures
Basic Notation
Choice Principles
Hilbert Spaces
Completeness, Completion and Dimension
Linear Operators
Functionals and Dual Spaces
Fourier Series
Fourier Transform
Fixed Point Theorem
Baire Category Theorem
Uniform Boundedness Principle
Open Mapping Theorem
Closed Graph Theorem
Hahn–Banach Theorem
The Adjoint Operator
Weak Topologies and Reflexivity
Operators in Hilbert Spaces
Spectral Theory of Operators on Hilbert Spaces
Compactness
Bibliography
Index

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110441925
ISBN:: 9783110441925
ISBN:: 9783110433647
ISBN:: 9783110441918
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Analysis
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Metals and Alloys

Industrial Applications

Mark Anthony Benvenuto

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Metals and Alloys continues the series of graduate textbooks on Industrial Chemistry by Mark A. Benvenuto. It shows the essential industrial applications, processes and chemistry background for the extraction of metals, as well as the production and applications of alloys. The book discusses how large scale and minor processes affect every-day life, challenges in prevention and removal of waste by-products and illustrates selected chemical processes for which efforts have been made to improve and “green” industrial production of metals and alloys.

Sources for metals are sorted by metal and alloy and backed by basic chemical background information and process set up. Overviews on worldwide ore distribution, refined metal and alloy production numbers are another focus of the book.

Discusses sources, key processes and applications.
Connects what students learn in class to real, large-scale metals chemistry that makes modern life possible.
Intended for students, graduate students and beginners in the fiield of Chemistry, Chemical Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science.
Visit degruyter.com for more information on books by Mark A. Benvenuto: Industrial Chemistry (2013), Industrial Chemistry: For Advanced Students (2015) and Industrial Inorganic Chemistry (2015).

About the Author:

Mark Anthony Benvenuto

A Fellow of the American Chemical Society, he received his PhD in inorganic chemistry from the University of Virginia. After a post-doctoral fellowship at the Pennsylvania State University, he joined the University of Detroit Mercy, where he is now the Department Chairman and teaches an industrial chemistry course.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110441857
ISBN:: 9783110441857
ISBN:: 9783110407846
ISBN:: 9783110433524
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Solid State Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Green and Sustainable Technology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Political Parties in the Digital Age

The Impact of New Technologies in Politics

Guy Lachapelle, Philippe Maarek

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The Internet and "social media" may initially have been understood as just one more instrument politicians could employ to manage without political parties. However, these media cannot be reduced to being a tool available solely to politicians. The electronic media make reinforcement of the "glocalization" of the public and political sphere, a process already set in motion with the advent of television, and they can develop the trend even further.

Political parties are therefore once again becoming indispensable; they are in an unparalleled position to recreate social and political bonds, for only they stand both at the center and on the periphery of the new sphere encompassing public and political life.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

New Technologies: Helping Political Parties and the Democratic Processes or Threatening Them? (Guy Lachapelle and Philippe J. Maarek)

Part I: The Integration of Technological Innovations in the Practices of Parties and Citizens

Innovations in Information Technology in American Party Politics Since 1960 (Kenneth Janda)

Internet, Social Media Use and Political Participation in the 2013 Parliamentary Election in Germany (Reimar Zeh and Christina Holtz-Bacha)

Part II: The Consequences of New Technologies on Activism

The Decline of Activism in Political Parties: Adaptation Strategies and
New Technologies (Eric Montigny)

Party Activists and Partisan Communication in Quebec (Isabelle Gusse)

Part III: The New Role Played by Social Networks

Changing Communications? Political Parties and Web 2.0 in the 2011 New Zealand General Election (Ashley Murchison)

Social Media and American Presidential Campaigns: The Dark Side of the
Electoral Process (Karine Premont and Charles-Antoine Millette)

Part IV: The Resilience of the Printed Press in the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and the British Press:
Integration, Immigration and Integrity (David Deacon and Dominic Wring)

Part V: New Technologies and Leadership Evolution

Political parties and the Internet: changes in society, changing politics –
the case of the Parti Quebecois (Guy Lachapelle)

Political communication, electronic media and social networks in France (Philippe J. Maarek)

Index of Proper Nouns

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110413816
ISBN:: 978-3-11-040408-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-041381-6
ISBN:: 9783110423730
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Political Science
Subject:: Domestic Policy, Parties, Other Political Organizations
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book Ahead of Publication 2021

Chemistry of Materials

Meghann Murray, Mark Anthony Benvenuto

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This textbook is for graduate students and researchers who want a definitive discussion regarding the chemistry of materials. The text guides the reader through the different classes of materials, the chemistry of each class, and the devices and other technologies made from the materials.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.0000/9783110407877
ISBN:: 9783110407877
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Solid State Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry, other
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials Sciences, other
Subject:: Materials Processing
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Infinite Series in a History of Analysis

Stages up to the Verge of Summability

Hans-Heinrich Körle

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"Higher mathematics" once pointed towards the involvement of infinity. This we label analysis. The ancient Greeks had helped it to a first high point when they mastered the infinite. The book traces the history of analysis along the risky route of serial procedures through antiquity. It took quite long for this type of mathematics to revive in our region. When and where it did, infinite series proved the driving force. Not until a good two millennia had gone by, would analysis head towards Greek rigor again. To follow all that trial, error and final accomplishment, is more than studying history: It provides touching, worthwhile access to advanced calculus. Moreover, some steps beyond convergence show infinite series to naturally fit a wider frame.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110359831
ISBN:: 9783110343724
ISBN:: 9783110359831
ISBN:: 9783110399165
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: History and Philosophy
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2016

Cultural Turns

New Orientations in the Study of Culture

Doris Bachmann-Medick, Adam Blauhut

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The contemporary fields of the study of culture, the humanities and the social sciences are unfolding in a dynamic constellation of cultural turns. This book provides a comprehensive overview of these theoretically and methodologically groundbreaking reorientations. It discusses the value of the new focuses and their analytical categories for the work of a wide range of disciplines. In addition to chapters on the interpretive, performative, reflexive, postcolonial, translational, spatial and iconic turns, it discusses emerging directions of research.
Drawing on a wealth of international research, this book maps central topics and approaches in the study of culture and thus provides systematic impetus for changed disciplinary and transdisciplinary research in the humanities and beyond – e.g., in the fields of sociology, economics and the study of religion.
This work is the English translation by Adam Blauhut of an influential German book that has now been completely revised. It is a stimulating example of a cross-cultural translation between different theoretical cultures and also the first critical synthesis of cultural turns in the English-speaking world.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110402988
ISBN:: 9783110402988
ISBN:: 9783110402971
ISBN:: 9783110403077
Subject:: Cultural Studies
Subject:: Cultural Theory
Subject:: General Cultural Theory
Subject:: General Cultural Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Theory
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Organic Trace Analysis

Reinhard Nießner, Andreas Schäffer

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"Organic Trace Analysis" presents the basics of trace analysis, from sample preparation to the measurement: Students are introduced to statistical evaluation, quality control technologies, sampling and preparation of organic traces, as well as to enrichment and separation of samples. Spectroscopic techniques as chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, and receptor-based bioanalysis are presented in detail.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110441154
ISBN:: 9783110441154
ISBN:: 9783110432930
ISBN:: 9783110441147
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Organic Chemistry
Subject:: Spectroscopy
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Analytical Chemistry
Subject:: Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Volume 2 Structure Theorems of Unit Groups

Eric Jespers, Ángel del Río

Part of the multi-volume work Group Ring Groups

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This two-volume graduate textbook gives a comprehensive, state-of-the-art account of describing large subgroups of the unit group of the integral group ring of a finite group and, more generally, of the unit group of an order in a finite dimensional semisimple rational algebra. Since the book is addressed to graduate students as well as young researchers, all required background on these diverse areas, both old and new, is included. Supporting problems illustrate the results and complete some of the proofs.

Volume 1 contains all the details on describing generic constructions of units and the subgroup they generate. Volume 2 mainly is about structure theorems and geometric methods. Without being encyclopaedic, all main results and techniques used to achieve these results are included.

Basic courses in group theory, ring theory and field theory are assumed as background.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110411508
ISBN:: 9783110411492
ISBN:: 9783110411508
ISBN:: 9783110412758
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Algebra and Number Theory
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Chemistry for Environmental Scientists

Detlev Möller

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Non-chemists in environmental sciences and engineering (e.g. physicists, biologists, ecologists, geographers, soil scientists, hydrologists, meteorologists, economists, engineers) need chemical basic knowledge for understanding chemical processes in the environment. This book focuses on general and fundamental chemistry (including required physics) such as properties and bonding of matter, chemical kinetics and mechanisms, phase and chemical equilibrium, the basic features of air (gases), water (liquids) and soil (solids) and the most important substances and their reactions in the environment. Selected key environmental chemical processes are shortly characterised in the light of multi-component and multiphase chemistry.

This book is also useful for chemists who are beginning work on environmental issues.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110410013
ISBN:: 9783110409994
ISBN:: 9783110410013
ISBN:: 9783110419337
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Sustainable and Green Chemistry
Subject:: Physical Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Environmental Chemistry
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Tensor Analysis

Heinz Schade, Klaus Neemann, Andrea Dziubek, Edmond Rusjan

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Tensor calculus is a prerequisite for many tasks in physics and engineering. This book introduces the symbolic and the index notation side by side and offers easy access to techniques in the field by focusing on algorithms in index notation. It explains the required algebraic tools and contains numerous exercises with answers, making it suitable for self study for students and researchers in areas such as solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, and electrodynamics.

Contents
Algebraic Tools
Tensor Analysis in Symbolic Notation and in Cartesian Coordinates
Algebra of Second Order Tensors
Tensor Analysis in Curvilinear Coordinates
Representation of Tensor Functions
Appendices: Solutions to the Problems; Cylindrical Coordinates and Spherical Coordinates

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110404265
ISBN:: 9783110404265
ISBN:: 9783110405491
ISBN:: 9783110404258
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Subject:: Basics and Tools
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Analysis
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Probability Theory and Statistical Applications

A Profound Treatise for Self-Study

Peter Zörnig

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This accessible and easy-to-read book provides many examples to illustrate diverse topics in probability and statistics, from initial concepts up to advanced calculations. Special attention is devoted e.g. to independency of events, inequalities in probability and functions of random variables. The book is directed to students of mathematics, statistics, engineering, and other quantitative sciences, in particular to readers who need or want to learn by self-study. The author is convinced that sophisticated examples are more useful for the student than a lengthy formalism treating the greatest possible generality.

