Authors:G.F. Bassani, Società Italiana di Fisica,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: italian, german, english, papers, majorana, scientific, ettore
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2007-04-25
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 3540480919
ISBN-13: 9783540480914

With this volume the Italian Physical Society presents a collection of Ettore Majorana’s scientific papers (note scientifiche) in the original language and, for the first time - with three exceptions - translated into English. Each paper is then followed by a comment (in English) of an expert in the scientific field. Contributors to the comments are Ennio Arimondo, Nicola Cabibbo, Massimo Inguscio, Luciano Maiani, Rosario Nunzio Mantegna, Francesco Minardi, Luigi Radicati di Brozolo and Antonio Sasso. A century after his birth Ettore Majorana is rightfully considered one of the greatest

Authors:Alan Marshall, Nazim Agoulmine,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: september, ireland, northern, proceedings, lecture, science, computer, notes, belfast, mmns, services, networks, multimedia, ifip, ieee, conference, international, management
Number of Pages: 532
Published: 2003-10-10
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 3540200509
ISBN-13: 9783540200505

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on the Management of Multimedia Networks and Services, MMNS 2003, held in Belfast, Northern Ireland in September 2003. The 39 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on stream control and management, management and control of multicast communications, ad-hoc and sensor networks, QoS and mobility management in wireless networks, traffic engineering and routing, differentiated network services, on-demand ne

Author: Ashraf M.T. Elewa
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: ecology, geography, climate, organisms, migration
Number of Pages: 332
Published: 2005-09-13
List price: $139.00
ISBN-10: 3540266038
ISBN-13: 9783540266037

In the common sense, migration is considered by many authors as a mechanism for avoiding unfavorable environments by moving to expectedly more auspicious locations at different times. In other terms, migration may represent the seasonal movement of organisms from place to place owing to the change in the environmental conditions. Consequently, two important questions arise to mind, why do some animals migrate? How would migration affect the gene pool? Whatever are the answers, the cost of migration is the power required to move to a different location and the high possibility of death as a res

Author: Peter D. Katsikis Peter D. Katsikis;Bali Pul
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: experimental, medicine, biology, advances, immunity, innate, adaptive, crossroads
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 2006-12-06
List price: $205.00
ISBN-10: 0387348131
ISBN-13: 9780387348131

The importance of the crosstalk between innate immunity and the adaptive immune response has only recently started to be appreciated. Although it is well recognized that dendritic cells, NK cells, NK-T cells and T cells are all critical for the host response to pathogens, the respective fields that study the biology of these immune cells tend to exist in parallel worlds with minimum exchange of information and ideas. This fragmentation hinders the integration of these fields towards a unified theory of host response. The Aegean Conference: ""Crossroads between Innate and Adaptive Immunity"" wi

Authors:Hans-Otto Günther, Kap Hwan Kim,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: issues, quantitative, decision, support, control, logistics, terminals, automated, transport, systems, container
Number of Pages: 374
Published: 2004-10-15
List price: $169.00
ISBN-10: 3540223282