Contents:
Mathematics revision
Introduction to probability
Finite sample spaces
Conditional probability and independence
One-dimensional random variables
Functions of random variables
Bi-dimensional random variables
Characteristics of random variables
Discrete probability models
Continuous probability models
Generating functions in probability
Sums of many random variables
Samples and sampling distributions
Estimation of parameters
Hypothesis tests

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110402711
ISBN:: 9783110402711
ISBN:: 9783110402834
ISBN:: 9783110363197
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Probability and Statistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Volume 2 Flow Chemistry – Applications

Ferenc Darvas, Volker Hessel, György Dorman, Klavs F. Jensen, Reka Angi, Claude de Bellefon, Clemens Brechtelsbauer, Ana Cukalovic, Melinda Fekete, Genovéva Filipcsei, Samar Haroun, King Kuok Mimi Hii, Dana Kralisch, Paul Li, Holger Löwe, D. Tyler McQuade, L. Zane Miller, Jean-Christophe Monbaliu, Zsolt Otvos, Thomas Rehm, Julian Schuelein, Jeremy L. Steinbacher, Christian V. Stevens, Qi Wang

Part of the multi-volume work Flow Chemistry

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"Flow Chemistry fills the gap in graduate education by covering chemistry and reaction principles along with current practice, including examples of relevant commercial reaction, separation, automation, and analytical equipment. The Editors of Flow Chemistry are commended for having taken the initiative to bring together experts from the field to provide a comprehensive treatment of fundamental and practical considerations underlying flow chemistry. It promises to become a useful study text and as well as reference for the graduate students and practitioners of flow chemistry." Professor Klavs Jensen Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Broader theoretical insight in driving a chemical reaction automatically opens the window towards new technologies particularly to flow chemistry. This emerging concept promotes the transformation of present day's organic processes into a more rapid continuous set of synthesis operations, more compatible with the envisioned sustainable world. These two volumes Fundamentals and Applications provide both the theoretical foundation as well as the practical aspects.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110367508
ISBN:: 978-3-11-036707-2
ISBN:: 978-3-11-036750-8
ISBN:: 9783110392609
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Organic Chemistry
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Process Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Green and Sustainable Technology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Tensors and Riemannian Geometry

With Applications to Differential Equations

Nail H. Ibragimov, Higher Education Press

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This book is based on the experience of teaching the subject by the author in Russia, France, South Africa and Sweden. The author provides students and teachers with an easy to follow textbook spanning a variety of topics on tensors, Riemannian geometry and geometric approach to partial differential equations. Application of approximate transformation groups to the equations of general relativity in the de Sitter space simplifies the subject significantly.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110379501
ISBN:: 9783110379495
ISBN:: 9783110379501
ISBN:: 9783110379648
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Analysis
Subject:: Geometry and Topology
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Subject:: Relativity and Gravitational Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Biomimetic Nanotechnology

Senses and Movement

Anja Mueller

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The human body includes very effective and efficient technology, such as light receptors (eyes), chemical receptors (tongue and nose), and movement (muscles). This book explains how these functions work on the molecular level and then discusses nanotechnology that uses the same structure-function relationships.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110379167
ISBN:: 9783110379167
ISBN:: 9783110417524
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Organic Chemistry
Subject:: Life Sciences
Subject:: Biochemistry
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials Sciences, other
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Nanotechnology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Introduction to Topology

Min Yan, Higher Education Press Ltd. Comp.

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The aim of the book is to give a broad introduction of topology to undergraduate students. It covers the most important and useful parts of the point-set as well as the combinatorial topology. The development of the material is from simple to complex, concrete to abstract, and appeals to the intuition of readers. Attention is also paid to how topology is actually used in the other fields of mathematics. Over 150 illustrations, 160 examples and 600 exercises will help readers to practice and fully understand the subject.

Contents:
Set and Map
Metric Space
Graph
Topology
Topological Concepts
Complex
Topological Properties
Surface
Topics in Point Set Topology
Index

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110378160
ISBN:: 9783110378160
ISBN:: 9783110413021
ISBN:: 9783110378153
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Geometry and Topology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Nano-Safety

What We Need to Know to Protect Workers

Dominick E. Fazarro, Walt Trybula, Jitendra Tate, Craig Hanks, Ramazan Asmatulu, Barbara Foster, Christie Sayes, Evelyn H. Hirt, Eylem Asmatulu, Grace V. Aquino, W. S. Khan, Deb Newberry, Emily Kay Hanks, Roger A. Hernandez

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Nanotechnology safety is the practice of handling engineered nanomaterials in production and manufacturing. Good practice consists of understanding and interpreting Material Safety Data Sheets, behaving safely when working with yet unknown nanomaterials, understanding health effects, and proactively creating safety measures against potential hazards. This book introduces nanotechnology risk management to readers from academia and industry.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110373769
ISBN:: 9783110373769
ISBN:: 9783110373752
ISBN:: 9783110386219
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Safety and Risk Management
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry, other
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Inside Finite Elements

Martin Weiser

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All relevant implementation aspects of finite element methods are discussed in this book. The focus is on algorithms and data structures as well as on their concrete implementation. Theory is covered only as far as it gives insight into the construction of algorithms. In the exercises, a complete FE-solver for stationary 2D problems is implemented in Matlab/Octave.

Contents:
Finite Element Fundamentals
Grids and Finite Elements
Assembly
Solvers
Error Estimation
Mesh Refinement
Multigrid
Elastomechanics
Fluid Mechanics
Grid Data Structure
Function Reference

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110373202
ISBN:: 9783110373202
ISBN:: 9783110386189
ISBN:: 9783110373172
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Numerical and Computational Mathematics
Subject:: Applied Mathematics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

A Course in Mathematical Cryptography

Gilbert Baumslag, Benjamin Fine, Martin Kreuzer, Gerhard Rosenberger

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Cryptography has become essential as bank transactions, credit card infor-mation, contracts, and sensitive medical information are sent through inse-cure channels. This book is concerned with the mathematical, especially algebraic, aspects of cryptography. It grew out of many courses presented by the authors over the past twenty years at various universities and covers a wide range of topics in mathematical cryptography. It is primarily geared towards graduate students and advanced undergraduates in mathematics and computer science, but may also be of interest to researchers in the area.

Besides the classical methods of symmetric and private key encryption, the book treats the mathematics of cryptographic protocols and several unique topics such as

Group-Based Cryptography
Gröbner Basis Methods in Cryptography
Lattice-Based Cryptography

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110372779
ISBN:: 978-3-11-037276-2
ISBN:: 978-3-11-037277-9
ISBN:: 9783110386165
Subject:: Computer Sciences
Subject:: IT-Security and Cryptology
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Algebra and Number Theory
Subject:: Discrete Mathematics
Subject:: Applied Mathematics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Volume 1 Orders and Generic Constructions of Units

Part of the multi-volume work Group Ring Groups

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Basic courses in group theory, ring theory and field theory are assumed as background.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110372946
ISBN:: 9783110372786
ISBN:: 9783110372946
ISBN:: 9783110386172
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Algebra and Number Theory
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Volume 1 Physical Aspects of Organs and Imaging

Hartmut Zabel

Part of the multi-volume work Medical Physics

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Medical Physics covers the applied branch of physics concerned with the application of concepts and methods of physics to diagnostics and therapeutics of human diseases. The first part, Physical and Physiological Aspects of the Body, covers those body systems that have a strong physical component, such as body mechanics, energy household, action potential, signal transmission in neurons, respiratory and circulatory system as well as visual and sound perception. The second part of this volume, Imaging Modalities without Ionizing Radiation, introduces sonography, endoscopy, and magnetic resonance imaging.

The second volume complements the imaging modalities with the use of ionizing radiation: x-ray radiography, scintigraphy, SPECT, and PET. This first part is followed by chapters on radiation treatment of tumors, in particular x-ray radiotherapy, proton and neutron radiation therapy, and brachytherapy. The last part treats aspects of diagnostics and therapeutics beyond radiology, including laser applications, multifunctional nanoparticles and prosthetics.

This first volume

- connects the basic principles of physics with the functionality of the body and with physical methods used for diagnostics and therapeutics.
- covers the first part of the entire field, including the physics of the body and imaging methods without the use of ionizing radiation.
- provides an introduction for Bachelor students to the main concepts of Medical Physics during their first semesters guiding them to further specialized and advanced literature.
- contains many questions & answers related to the content of each chapter.
- is also available as a set together with Volume 2.

Contents
Part A: Physical and physiological aspects of the body
Brief overview of body parts and functions
Body mechanics and muscles
Elastomechanics: bones and fractures
Energy household of the body
Resting potential and action potential
Signal transmission in neurons
Electrophysical aspects of the heart
The circulatory system
The respiratory system
Kidneys
Basic mechanism of vision
Sound and sound perception

Part B: Imaging modalities without ionizing radiation
Sonography
Endoscopy
Magnetic resonance imaging
Questions & answers

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110372830
ISBN:: 9783110372830
ISBN:: 9783110372854
Subject:: Medicine
Subject:: Biomedical Engineering
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Electromagnetism, Optics and Photonics
Subject:: Biophysics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Intermetallics

Synthesis, Structure, Function

Rainer Pöttgen, Dirk Johrendt

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Intermetallic compounds play an extraordinary role in daily life for construction materials and well-defined functions that are based on their specific chemical and physical properties, e.g. magnetism and superconductivity. High-tech materials are meanwhile indispensable in our technology-driven information society.

The Periodic Table comprises more than 80 metallic elements which offer an incredible potential for formation of binary, ternary and even multinary intermetallic compounds with peculiar crystal structures and properties. The present textbook introduces into the basics of intermetallic chemistry with an emphasis on crystal chemistry and selected chemical and physical properties.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1524/9783486856187
ISBN:: 978-3-486-72134-8
ISBN:: 978-3-486-85618-7
ISBN:: 9783486990614
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Solid State Chemistry
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Composites
Subject:: Materials Characterization and Properties
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Experimental Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter (O)

Book 2015

Physics of Energy Conversion

Katharina Krischer, Konrad Schönleber

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A profound understanding of the physical laws underlying energy converters is a prerequisite for a sustainable use of our energy resources.
The aim of this textbook is to provide a unified view on the different energy conversion processes ranging from power plants to solar cells. It offers an interdisciplinary introduction to energy sciences for senior undergraduate and graduate students from natural sciences and engineering. The central theme is the treatment of energy converters as open thermodynamical systems and the performance of efficiency analyses, based on the concept of exergy.

Presents the physics behind the most important energy converters in a unified framework.
Evaluates the performance of ideal and realistic energy converters in terms of energy and exergy efficiencies
Provides basic concepts needed for a discussion of energy converters, such as chemical and applied thermodynamics, electrochemistry and solid state physics.

About the Authors

Katharina Krischer

is a professor of physics at the Technische Universität München, Germany. She has taught lectures on energy sciences for undergraduate and graduate students for more than 10 years. Her research topics include the photo-electrochemical production of solar fuels.

Konrad Schönleber

is a researcher in the group of Prof. Krischer which he joined after graduating in physics from the Technische Universität München. His research interest focuses on light-driven semiconductor electrochemistry and its application for renewable energies.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501510632
ISBN:: 978-1-5015-0763-2
ISBN:: 978-1-5015-1063-2
ISBN:: 9781501502682
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials for Energy
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
Subject:: Technical and Applied Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Industrial Software Applications

A Master's Course for Engineers

Rainer Geisler

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This book is written for engineering students and working professionals. Technical professionals are increasingly involved in IT issues, such as implementing IT systems, managing them, and taking part in requirements analysis/vendor selection. In this book, the basics of production planning systems (PPS) are covered, as well as their implementation in ERP-Systems like SAP. Readers also learn the basics of practical IT management and software creation through detailed, real-world examples. The book serves as a full 5 ECTS study module, which fits into any engineering curriculum. 150 multiple-choice quizzes, practical exercises and a text filled with experiential examples make it a convenient choice for selfstudy and for classroom use.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110370997
ISBN:: 978-3-11-037098-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-037099-7
ISBN:: 9783110396782
Subject:: Computer Sciences
Subject:: Software Development
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Subject:: Basics and Tools
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2016

The Science of Innovation

A Comprehensive Approach for Innovation Management

Karsten Löhr

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This book offers a comprehensive approach to innovation management. Based on a solid scientifi c basis, it provides concepts to initiate, pursue, target and supervise innovation projects through specifi c action steps. Suitable methods are given for inventions by development, research, forecast and creativity. Each chapter offers examples and shortcut rules to facilitate the comprehension for the reader. Moreover, the author explains the historic origins of innovation and its role in economy, business, and technological progress, underlining the importance of innovation for the improvement of business or the disruption of established models.

The science of innovation aims to give a solid theoretical background to students of appropriate academic courses and to anyone interested in supporting and developing innovation projects.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110343809
ISBN:: 9783110343809
ISBN:: 9783110343793
ISBN:: 9783110396584
Subject:: Business and Economics
Subject:: Business Management
Subject:: Entrepreneurship
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Subject:: Engineering, other
Subject:: Basics and Tools
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Business and Management
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2016

Discrete Algebraic Methods

Arithmetic, Cryptography, Automata and Groups

Volker Diekert, Manfred Kufleitner, Gerhard Rosenberger, Ulrich Hertrampf

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The idea behind this book is to provide the mathematical foundations for assessing modern developments in the Information Age. It deepens and complements the basic concepts, but it also considers instructive and more advanced topics. The treatise starts with a general chapter on algebraic structures; this part provides all the necessary knowledge for the rest of the book. The next chapter gives a concise overview of cryptography. Chapter 3 on number theoretic algorithms is important for developping cryptosystems, Chapter 4 presents the deterministic primality test of Agrawal, Kayal, and Saxena. The account to elliptic curves again focuses on cryptographic applications and algorithms. With combinatorics on words and automata theory, the reader is introduced to two areas of theoretical computer science where semigroups play a fundamental role.The last chapter is devoted to combinatorial group theory and its connections to automata.

Contents:
Algebraic structures
Cryptography
Number theoretic algorithms
Polynomial time primality test
Elliptic curves
Combinatorics on words
Automata
Discrete infinite groups

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110413335
ISBN:: 9783110413335
ISBN:: 9783110413328
ISBN:: 9783110416329
Subject:: Computer Sciences
Subject:: Theoretical Computer Sciences
Subject:: Algorithms
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Algebra and Number Theory
Subject:: Discrete Mathematics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Signals and Systems

Fundamentals

Gang Li, Liping Chang, Sheng Li, Tsinghua University Press

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Signals and systems enjoy wide application in industry and daily life, and understanding basic concepts of the subject area is of importance to undergraduates majoring in engineering. With rigorous mathematical deduction, this introductory text book is helpful for students who study communications engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and control engineering. Additionally, supplementary materials are provided for self-learners.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110379549
ISBN:: 9783110378115
ISBN:: 9783110379549
ISBN:: 9783110416848
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Electrical Engineering
Subject:: Signal Processing
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Computational Strong-Field Quantum Dynamics

Intense Light-Matter Interactions

Dieter Bauer, Heiko Bauke, Thomas Brabec, Thomas Fennel, Chris R. McDonald, Dejan B. Milošević, Stefan Pabst, Christian Peltz, Gisela Pöplau, Robin Santra, Charles Varin

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This graduate textbook introduces the com-putational techniques to study ultra-fast quantum dynamics of matter exposed to strong laser fields. Coverage includes methods to propagate wavefunctions according to the time dependent Schrödinger, Klein-Gordon or Dirac equation, the calculation of typical observables, time-dependent density functional theory, multi configurational time-dependent Hartree-Fock, time-dependent configuration interaction singles, the strong-field approximation, and the microscopic particle-in-cell approach.

Contents

How to propagate a wavefunction?

Calculation of typical strong-field observables

Time-dependent relativistic wave equations: Numerics of the Dirac and the

Klein-Gordon equation

Time-dependent density functional theory

The multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree-Fock method

Time-dependent configuration interaction singles

Strong-field approximation and quantum orbits

Microscopic particle-in-cell approach

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110417265
ISBN:: 9783110417265
ISBN:: 9783110419344
ISBN:: 9783110417258
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Theoretical and Quantum Chemistry
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Atom, Molecular and Plasma Physics
Subject:: Condensed Matter Physics
Subject:: Quantum Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Engineering Risk Management

Thierry Meyer, Genserik Reniers

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This revised 2nd edition of Engineering Risk Management presents engineering aspects of risk management. After an introduction to potential risks the authors presents management principles, risk diagnostics, analysis and treatments followed by examples of practical implementation in chemistry, physics and emerging technologies such as nanoparticles.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110418040
ISBN:: 9783110418040
ISBN:: 9783110423556
ISBN:: 9783110418033
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Process Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Safety and Risk Management
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Initiation à l’économie et à la gestion d’entreprise

Ute Nikolay

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L’ouvrage constitue une introduction au lexique français de l’économie et de la gestion. Il s’adresse aux étudiants et professionnels non francophones disposant de bonnes connaissances de la langue française ainsi qu’aux enseignants de français économique. Il présente un riche panorama de thèmes économiques, juridiques, sociaux et culturels et des exercices afin de familiariser le lecteur avec les notions de base de la science économique.

This book serves as an introduction to the French language of economy and business economics. Aimed at non-Francophone students and professionals with a good knowledge of French and at teachers of business French, it discusses a vast array of economic, legal, social and cultural topics and contains numerous exercises. The volume is intended to familiarize its readers with the basics of economics.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110416305
ISBN:: 9783110416305
ISBN:: 9783110416299
ISBN:: 9783110423655
Subject:: Business and Economics
Subject:: Political Economics
Subject:: Microeconomics
Subject:: Macroecomics
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Romance Languages
Subject:: French
Subject:: Social Sciences
Subject:: Communication Science
Subject:: Intercultural Communication
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Textile Engineering

An introduction

Yasir Nawab, Tanveer Hussain, Munir Ashraf, Abher Rasheed, Sheraz Ahmad, Zulfiqar Ali, Abdulbasit

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Currently, most of the textile industry and textile institutions are located in South Asia. The textile industry leads to the development of clothing from fibres, yarns, and fabrics. The industry is growing in this area as it has already been shifted from Europe and is being shifting from China. As the textile industry is growing, many new textile intuitions are being established to provide for quality textile education. This introductory level textbooks is geared towars them.

This book will provide all necessary information from fibres to fabrics and their conversion to clothing. The importance of textiles in the current era along with the raw materials needed for the textiles are given. After that, it is explained how the yarn is made from fibres. Then the fabrics manufacturing, the printing and dyeing of textiles and the conversion of fabrics into the garments is discussed. Also, the testing of fibres, yarns and fabrics along with the description of technical textiles is mentioned.

This book is beneficial for all readers who are going to start their career in textiles or are going to start the engineering degree in textiles. The present book is designed for the first year students (especially for the National Textile University Faisalabad) of textile engineering.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110413267
ISBN:: 9783110413267
ISBN:: 9783110423891
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Introductions and Overviews
Subject:: Basics and Tools
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Production Technology
Subject:: Tools and Methods
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2017

Complex Analysis

A Functional Analytic Approach

Friedrich Haslinger

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In this textbook, a concise approach to complex analysis of one and several variables is presented. After an introduction of Cauchy‘s integral theorem general versions of Runge‘s approximation theorem and Mittag-Leffler‘s theorem are discussed. The fi rst part ends with an analytic characterization of simply connected domains. The second part is concerned with functional analytic methods: Fréchet and Hilbert spaces of holomorphic functions, the Bergman kernel, and unbounded operators on Hilbert spaces to tackle the theory of several variables, in particular the inhomogeneous Cauchy-Riemann equations and the d-bar Neumann operator.

Contents
Complex numbers and functions
Cauchy’s Theorem and Cauchy’s formula
Analytic continuation
Construction and approximation of holomorphic functions
Harmonic functions
Several complex variables
Bergman spaces
The canonical solution operator to
Nuclear Fréchet spaces of holomorphic functions
The -complex
The twisted -complex and Schrödinger operators

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110417241
ISBN:: 9783110417241
ISBN:: 9783110417234
ISBN:: 9783110426151
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Analysis
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Space Technology

A Compendium for Space Engineering

Thomas F. Mütsch, Matthias B. Kowalski

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This textbook is a compendium for further education of students and professionals in aerospace industry. It covers the fundamentals of aerospace and explains the details of technical implementations. These are organised in the border area of technical feasibility. The authors discuss constraints of space flight and key elements of rocket motors and power supply in more detail. The accessibility of the celestial bodies is tabulated and documented in the outlook chapter, in which the largest vision of space flight, humans to Mars, is explained.

From the content:
Historical Background
Basic Principles
Propulsion Systems
Missions
Energy Sources
Materials and Lubricants
Processes
Products
Projects and Payloads
Launch Sites
Environmental and Boundary Conditions
Conclusions and Outlook
Appendix with an extensive collection of formulas

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110413229
ISBN:: 9783110413229
ISBN:: 9783110413212
ISBN:: 9783110426212
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Thermodynamics
Subject:: Mechatronics and Automotive
Publisher:: De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Book 2017

Volume 1 In Continuous Time

Part of the multi-volume work Signals and Systems

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The book begins by introducing signals and systems, and then discusses Time-Domain analysis and Frequency-Domain analysis for Continuous-Time systems. It also covers Z-transform, state-space analysis and system synthesis. The author provides abundant examples and exercises to facilitate learning, preparing students for subsequent courses on circuit analysis and communication theory.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110419535
ISBN:: 9783110419535
ISBN:: 9783110417548
ISBN:: 9783110426502
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Electrical Engineering
Subject:: Signal Processing
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

Biomedical Imaging

Principles of Radiography, Tomography and Medical Physics

Tim Salditt, Timo Aspelmeier, Sebastian Aeffner

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Covering both physical as well as mathematical and algorithmic foundations, this graduate textbook provides the reader with an introduction into modern biomedical imaging and image processing and reconstruction. These techniques are not only based on advanced instrumentation for image acquisition, but equally on new developments in image processing and reconstruction to extract relevant information from recorded data. To this end, the present book offers a quantitative treatise of radiography, computed tomography, and medical physics.

Contents
Introduction
Digital image processing
Essentials of medical x-ray physics
Tomography
Radiobiology, radiotherapy, and radiation protection
Phase contrast radiography
Object reconstruction under nonideal conditions

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110426694
ISBN:: 9783110426694
ISBN:: 9783110423518
ISBN:: 9783110426687
Subject:: Computer Sciences
Subject:: Databases and Data Mining
Subject:: Medicine
Subject:: Clinical Medicine
Subject:: Radiology
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Numerical and Computational Mathematics
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Electromagnetism, Optics and Photonics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2017

X-Ray Studies on Electrochemical Systems

Synchrotron Methods for Energy Materials

Artur Braun

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This book is your graduate level entrance into battery, fuel cell and solar cell research at synchrotron x-ray sources. Materials scientists find numerous examples for the combination of electrochemical experiments with simple and with highly complex x-ray scattering and spectroscopy methods. Physicists and chemists can link applied electrochemistry with fundamental concepts of condensed matter physics, physical chemistry and surface science.

Contents:
Introduction
Molecular Structure and Electronic Structure
Crystal Structure and Microstructure
Real Space Imaging and Tomography
Resonant Methods and Chemical Contrast Variation
Surface Sensitive and Volume Sensitive Methods
Organic and Bio-Organic Samples
Complex Case Studies / Electrochemical In Situ Studies
Correlation of Electronic Structure And Conductivity
Radiation Damages
Background Subtraction
X-Ray Physics Nobel Prizes
Synchrotron Centers World
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Kα,Β X-Ray Energies
Periodic Table of Elements

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110427882
ISBN:: 9783110427882
ISBN:: 9783110437508
ISBN:: 9783110427967
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Electrochemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials for Energy
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Spectroscopy and Metrology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Advanced Calculus

Differential Calculus and Stokes' Theorem

Pietro-Luciano Buono

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This textbook offers a high-level introduction to multi-variable differential calculus. Differential forms are introduced incrementally in the narrative, eventually leading to a unified treatment of Green’s, Stokes’ and Gauss’ theorems. Furthermore, the presentation offers a natural route to differential geometry.

Contents:
Calculus of Vector Functions
Tangent Spaces and 1-forms
Line Integrals
Differential Calculus of Mappings
Applications of Differential Calculus
Double and Triple Integrals
Wedge Products and Exterior Derivatives
Integration of Forms
Stokes’ Theorem and Applications

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110438222
ISBN:: 9783110438222
ISBN:: 9783110438215
ISBN:: 9783110429114
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Analysis
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Chemistry of High-Energy Materials

Thomas M. Klapötke

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Chemistry of High-Energy Materials continues in this new and revised 3rd edition to provide fundamental scientific insights into primary and secondary explosives, propellants, rocket fuel and pyrotechnics. The contents of the previous edition were meticulously updated and recent research developments added to this graduate-level textbook. Applications in military and civil fields are discussed. Especially environmental issues caused by lead-based primary explosives, perchlorates in pyrotechnic formulations and modern signal flare compositions are discussed and current research presented. Further additions include the understanding of the mechanism and continuing development of laser ignition methods, techniques for the characterization of detonators and their output as well as principles and effects of underwater explosions.

New in the 3rd Edition:

• Revised and updated content, new study problems and questions.

• Extended examination of the application of ionic liquids in the field and hydrodynamics.

• Intended for advanced students in chemistry, materials science and engineering, as well as to all those working in defense technology.

"This book makes a nice addition to the shelf of everyone involved with energetic materials. As such it is recommended as a very useful reference for both students and experienced readers."
Ernst-Christian Koch on the 2nd Edition in: Propellants Explosive Pyrotechnics 16/2011

Upcoming titles by Thomas M. Klapötke:

Energetic Materials Encyclopedia (January 2018)

Thomas M. Klapötke

CSci CChem FRSC was from 1995 until 1997 Ramsay Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. Since 1997 he has held the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry at LMU Munich.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110439335
ISBN:: 9783110439328
ISBN:: 9783110439335
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Explosives, Propellants and Pyrotechnics
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: High Energy Materials
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Technical and Applied Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Infinite Ergodic Theory of Numbers

Marc Kesseböhmer, Sara Munday, Bernd Otto Stratmann

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By connecting dynamical systems and number theory, this graduate textbook on ergodic theory acts as an introduction to a highly active area of mathematics, where a variety of strands of research open up. The text explores various concepts in infinite ergodic theory, always using continued fractions and other number-theoretic dynamical systems as illustrative examples.

Contents:
Preface
Mathematical symbols
Number-theoretical dynamical systems
Basic ergodic theory
Renewal theory and α-sum-level sets
Infinite ergodic theory
Applications of infinite ergodic theory
Bibliography
Index

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110439427
ISBN:: 9783110439427
ISBN:: 9783110430851
ISBN:: 9783110439410
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Algebra and Number Theory
Subject:: Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Semiconductor Spintronics

Thomas Schäpers

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As the first comprehensive introduction into the rapidly evolving field of spintronics, this textbook covers ferromagnetism in nano-electrodes, spin injection, spin manipulation, and the practical use of these effects in next-generation electronics. Based on foundations in quantum mechanics and solid state physics this textbook guides the reader to the forefront of research and development in the field, based on repeated lectures given by the author.

From the content:
Low-dimensional semiconductor structures
Magnetism in solids
Diluted magnetic semiconductors
Magnetic electrodes
Spin injection
Spin transistor
Spin interference
Spin Hall effect
Quantum spin Hall effect
Topological insulators
Quantum computation with electron spins

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110425444
ISBN:: 9783110425444
ISBN:: 9783110437584
ISBN:: 9783110361674
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Condensed Matter Physics
Subject:: Electromagnetism, Optics and Photonics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Abstract Algebra

An Introduction with Applications

Derek J.S. Robinson

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This is a high level introduction to abstract algebra which is aimed at readers whose interests lie in mathematics and in the information and physical sciences. In addition to introducing the main concepts of modern algebra, the book contains numerous applications, which are intended to illustrate the concepts and to convince the reader of the utility and relevance of algebra today. In particular applications to Polya coloring theory, latin squares, Steiner systems and error correcting codes are described. Another feature of the book is that group theory and ring theory are carried further than is often done at this level. There is ample material here for a two semester course in abstract algebra.

The importance of proof is stressed and rigorous proofs of almost all results are given. But care has been taken to lead the reader through the proofs by gentle stages. There are nearly 400 problems, of varying degrees of difficulty, to test the reader's skill and progress. The book should be suitable for students in the third or fourth year of study at a North American university or in the second or third year at a university in Europe, and should ease the transition to (post)graduate studies.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110340877
ISBN:: 978-3-11-034086-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-034087-7
ISBN:: 9783110385601
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Algebra and Number Theory
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Biotechnology

Ulrich Kück, Nicole Frankenberg-Dinkel

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Biotechnology is the technical application that uses living organisms or biological systems to make products that have a profound impact on agriculture, environment, and human health.
In this text book, a color-coded classification is used to present basic chapters on white, red, green and blue biotechnology. Beside traditional biotechnical processes, the book will address principles of modern biotechnology research and applications.
Each chapter has a general introduction and concluding paragraph, gives key terms, will address problems, and recommends additional readings.
This text book is ideally suited for advanced graduate or master students and will also be a good reference for PhD students, physicians, engineers, attorneys, or non-specialist with an interest into biotechnology.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110342635
ISBN:: 9783110341102
ISBN:: 9783110342635
ISBN:: 9783110383607
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Biotechnology
Subject:: Food Science and Technology
Subject:: Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry
Subject:: Life Sciences
Subject:: Biotechnology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2019

Risk Management and Education

Thierry Meyer, Genserik Reniers, Valerio Cozzani

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Risk and Safety Management are crucial aspects in chemical industry and academic laboratories. From their rich experience in academic education and industrial practice, the authors present options for professional training addressing engineers and scientists at different career levels. The book informs about existing norms (OHSAS, ISO, etc.) and discusses examples from several countries.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110344578
ISBN:: 9783110344578
ISBN:: 9783110383775
ISBN:: 9783110344561
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Sustainable and Green Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Green and Sustainable Technology
Subject:: Safety and Risk Management
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Dealing with Electronics

Manfred Drosg, Michael Morten Steurer

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The extensive use of little known electronic principles provides something like the Science of Electronics supplementing the Art of Electronics without involvement of too much theory. Whereas art can only be acquired by doing, the knowledge provided by science can be acquired from books. The ready availability of integrated circuits for practically any application reduces the art of electronics to the art of interfacing these integrated components. The practical knowledge required for that art can only be acquired by doing and not by reading. However, it takes a lot of knowledge to select the best integrated component for achieving a specific goal. Such knowledge is provided in this book. By using a holistic approach in the understanding of the various circuits and by taking ample advantage of the duality between the electrical quantities voltage and current, the understanding of the properties of electronic circuits is made easier. Besides, this approach reduces the amount of mathematics needed for a deeper understanding. Thus, this book is appropriate for scholars at the advanced undergraduate level. In particular, the important aspects of positive and negative feedback in circuits are presented in a compact way by introducing the reverse closed-loop-gain. It is quite clear that a single book cannot cover all aspects of both analog and digital electronics, the latter comprising all circuits needed for data manipulation in digital computers – which is a field in itself.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110341089
ISBN:: 978-3-11-033840-9
ISBN:: 978-3-11-034108-9
ISBN:: 9783110385625
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Electrical Engineering
Subject:: Electronics
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Technical and Applied Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2013

Insect Morphology and Phylogeny

A Textbook for Students of Entomology

Rolf G. Beutel, Frank Friedrich, Xing-Ke Yang, Si-Qin Ge

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In the last decades a remarkable renaissance has materialized in insect morphology, mainly triggered by the development of new cutting-edge technologies. This is an exciting time for biological synthesis where the mysteries and data derived from genomes can be combined with centuries of data from morphology and development. And, now, more than ever, detailed knowledge of morphology is essential to understanding the evolution of all groups of organisms. In this “age of phylogenomics” researchers rely on morphological data to support molecular findings, test complex evolutionary scenarios, and for placing fossil taxa. This textbook provides an in-depth treatment of the structures and the phylogeny of the megadiverse Hexapoda. The first part presents an up-to-date overview of general insect morphology with detailed drawings, scanning electron micrographs, and 3-D reconstructions. Also included is a chapter covering innovative morphological techniques (e.g., µ-computer tomography, 3-D modeling), brief treatments of insect development and phylogenetic methods, and a comprehensive morphological glossary. The second part is of a modern synthesis of insect systematics that includes taxon-specific morphological information for all Orders. The work is an invaluable reference for students and researchers working in all facets of biology and is a must for evolutionary biologists. A detailed understanding of morphology is essential in unraveling phylogenetic relationships and developing complex evolutionary scenarios. Increasingly researchers in phylogenomics are re/turning to morphological data to support their findings, while the development of new cutting-edge technologies has further increased interest in this growing field. This definitive handbook provides an in-depth treatment of insect morphology. The first part presents an up-to-date overview of insect morphology with detailed drawings, brilliant scanning electron micrographs and 3-D reconstructions as interactive PDFs. This is complemented by a chapter on innovative morphological techniques (e.g., µ-computer tomography, 3-D modeling) and a comprehensive morphological glossary. The second part treats the state of the art in insect systematics and includes taxon-specific morphological information for all orders. Systematics are treated formally, with for example the arguments for relationships (“apomorphies”) always listed explicitly. The work is a useful reference for students and researchers working in different fields of biology and a must for those dealing with insects from an evolutionary perspective.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110264043
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026263-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026404-3
Subject:: Life Sciences
Subject:: Zoology
Subject:: Life Sciences, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Intelligent Materials and Structures

Haim Abramovich

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Intelligent Materials and Structures provides exceptional insights into designing intelligent materials and structures for special applications in engineering. The author introduces the fundamental materials science involved in research endeavors and simultaneously reviews the current state-of-the-art of intelligent materials and structures.
Separate chapters are devoted to the thorough examination of theory and application of laminated composite materials, Piezoelectricity, Shape Memory Alloys, Electro- and Magnetorheological fluids as well as Magneto- and Electrostrictive materials. Each chapter contains numerous equations and figures describing theories, models and behavior of the intelligent material discussed.
Special attention is paid to applications of intelligent materials to various structures in the aerospace and medical sector, piezoelectric motors as well as piezoelectric and electromagnetic energy harvesting.

Contents:
Introduction to Intelligent Materials and Structures
Laminated Composite Materials
Piezoelectricity
Shape Memory Alloys
Electrorheological and Magnetorheological Fluids
Magnetostrictive and Electrostrictive Materials
Applications of Intelligent Materials in Structures
Energy Harvesting using Intelligent Materials
Index

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110338027
ISBN:: 9783110338027
ISBN:: 9783110389432
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials Sciences, other
Subject:: Functional and Smart Materials
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Technical and Applied Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Non-equilibrium thermodynamics and physical kinetics

Halid Bikkin, Igor I. Lyapilin

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This graduate textbook covers contemporary directions of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics as well as classical methods of kinetics. Starting from phenomenological non-equilibrium thermodynamics, the kinetic equation method discussed and demonstrated with electrons and phonons in conducting crystals. Linear response theory as well as the non-equilibrium statistical operator and the master equation approach are discussed in the course of the book.

With one of the main propositions being to avoid terms such as "obviously" and "it is easy to show", this treatise is an easy-to-read introduction into this traditional, yet vibrant field. Problems and their well-documented solutions included at appropriate points of the narrative allow the reader to actively develop essential parts of the theory himself.

From the content:

Phenomenological thermodynamics of irreversible processes
Brownian motion
Kinetic equations in non-equilibrium thermodynamics
Kinetic equation for electrons and phonons in conducting crystals
Theory of non-linear response to an external mechanical pertubation
Non-equilibrium statistical operator method
Response of a highly non-equilibrium system to a weakly measuring field
Master equation approach

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110338355
ISBN:: 978-3-11-033769-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-033835-5
ISBN:: 9783110373004
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Physical Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Thermodynamics
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Process Technology

An Introduction

André B. de Haan

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Process Technology provides a general overview about chemical and biochemical process technology. It focuses on the structure and development of production processes, main technological operations and the important aspects of process economics. The theoretical foundations in each chapter are supplemented by case studies and examples in a clear and instructive manner to illustrate the practical aspects.
The author highlights operating principles, reasons for application and available industrial equipment of technological operations. Aim is to facilitate those without a process technology background in multi-disciplinary cooperation with (bio-) chemical engineers by providing an overview of this exciting field.
The textbook is organized into seven distinct parts:
Structure of the chemical industry and (bio-) chemical processes
(Bio-) Chemical reaction engineering
Molecular separations (distillation, extraction, absorption, adsorption)
Mechanical separations (filtration, sedimentation, membranes)
Particle and final product manufacturing
Development, scale-up, design and safety of processes
Major industrial process descriptions

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110336726
ISBN:: 978-3-11-033671-9
ISBN:: 978-3-11-033672-6
ISBN:: 9783110382785
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Organic Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Chemical Reaction Technology

Dmitry Yu. Murzin

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The book discusses the sciences of operations, converting raw materials into desired products on an industrial scale by applying chemical transformations and other industrial technologies.
Basics of chemical technology combining chemistry, physical transport, unit operations and chemical reactors are thoroughly prepared for an easy understanding.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110336443
ISBN:: 978-3-11-033643-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-033644-3
ISBN:: 9783110389319
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Catalysis
Subject:: Physical Chemistry
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Process Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Electrospinning

A Practical Guide to Nanofibers

Seema Agarwal, Matthias Burgard, Andreas Greiner, Joachim Wendorff

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Focuses on basic aspects of nano/microfibers made by electrospinning with details on spinning recipes, characterization techniques and chemistry of the polymers in use. The basic understanding provided in the book, is useful for producing 1D and 3D fibrous structures with specific properties for applications, e.g. textiles, membranes, reinforcements, catalysis, filters or biomedical uses. Students and practitioners will find great value in the step by step instructions how to manufacture nanofibers.

- Electrospinning equipment
- History of electrospinning and nanofibers -characterization-fundamentals of electrospun fibers
- Ready-made recipes for spinning solutions
- Conditions for the productions of highly diverse fiber morphologies and arrangements
- Chemistry of fiber forming materials

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110333510
ISBN:: 9783110333510
ISBN:: 9783110382600
ISBN:: 9783110331806
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Polymer Science and Technology
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
Subject:: Polymers
Subject:: Materials Processing
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Distillation

The Theory

Alfons Vogelpohl

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Distillation basedon Mass Transfer Processes, starting from the basic equation of ternary distillation published by Hausen in 1932 and exploiting the properties of this equation covering all modes of distillation. The material is intended as a graduate textbook for an advanced course on distillation but will also help the practicing engineer to better understand the complex interrelationships of multi-component distillation.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110333466
ISBN:: 978-3-11-029284-8
ISBN:: 978-3-11-033346-6
ISBN:: 9783110390131
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Physical Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Physical Chemistry and Thermodynamics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Catalytic Reactors

Basudeb Saha, Volkan Degirmenci, Kari Eränen, Volker Hessel, Stanislav Y. Ivanov, Teuvo Kilpiö, Sanjay M. Mahajani, Timothy Noël, Ajay K Ray, Evgeny Rebrov, Vincenzo Russo, Tapio Salmi, Elnaz Shahbazali, Goran Vladisavljevic, Qi Wang, Joseph Wood

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Catalytic Reactors presents several key aspects of reactor design in Chemical and Process Engineering. Starting with the fundamental science across a broad interdisciplinary field, this graduate level textbook offers a concise overview on reactor and process design for students, scientists and practitioners new to the field.

This book aims to collate into a comprehensive and well-informed work of leading researchers from north America, western Europe and south-east Asia. The editor and international experts discuss state-of-the-art applications of multifunctional reactors, biocatalytic membrane reactors, micro-flow reactors, industrial catalytic reactors, micro trickle bed reactors and multiphase catalytic reactors. The use of catalytic reactor technology is essential for the economic viability of the chemical manufacturing industry. The importance of Chemical and Process Engineering and efficient design of reactors are another focus of the book. Especially the combination of advantages from both catalysis and chemical reaction technology for optimization and intensification as essential factors in the future development of reactors and processes are discussed. Furthermore, options that can drastically influence reaction processes, e.g. choice of catalysts, alternative reaction pathways, mass and heat transfer effects, flow regimes and inherent design of catalytic reactors are reviewed in detail.

Focuses on the state-of-the-art applications of catalytic reactors and optimization in the design and operation of industrial catalytic reactors

Insights into transfer of knowledge from laboratory science to industry

For students and researchers in Chemical and Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Industrial Catalysis and practising Engineers

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110332988
ISBN:: 9783110332988
ISBN:: 9783110332964
ISBN:: 9783110390124
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Technical and Applied Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Biorefineries

An Introduction

Michele Aresta, Angela Dibenedetto, Franck Dumeignil, Gennaro Agrimi, Efthymia Alexopoulou, Elisavet D. Bartzoka, Antonio Buonerba, Fabrizio Cavani, Myrsini Christou, Antonella Colucci, Jean-Luc Couturier, Claudia Crestini, Jean-Luc Dubois, Ioannis Eleftheriadis, Maria Georgiadou, Alfonso Grassi, Christin Groeger, Eleni Heracleous, Eleni Iliopoulou, Francois Jerome, Benjamin Katryniok, Michal Krzyzanik, Heiko Lange, Angelos Lappas, Angeliki A. Lemonidou, Eric Monflier, Luigi Palmieri, Ioanna Papamichael, Sebastian Paul, Carlo Perego, Carla S.M. Pereira, Isabella Pisano, Marco Ricci, Maria Antonietta Ricci, Alirio E. Rodrigues, Raf Roelant, Wael Sebra, Sheila Ortega Sanchez, Mariusz Stolarski, Charles Themistocles, Tsiotas Kostas, Efterpi S. Vasiliadou, An-Ping Zeng

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Biorefineries compiles the basic science and technologies used to convert terrestrial and aquatic biomass into essential molecular compounds and polymeric materials. The book provides in depth insights into this fairly recent concept of industrial chemistry that aims to achieve optimal economic profits while minimizing the environmental impact. Chapters written by renowned experts cover, amongst others, the application of catalysis, downstream processing, biomass sourced olefins, lignin biorefinery techniques and biogas.
The authors thoroughly examine and explain the value chain for biomass conversion into platform molecules and their transformation into final products. A comprehensive thematic overview on the topic giving beginners access to fundamental concepts is presented. Supplemented by numerous full color figures and tables, the contents impart knowledge about the involved techniques. Advanced students and experts in the field will find the summary of state-of-the-art research and current literature of valuable interest.

Explores the enormous potential of biomass conversion as a future source for fuels and chemicals
Focuses on both general scientific background and current innovations in the field of biorefinery
Targets students and researchers in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, and Materials Science

About the Editors

Prof. Michele Aresta, Chair of the Scientific Committee of CIRCC in Italy and holds the IMM Chair at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NUS, Singapore. He is author of over 200 papers and Author or Editor of nine books.

Prof. Angela Dibenedetto, Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Bari (Italy) focused on carbon dioxide utilization by applying biorefinery concepts; and Director of the Interuniversity Consortium on Chemical Reactivity and Catalysis-CIRCC.

Prof. Franck Dumeignil, Deputy Director of the CNRS joint Unit of Catalysis and Chemistry of Solid (UCCS) of Lille University (France); project coordinator of several projects on chemistry, including the EuroBioRef Project for designing next generation biorefineries.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110331585
ISBN:: 9783110331530
ISBN:: 9783110331585
ISBN:: 9783110389999
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Organic Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Green and Sustainable Technology
Subject:: Life Sciences
Subject:: Biotechnology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Industrial Inorganic Chemistry

Mark Anthony Benvenuto

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Industrial Inorganic Chemistry adds to the previously published graduate level textbooks on Industrial Chemistry by Mark A. Benvenuto. It focuses specifically on inorganic processes, from the largest industrial process for the production of major inorganic chemicals and metals, down to and including smaller niche processes that have become extremely important in maintaining the current quality of life. The book provides a survey on the production of essential elements and compounds, such as sulfuric acid, calcium carbonate, fertilizers as well as numerous metals and alloys. In addition to the fundamental scientific principles each chapter includes discussions on the environmental impacts: mining of raw materials, creation of by-products, pollution, and waste generation, all of which have become key factors for the potential implementation of greener methods. The author also highlights ways in which industry has begun to make industrial inorganic processes more environmentally benign.

Examines major inorganic chemistry processes, their effect on every-day life and current efforts to improve processes or adapt „green“ chemical production.
Provides didactic links between theoretical lecture contents and current, largescale chemical processes.
Valuable for students of Inorganic Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Sciences.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110330335
ISBN:: 9783110330328
ISBN:: 9783110330335
ISBN:: 9783110382235
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Environmental Chemistry
Subject:: Substances and Products
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Nanoparticles

Raz Jelinek

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Nanoparticles presents the remarkable variety of nanoparticle families, compositions, structures, and functions. The book discusses nanoparticles made of semiconductors, metals, metal-oxides, organics, biological and hybrid constituents.
Through a wealth of examples and case studies, supplemented by numerous
figures, readers that are not necessarily active or experts in this area acquire a
broad overview of this exciting field at the interface between scientifi c research and practical technologies.
The contents summarize the contributions to this field of diverse scientific and technological disciplines - chemistry, physics, biology, electronics and others providing a comprehensive knowledge - the types of nanoparticles, their compositions and how the relationships between the atomic constituents affect their properties, as well as potential applications of nanoparticles.
- Covers diverse uses of nanoparticles in scientifi c research and industrial applications, underscoring their extraordinary diversity and potential utilization.
- Experimental and conceptual approaches applied to the study of nanoparticles are discussed extensively. Additional references provide the reader with a basis for further study.
- Also available by Professor Jelinek: Biomimetics - A Molecular Perspective (2013), ISBN: 978-3-11-028117-0

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110330038
ISBN:: 978-3-11-033002-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-033003-8
ISBN:: 9783110389913
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Organic Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Polymer Science and Technology
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Technical and Applied Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Elements of Partial Differential Equations

Pavel Drábek, Gabriela Holubová

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This textbook is an elementary introduction to the basic principles of partial differential equations. With many illustrations it introduces PDEs on an elementary level, enabling the reader to understand what partial differential equations are, where they come from and how they can be solved. The intention is that the reader understands the basic principles which are valid for particular types of PDEs, and to acquire some classical methods to solve them, thus the authors restrict their considerations to fundamental types of equations and basic methods. Only basic facts from calculus and linear ordinary differential equations of first and second order are needed as a prerequisite.

The book is addressed to students who intend to specialize in mathematics as well as to students of physics, engineering, and economics.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110316674
ISBN:: 978-3-11-031665-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-031667-4
ISBN:: 9783110374049
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
Subject:: Applied Mathematics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Hydrochemistry

Basic Concepts and Exercises

Eckhard Worch

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Water is the basis of all life. Preservation of aquatic ecosystems and protection of water resources thus are among the most important goals of a sustainable development. The quality of water is mainly determined by its constituents, the entirety of the substances dissolved or suspended in water. To assess the water quality on a sound basis requires in-depth knowledge about the occurrence, behavior and fate of these constituents. That explains the importance of hydrochemistry (also referred to as water chemistry or aquatic chemistry) as a scientific discipline that deals with water constituents and their reactions within the natural water cycle and within the cycle of water use.

This textbook introduces the elementary basics of hydrochemistry with special focus on reaction equilibria in aquatic systems and their mathematical description. It is designed as an introductory textbook for students of all environment-related courses who are beginning their hydrochemical education. Only minor knowledge in General Chemistry is required to understand the text. The book is also suitable for continuing education.

Topics discussed in this textbook include: structure and properties of water, concentration measures and activities, colligative properties, basics of chemical equilibria, gas-water partitioning, acid/base reactions, precipitation/dissolution, calco-carbonic equilibrium, redox reactions, complex formation, and sorption. The text is supplemented by numerous figures and tables. More than 50 examples within the text as well as more than 60 problems to be solved by the reader support the acquiring of knowledge. Complete and detailed solutions to all problems are given in a separate chapter.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110315561
ISBN:: 978-3-11-031553-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-031556-1
ISBN:: 9783110382020
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Geosciences
Subject:: Geology and Mineralogy
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Environmental Chemistry
Subject:: Analytical Chemistry
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2018

Integrated Bioprocess Engineering

Clemens Posten

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Bioprocess engineering employs microorganisms to produce biological products for medical and industrial applications. The book covers engineering tasks around the cultivation process in bioreactors including topics like media design, feeding strategies, or cell harvesting. All aspects are described from conceptual considerations to technical realization. It gives insight to students of technical biology, bioengineering, and biotechnology by detailed explanations, drawings, formulas, and example processes. In Bioprocess Engineering upstream, bioreaction, and downstream stages are closely linked to each other. From a biological point of view photo-biotechnology is in the centre of interest as well as processes, where the particulate properties play an important role. The main technical means are fermentation under highly controlled conditions, mathematical modelling of bioprocesses including measurement of intracellular compounds, as well as mechanical separation methods arising from downstream processing.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110315394
ISBN:: 9783110315394
ISBN:: 9783110382006
ISBN:: 9783110315387
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Biotechnology
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Green and Sustainable Technology
Subject:: Life Sciences
Subject:: Biotechnology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Nonlinear Programming

An Introduction

Peter Zörnig

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This book is an introduction to nonlinear programming. It deals with the theoretical foundations and solution methods, beginning with the classical procedures and reaching up to “modern” methods like trust region methods or procedures for nonlinear and global optimization. A comprehensive bibliography including diverse web sites with information about nonlinear programming, in particular software, is presented. Without sacrificing the necessary mathematical rigor, excessive formalisms are avoided. Several examples, exercises with detailed solutions, and applications are provided, making the text adequate for individual studies.

The book is written for students from the fields of applied mathematics, engineering, economy, and computation.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110315288
ISBN:: 978-3-11-031527-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-031528-8
ISBN:: 9783110372519
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Numerical and Computational Mathematics
Subject:: Applied Mathematics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Volume 1 Introduction

Frank Rösch

Part of the multi-volume work Nuclear- and Radiochemistry

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Nuclear chemistry represents a vital field of basic and applied research. Modern applications cover, for example, fundamental aspects of energetics and high-sensitive, high-selective and non-destructive analytical technologies. Nuclear chemistry and radiopharmaceutical chemistry are increasingly used to bridge pharmaceutical and medical research with state-of-the-art non-invasive molecular diagnosis as well as with patient-individual treatment. This volume I on Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry describes the origin of unstable atoms and their various primary and secondary pathways to stabilize. Volume II illustrates the spectrum of modern applications of nuclear and radiochemistry.

In various chapters, the present volume I addresses
- the structure of atoms and the nuclei of atoms,
- the transformation of unstable nuclei to more stable nucleon configurations,
- the mechanisms of the main transformation pathways and their kinetics,
- the character of the radiation emitted from these processes,
- the interaction of this radiation with condensed matter,
- and finally nuclear reaction processes to produce new nuclei.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110221923
ISBN:: 978-3-11-022191-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-022192-3
ISBN:: 9783110384765
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Nuclear Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Analytical Chemistry
Subject:: Physical Chemistry and Thermodynamics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Volume 2 Modern Applications

Frank Rösch, Daniele Panetta, Michael Steppert, Tobias L. Ross, Sönke Szidat, Cathy S. Cutler, Alberto Del Guerra, Christoph Düllmann, Klaus Eberhardt, Norman Edelstein, Heinz Gäggeler, Gert Langrock, Thomas Moenius, Lester Morss, Werner Ruehm, Norbert Trautmann, Clemens Walther, Klaus Wendt, Peter Zeh

Part of the multi-volume work Nuclear- and Radiochemistry

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Nuclear chemistry represents a vital field of basic and applied research. Modern applications cover, for example, fundamental aspects of energetics and high-sensitive, high-selective and non-destructive analytical technologies. Nuclear chemistry and radiopharmaceutical chemistry are increasingly used to bridge pharmaceutical and medical research with state-of-the-art non-invasive molecular diagnosis as well as with patient-individual treatment. While volume I on Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry describes the origin of unstable atoms and their pathways to stabilize, this volume II illustrates the spectrum of modern applications of nuclear and radiochemistry.

In various chapters, leading scientists address
- the measurement of radiation,
- the dosimetric action of radioactive radiation and radiation safety
- nuclear dating
- elemental analysis by neutron activation,
- radiation mass spectroscopy and chemicals speciation,
- radiochemical separations,
- applications of radiochemistry to life sciences,
- the chemistry of radioelements: Tc and At, actinides and the transactinides
- fundamentals of modern nuclear energy.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110221862
ISBN:: 9783110221862
ISBN:: 9783110390490
ISBN:: 9783110221855
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Nuclear Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Analytical Chemistry
Subject:: Physical Chemistry and Thermodynamics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

An Introduction to Surfactants

Tharwat F. Tadros

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Surfactants are surface active agents, molecules that have a significant role in emulsions, suspensions, and foams. They find widespread application in personal care, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and the food industry. The main objective of this graduate level textbook is to present an overview of the classification, physical properties, phase behavior, their effects and applications of surfactants, e.g. as emulsifiers, foam stabilizer, in nano- and microemulsions and as wetting agents.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110312133
ISBN:: 978-3-11-031212-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-031213-3
ISBN:: 9783110370591
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Physical Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Substances and Products
Subject:: Physical Chemistry and Thermodynamics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Process Engineering

Addressing the Gap between Study and Chemical Industry

Michael Kleiber

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This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to chemical process engineering, linking the fundamental theory and concepts to the industrial day-to-day practice. It bridges the gap between chemical sciences and the practical chemical industry. It enables the reader to integrate fundamental knowledge of the basic disciplines, to understand the most important chemical processes, and to apply this knowledge to the practice in the industry.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110312119
ISBN:: 9783110312119
ISBN:: 9783110312096
ISBN:: 9783110383102
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Catalysis
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Process Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Sustainable Process Engineering

Prospects and Opportunities

Andrzej Benedykt Koltuniewicz

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The vital need for alternative resources and reaction routes, environmentally friendly and economically feasible industrial chemical processes has become a ubiquitous reality. This very timely introductory text covers new materials, processes and industry sectors: nanotechnology, microreactors, membrane separations, hybrid processes, clean technologies, energy savings and safe production of energy, renewables and biotechnology. Some completely new processes for the solid-liquid systems are also discussed in detail, thus creating new opportunities of sustainable development not only in industrial practice.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110308761
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030875-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030876-1
ISBN:: 9783110373264
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Process Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Green and Sustainable Technology
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Reactive and Membrane-Assisted Separations

Philip Lutze, Andrzej Górak, Johannes Holtbrügge, Anna Katharina Kunze, Alexander Niesbach, Patrick Schmidt, Robin Schulz, Daniel Sudhoff, Mirko Skiborowski

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Process intensification aims for increasing efficiency and sustainability of (bio-)chemical production processes. This book presents strategies for improving fluid separation such as reactive distillation, reactive absorption and membrane assisted separations. The authors discuss computer simulation, model development, methodological approaches for synthesis and the design and scale-up of final industrial processes.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110307849
ISBN:: 9783110307849
ISBN:: 9783110388206
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Process Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Membrane Technology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Brownian Motion

An Introduction to Stochastic Processes

René L. Schilling, Lothar Partzsch, Björn Böttcher

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Brownian motion is one of the most important stochastic processes in continuous time and with continuous state space. Within the realm of stochastic processes, Brownian motion is at the intersection of Gaussian processes, martingales, Markov processes, diffusions and random fractals, and it has influenced the study of these topics. Its central position within mathematics is matched by numerous applications in science, engineering and mathematical finance.

Often textbooks on probability theory cover, if at all, Brownian motion only briefly. On the other hand, there is a considerable gap to more specialized texts on Brownian motion which is not so easy to overcome for the novice. The authors’ aim was to write a book which can be used as an introduction to Brownian motion and stochastic calculus, and as a first course in continuous-time and continuous-state Markov processes. They also wanted to have a text which would be both a readily accessible mathematical back-up for contemporary applications (such as mathematical finance) and a foundation to get easy access to advanced monographs.

This textbook, tailored to the needs of graduate and advanced undergraduate students, covers Brownian motion, starting from its elementary properties, certain distributional aspects, path properties, and leading to stochastic calculus based on Brownian motion. It also includes numerical recipes for the simulation of Brownian motion.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110307306
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030729-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030730-6
ISBN:: 9783110373981
Subject:: Business and Economics
Subject:: Mathematics and Statistics for Economists
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Probability and Statistics
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2013

Medical Physics

Exercises and Examples

Wieland Alexander Worthoff, Hans Georg Krojanski, Dieter Suter

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This textbook contains a comprehensive collection of exercises in medical physics with numerous illustrations – ideally suited for teaching and learning. Introductory sections summarize contents and learning targets of each chapter.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110306767
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030675-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030676-7
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Biophysics
Subject:: Medical Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2013

Industrial Separation Processes

Fundamentals

André B. de Haan, Hans Bosch

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Separation operations are crucial throughout the process industry with respect to energy consumption, contribution to investments and ability to achieve the desired product with the right specifications.

Our main objective in creating this graduate level textbook is to present an overview of the fundamentals underlying the most frequently used industrial separation methods. We focus on their physical principles and the basic computation methods that are required to assess their technical and economical feasibility.

The textbook is organized into three main parts. Separation processes for homogeneous mixtures are treated in the parts on equilibrium based molecular separations and rate-controlled molecular separations. The part on mechanical separation technology presents an overview of the most important techniques for heterogeneous mixture separation. Each chapter provides a condensed overview of the most commonly used equipment types. The textbook is concluded with a final chapter on the main considerations in selecting an appropriate separation process for a separation task.

As the design of separation processes can only be learned by doing, we have included exercises at the end of each chapter. Short answers are given at the end of this book; detailed solutions are given in a separate solution manual.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110306729
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030669-9
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030672-9
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Life Sciences
Subject:: Biotechnology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Process Integration and Intensification

Saving Energy, Water and Resources

Jirí Jaromír Klemeš, Petar Sabev Varbanov, Sharifah Rafidah Wan Wan Alwi, Zainuddin Abdul Manan

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"The authors have provided all the elements required for complete understanding of the basic concepts in heat recovery and water minimization in chemical and related processes, and followed these with carefully selected and developed problems and solutions in order to ensure that the concepts delivered can be applied." Simon Perry, The University of Manchester.

This graduate textbook covers fundamentals of the key areas of Process Integration and Intensification for intra-process heat recovery (Heat Integration), inter-process heat recovery and cogeneration (Total Site) as well as water conservation. Step by step working sessions are illustrated for deeper understanding of the taught materials.
The textbook also provides a wealth of pointers as well as further information for readers to acquire more extensive materials on the diverse industrial applications and the latest development trends in Process Integration and Intensification. It is addressed to graduate students as well as professionals to help the effectively application of Process Integration and Intensification in plant design and operation.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110306859
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030664-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-030685-9
ISBN:: 9783110368246
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Process Intensification
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Advanced Process Engineering Control

Paul Serban Agachi, Mircea Vasile Cristea, Alexandra Ana Csavdari, Botond Szilagyi

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As a mature topic in chemical engineering, the book provides methods, problems and tools used in process control engineering. It discusses: process knowledge, sensor system technology, actuators, communication technology, and logistics, design and construction of control systems and their operation. The knowledge goes beyond the traditional process engineering field by applying the same principles, to biomedical processes, energy production and management of environmental issues. The book explains all the determinations in the "chemical systems" or "process systems", starting from the beginning of the processes, going through the intricate interdependency of the process stages, analyzing the hardware components of a control system and ending with the design of an appropriate control system for a process parameter or a whole process. The book is first addressed to the students and graduates of the departments of Chemical or Process Engineering. Second, to the chemical or process engineers in all industries or research and development centers, because they will notice the resemblance in approach from the system and control point of view, between different fields which might seem far from each other, but share the same control philosophy.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110306637
ISBN:: 9783110306637
ISBN:: 9783110388169
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Process Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Safety and Risk Management
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2013

Distribution Theory

Convolution, Fourier Transform, and Laplace Transform

Gerrit van Dijk

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The theory of distributions has numerous applications and is extensively used in mathematics, physics and engineering. There is however relatively little elementary expository literature on distribution theory. This book is intended as an introduction. Starting with the elementary theory of distributions, it proceeds to convolution products of distributions, Fourier and Laplace transforms, tempered distributions, summable distributions and applications. The theory is illustrated by several examples, mostly beginning with the case of the real line and then followed by examples in higher dimensions. This is a justified and practical approach, it helps the reader to become familiar with the subject. A moderate number of exercises are added.

It is suitable for a one-semester course at the advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level or for self-study.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110298512
ISBN:: 978-3-11-029591-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-029851-2
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Analysis
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2013

Industrial Chemistry

Mark Anthony Benvenuto

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Industrial Chemistry is a book that brings the subject matter of a chemistry curriculum to life. Comprehensibly written, it examines the major chemistry performed by industry and looks at how such chemical processes affect our lives. In addition, as each process is presented and examined, there is a significant discussion dedicated to the by-products, pollution, necessary waste generated, and attempts to make each process ecologically friendlier, or‚‘greener’. It bridges the divide between the basic chemistry that students learn in their undergraduate curriculum, and the broader chemical processes that are used in real life.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110295900
ISBN:: 978-3-11-029589-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-029590-0
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Process Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2012

Stochastics

Introduction to Probability and Statistics

Hans-Otto Georgii

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This textbook, now in its second revised and extended edition, presents the fundamental ideas and results of both probability theory and statistics. It comprises the material of a one-year course, which is addressed to students of mathematics and to scientists with an interest in the mathematical side of stochastics.
The stochastic concepts, models and methods are motivated by examples and then developed and analysed systematically. Some measure theory is included, but this is done at an elementary level that is in accordance with the introductory character of the book. A large number of problems, now in part with solutions, offer applications and supplements to the text.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110293609
ISBN:: 978-3-11-029254-1
ISBN:: 978-3-11-029360-9
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Probability and Statistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2015

Nanodispersions

Tharwat F. Tadros

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General introduction - Definition of nanodispersions (nanosuspensions, nanoemulsions, swollen micelles or microemulsions, liposomes and vesicles) and their size range. General description of their colloid stability. Main advantages of nanodispersions and their industrial applications.
Preparation of nanosuspensions by top-up process - Nucleation and growth and control of particle size distribution. Factors determining the formation of narrow particle size distribution. Role of surfactants and polymers. Preparation of nano-polymer colloids (lattices) by emulsion and dispersion polymerization. Factors affects the stability of nanosuspensions.
Preparation of nanosuspensions by bottom down process - Dispersion of preformed particles in liquids and the need of a wetting agent. Break-up of aggregates and agglomerates by application of high speed stirrers. Reduction of particle size by application of intense energy (microfluidization or bead milling). Maintenance of the colloid stability of the resulting particles. Reduction of Ostwald ripening.
Industrial applications of nanosuspensions - Application in pharmacy to enhance bioavailability, Application in sunscreens for UV protection. Application in paints and coatings.
Preparation of nanoemulsions by the use of high pressure homogenisers - Principles of emulsion formation and the role of the emulsifier. Selection of emulsifiers. Methods of emulsification and prevention of coalescence during emulsification. Origin of colloid stability of nanoemulsions. Prevention of Ostwald ripening
Low energy methods for nanoemulsion preparation - The phase inversion composition method and the role of mixing the surfactant with oil and water. The phase inversion temperature method for preparation of nanoemulsions. Preparation of nanoemulsions by dilution of microemulsions.
Practical examples of nanoemulsions and their industrial application - Nanoemulsions based on non-ionic surfactants and the role of the hydrophilic-lipophilic balance. Effect of oil solubility on the stabilityof nanoemulsions. Nanoemulsions based on polymeric surfactants. Applications in pharmacy and cosmetics.
Swollen micelles or microemulsionsDefinition of microemulsions and their size range. Thermodynamic definition of microemulstions. Theories of microemulsion formation and stability. Characterisation of microemulsions using scattering, conductivity and NMR rechniques.
Formulation of microemulsions and their industrial applications - Distinction between microemulsions and macroemulsions. Formulation of oil/water and water/oil microemulsions. Selection of emulsifiers for microemulsions. Application of microemulsions in tertiary oil recovery.
Liposomes and vesicles - Formation of multilamellar lipid layers (liposomes) by dispersion of lipids in water. Formation of unilamellar vesicles by sonication of the liposomes. Factors responsible for stabilisation of liposomes and vesicles. Use of block copolymers to enhance the stability of vesicles. Applications of liposomes and vesicles in pharmacy and cosmetics.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110290349
ISBN:: 9783110290349
ISBN:: 9783110388794
ISBN:: 9783110290332
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Physical Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Substances and Products
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Thin Films, Surfaces and Interfaces
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Nanotechnology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Basic Process Engineering Control

Paul Serban Agachi, Mircea Vasile Cristea

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Basic Process Engineering Control is based on the extensive experience of the
authors in the field of industry, teaching and writing. The textbook showcases
methods, problems, and tools used in this well-established fi eld of chemical engineering and goes beyond traditional process engineering by applying the same principles to biomedical processes, energy production, and management of environmental issues. Starting from the behavior of processes, Basic Process Engineering Control explains all determinations in “chemical systems” or “process systems”, such as the intricate inter dependency of the process stages, analyzing the hardware components of a control system, and the design of an appropriate control system for a process parameter or a whole process. Although mainly aimed at students and graduates, the book is equally interesting to chemical or process engineers in all industries or research and development centers. Readers will notice the similarity in approach from the system and control point of view between different fields, which might otherwise seem far from each other but share the same control philosophy.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110289824
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028981-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028982-4
ISBN:: 9783110377019
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Process Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Volume 1 Flow Chemistry – Fundamentals

Ferenc Darvas, Volker Hessel, György Dorman, Klavs F. Jensen, René Becker, Marielle M.E. Delville, Melinda Fekete, Ferenc Fülöp, Toma Glasnov, Trevor A. Hamlin, Robert K. Harmel, C. Oliver Kappe, Kaspar Koch, Nicholas E. Leadbeater, Holger Löwe, Arturo Macchi, István M. Mándity, Pieter Nieuwland, Sándor B. Ötvös, Patrick Plouffe, Dominique Roberge, Floris Rutjes, Jun-ichi Yoshida

Part of the multi-volume work Flow Chemistry

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"Flow Chemistry fills the gap in graduate education by covering chemistry and reaction principles along with current practice, including examples of relevant commercial reaction, separation, automation, and analytical equipment. The Editors of Flow Chemistry are commended for having taken the initiative to bring together experts from the field to provide a comprehensive treatment of fundamental and practical considerations underlying flow chemistry. It promises to become a useful study text and as well as reference for the graduate students and practitioners of flow chemistry." Professor Klavs Jensen Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Broader theoretical insight in driving a chemical reaction automatically opens the window towards new technologies particularly to flow chemistry. This emerging concept promotes the transformation of present day's organic processes into a more rapid continuous set of synthesis operations, more compatible with the envisioned sustainable world. These two volumes Fundamentals and Applications provide both the theoretical foundation as well as the practical aspects.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110289169
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028915-2
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028916-9
ISBN:: 9783110388756
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Organic Chemistry
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Process Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Green and Sustainable Technology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2013

Engineering Risk Management

Thierry Meyer, Genserik Reniers

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The book presents risk management from an engineering perspective. Both a systemic and analytic viewpoint are important in this regard. The introduction to the concept of 'risk' is followed by risk management principles, risk diagnostic, analysis and treatment, event analysis, crisis management, economic issues, risk governance followed by examples of practical implementation in chemistry, physics and emerging technologies such as nanoparticles. Finally, also a number of well-known major industrial accidents are discussed, and how one can learn from accidents. The book is aimed at anyone faced with risk and safety issues. The target audience can be as diverse as students, engineers, scientists, sociologists, psychologists, or actually all practitioners and academics interested in the matter.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110285161
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028515-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028516-1
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Business and Management
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Subject:: Safety and Risk Management
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2013

Engineering Catalysis

Dmitry Yu. Murzin

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With well over 90% of all processes in the industrial chemical
production being of catalytic nature, catalysis is a mature though
ever interesting topic. The idea of this book is to tackle various
aspects of heterogeneous catalysis from the engineering point of view
and go all the way from engineering of catalysis, catalyst
preparation, characterization, reaction kinetics, mass transfer to
catalytic reactors and the implementation of catalysts in chemical
technology. Aimed for graduate students it is also a useful resource
for professionals coming from the more academic side.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110283372
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028336-5
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028337-2
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Catalysis
Subject:: Physical Chemistry
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Process Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Chemical and Process Engineering
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2016

Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells

An Introduction

Lukas Schmidt-Mende, Jonas Weickert

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With the increasing world-energy demand there is a growing necessity for clean and renewable energy. The sun being one of the most abundant potential sources accounts for less than 1% of the global energy supply. The market for solar cells is one of the most strongly increasing markets, even though the prize of conventional solar cells is still quite high. New emerging technologies, such as organic and hybrid solar cells have the potential to decrease the price of solar energy drastically. This book offers an introduction to these new types of solar cells and discusses fabrication, different architectures and their device physics on the bases of the author's teaching course on a master degree level. A comparison with conventional solar cells will be given and the specialties of organic solar cells emphasized.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110283204
ISBN:: 9783110283204
ISBN:: 9783110388510
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Polymer Science and Technology
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials for Energy
Subject:: Materials Characterization and Properties
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Technical and Applied Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2012

Adaptive Numerical Solution of PDEs

Peter Deuflhard, Martin Weiser

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This book deals with the general topic “Numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDEs)” with a focus on adaptivity of discretizations in space and time. By and large, introductory textbooks like “Numerical Analysis in Modern Scientific Computing” by Deuflhard and Hohmann should suffice as a prerequisite. The emphasis lies on elliptic and parabolic systems. Hyperbolic conservation laws are treated only on an elementary level excluding turbulence.

Numerical Analysis is clearly understood as part of Scientific Computing. The focus is on the efficiency of algorithms, i.e. speed, reliability, and robustness, which directly leads to the concept of adaptivity in algorithms. The theoretical derivation and analysis is kept as elementary as possible. Nevertheless required somewhat more sophisticated mathematical theory is summarized in comprehensive form in an appendix. Complex relations are explained by numerous figures and illustrating examples. Non-trivial problems from regenerative energy, nanotechnology, surgery, and physiology are inserted.

The text will appeal to graduate students and researchers on the job in mathematics, science, and technology. Conceptually, it has been written as a textbook including exercises and a software list, but at the same time it should be well-suited for self-study.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110283112
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028310-5
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028311-2
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Numerical and Computational Mathematics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2013

Biomimetics

A Molecular Perspective

Raz Jelinek

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Biological systems have always inspired mankind in the creation of new systems and technologies. In recent years the interface between the biological and non-biological worlds appears increasingly blurred due to significant advances both in our understanding of biological phenomena, as well as the development of sophisticated means to manipulate molecular systems for varied applications. Biomimetics as a distinct discipline shows how biology and biological processes are manifested in diverse aspects of chemistry, physics and engineering. This book aims to methodically describe artificial and synthetic assemblies mimicking biological and living systems - from biomaterials to drug discovery to microelectronics and computer sciences.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110281194
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028117-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-028119-4
Subject:: Life Sciences
Subject:: Biophysics
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Functional and Smart Materials
Subject:: Materials Characterization and Properties
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Biophysics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2012

Brownian Motion

An Introduction to Stochastic Processes

René L. Schilling, Lothar Partzsch, Björn Böttcher

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110278989
ISBN:: 978-3-11-027889-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-027898-9
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Probability and Statistics
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2012

Chemistry of High-Energy Materials

Thomas M. Klapötke

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This graduate-level textbook in a new revised edition treats the basic chemistry of high energy materials - primary and secondary explosives, propellants, rocket fuel and pyrotechnics - and provides a review of new research developments. Applications in both military and civil fields are discussed. The book also offers new insights into "green" chemistry requirements and strategies for military applications. This work should be of interest to advanced students in chemistry, materials science and engineering, as well as all those working in defense technology.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110273595
ISBN:: 978-3-11-027358-8
ISBN:: 978-3-11-027359-5
Subject:: Chemistry
Subject:: Inorganic Chemistry
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Energy Harvesting and Conversion
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2012

Distributions

Generalized Functions with Applications in Sobolev Spaces

Pulin Kumar Bhattacharyya

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This book grew out of a course taught in the Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, which was tailored to the needs of the applied community of mathematicians, engineers, physicists etc., who were interested in studying the problems of mathematical physics in general and their approximate solutions on computer in particular.

Almost all topics which will be essential for the study of Sobolev spaces and their applications in the elliptic boundary value problems and their finite element approximations are presented. Also many additional topics of interests for specific applied disciplines and engineering, for example, elementary solutions, derivatives of discontinuous functions of several variables, delta-convergent sequences of functions, Fourier series of distributions, convolution system of equations etc. have been included along with many interesting examples.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110269291
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026927-7
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026929-1
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Analysis
Subject:: Applied Mathematics
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2012

Linear and Semilinear Partial Differential Equations

An Introduction

Radu Precup

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The text is intended for students who wish a concise and rapid introduction to some main topics in PDEs, necessary for understanding current research, especially in nonlinear PDEs. Organized on three parts, the book guides the reader from fundamental classical results, to some aspects of the modern theory and furthermore, to some techniques of nonlinear analysis. Compared to other introductory books in PDEs, this work clearly explains the transition from classical to generalized solutions and the natural way in which Sobolev spaces appear as completions of spaces of continuously differentiable functions with respect to energetic norms. Also, special attention is paid to the investigation of the solution operators associated to elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic non-homogeneous equations anticipating the operator approach of nonlinear boundary value problems. Thus the reader is made to understand the role of linear theory for the analysis of nonlinear problems.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110269055
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026904-8
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026905-5
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Analysis
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Compact NMR

Bernhard Blümich, Sabina Haber-Pohlmeier, Wasif Zia

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The goal of this book is to provide an introduction to the practical use of mobile NMR at a level as basic as the operation of a smart phone. Each description follows the same didactic pattern: introduction, basic theory, pulse sequences and parameters, beginners-level measurements, advanced-level measurements, and data processing.
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is the most popular method for chemists to analyze molecular structures while Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive diagnostic tool for medical doctors that provides high-contrast images of biological tissue depicting the brain function and the beating heart.
In both applications large super-conducting magnets are employed which magnetize atomic nuclei of an object positioned inside the magnet. Their circulating motion is interrogated by radio-frequency waves. Depending on the operating mode, the frequency spectrum provides the chemist with molecular information, the medical doctor with anatomic images, while the materials scientist is interested in NMR relaxation parameters, which scale with material properties and determine the contrast in magnetic resonance images.
Recent advances in magnet technology led to a variety of small permanent magnets, by which NMR spectra, images, and relaxation parameters can be measured with mobile and low-cost instruments.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110266719
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026628-3
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026671-9
ISBN:: 9783110374582
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Analytical Chemistry
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Magnetic Materials
Subject:: Materials Characterization and Properties
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Spectroscopy and Metrology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2012

Chemical Energy Storage

Robert Schlögl, Atte Aho, Markus Antonietti, Sebastian Arndt, Malte Behrens, Eckhard Bill, Armin Brandner, Gabriele Centi, Peter Claus, Nicholas Cox, Serena DeBeer, Nikolai DeMartini, Karl Doblhofer, Thomas Franzke, Hans-Joachim Freund, Maurice van Gastel, Jan-Dierk Grunwaldt, Gerhard Hofmann, Mikko Hupa, Kevin Kähler, Edward Kunkes, Jan van de Loosdrecht, Wolfgang Lubitz, Joachim Maier, Dietrich Menzel, Martin Muhler, Dmitry Yu. Murzin, Frank Neese, J. W. (Hans) Niemantsverdriet, Niklas Nilius, Regina Palkovits, Dimitrios A. Pantazis, Siglinda Perathoner, Taras Petrenko, Jan Rossmeisl, Dominik Samuelis, Reinhard Schomäcker, Ferdi Schüth, Shamil Shaikhutdinov, Martin Sterrer, Peter Strasser, Annette Trunschke, William R. H. Wright, Shengfa Ye

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The use of regenerative energy in many primary forms leads to the necessity to store grid dimensions for maintaining continuous supply and enabling the replacement of fossil fuel systems. Chemical energy storage is one of the possibilities besides mechano-thermal and biological systems.

This work starts with the more general aspects of chemical energy storage in the context of the geosphere and evolves to dealing with aspects of electrochemistry, catalysis, synthesis of catalysts, functional analysis of catalytic processes and with the interface between electrochemistry and heterogeneous catalysis.

Top-notch experts provide a sound, practical, hands-on insight into the present status of energy conversion aimed primarily at the young emerging research front.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110266320
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026407-4
ISBN:: 978-3-11-026632-0
Subject:: Engineering
Subject:: Mechanical Engineering
Subject:: Energy Engineering
Subject:: Industrial Chemistry
Subject:: Energy Harvesting and Conversion
Subject:: Materials Sciences
Subject:: Materials for Energy
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Technical and Applied Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2011

Algebra in the Stone-Cech Compactification

Theory and Applications

Neil Hindman, Dona Strauss

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This is the second revised and extended edition of the successful book on the algebraic structure of the Stone-Čech compactification of a discrete semigroup and its combinatorial applications, primarily in the field known as Ramsey Theory. There has been very active research in the subject dealt with by the book in the 12 years which is now included in this edition.

This book is a self-contained exposition of the theory of compact right semigroups for discrete semigroups and the algebraic properties of these objects. The methods applied in the book constitute a mosaic of infinite combinatorics, algebra, and topology. The reader will find numerous combinatorial applications of the theory, including the central sets theorem, partition regularity of matrices, multidimensional Ramsey theory, and many more.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110258356
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025623-9
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025835-6
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Algebra and Number Theory
Subject:: Geometry and Topology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2011

Liver Regeneration

Dieter Häussinger

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understanding the mechanisms involved in liver regeneration is of crucial importance for clinical medicine, not only regarding carcinogenesis and diabetes treatment, but also for the use of stem cells for cell therapy and liver surgery. This graduate-level text provides an overview of the current state of knowledge of the molecular mechanisms of liver regeneration. Hepatic stem cells are introduced and the important players involved in regeneration such as oval cells, bone marrow and stellate cells are reviewed. The cell signaling pathways that initiate liver regeneration and regulate the switch between proliferation and apoptosis are presented and the role of liver stem cells in tumorigenesis is discussed. The book also treats the epigenetic regulation of liver stem cells and the roles of inflammation and angiogenesis in liver regeneration. This compact overview of the fascinating regenerative capacity of the liver will be of interest to graduate students and post-docs in molecular biology, biochemistry and medicine.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110250794
ISBN:: 9783110250787
ISBN:: 9783110250794
Subject:: Life Sciences
Subject:: Molecular Biology
Subject:: Human Biology
Subject:: Anatomy and Physiology
Subject:: Life Sciences, other
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2011

Lectures on the Topology of 3-Manifolds

An Introduction to the Casson Invariant

Nikolai Saveliev

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Progress in low-dimensional topology has been very quick in the last three decades, leading to the solutions of many difficult problems. Among the earlier highlights of this period was Casson's λ-invariant that was instrumental in proving the vanishing of the Rohlin invariant of homotopy 3-spheres. The proof of the three-dimensional Poincaré conjecture has rendered this application moot but hardly made Casson's contribution less relevant: in fact, a lot of modern day topology, including a multitude of Floer homology theories, can be traced back to his λ-invariant.

The principal goal of this book, now in its second revised edition, remains providing an introduction to the low-dimensional topology and Casson's theory; it also reaches out, when appropriate, to more recent research topics. The book covers some classical material, such as Heegaard splittings, Dehn surgery, and invariants of knots and links. It then proceeds through the Kirby calculus and Rohlin's theorem to Casson's invariant and its applications, and concludes with a brief overview of recent developments.

The book will be accessible to graduate students in mathematics and theoretical physics familiar with some elementary algebraic and differential topology, including the fundamental group, basic homology theory, transversality, and Poincaré duality on manifolds.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110250367
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025035-0
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025036-7
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Geometry and Topology
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2012

Numerical Methods for Eigenvalue Problems

Steffen Börm, Christian Mehl

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Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices and linear operators play an important role when solving problems from structural mechanics and electrodynamics, e.g., by describing the resonance frequencies of systems, when investigating the long-term behavior of stochastic processes, e.g., by describing invariant probability measures, and as a tool for solving more general mathematical problems, e.g., by diagonalizing ordinary differential equations or systems from control theory.

This textbook presents a number of the most important numerical methods for finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices. The authors discuss the central ideas underlying the different algorithms and introduce the theoretical concepts required to analyze their behavior with the goal to present an easily accessible introduction to the field, including rigorous proofs of all important results, but not a complete overview of the vast body of research. Several programming examples allow the reader to experience the behavior of the different algorithms first-hand.

The book addresses students and lecturers of mathematics, physics and engineering who are interested in the fundamental ideas of modern numerical methods and want to learn how to apply and extend these ideas to solve new problems.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110250374
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025033-6
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025037-4
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Numerical and Computational Mathematics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2011

Pseudodifferential and Singular Integral Operators

An Introduction with Applications

Helmut Abels

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This textbook provides a self-contained and elementary introduction to the modern theory of pseudodifferential operators and their applications to partial differential equations.

In the first chapters, the necessary material on Fourier transformation and distribution theory is presented. Subsequently the basic calculus of pseudodifferential operators on the n-dimensional Euclidean space is developed. In order to present the deep results on regularity questions for partial differential equations, an introduction to the theory of singular integral operators is given - which is of interest for its own. Moreover, to get a wide range of applications, one chapter is devoted to the modern theory of Besov and Bessel potential spaces. In order to demonstrate some fundamental approaches and the power of the theory, several applications to wellposedness and regularity question for elliptic and parabolic equations are presented throughout the book. The basic notation of functional analysis needed in the book is introduced and summarized in the appendix.

The text is comprehensible for students of mathematics and physics with a basic education in analysis.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110250312
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025030-5
ISBN:: 978-3-11-025031-2
Subject:: Mathematics
Subject:: Analysis
Subject:: Physics
Subject:: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2014

Asymptotic Statistics

With a View to Stochastic Processes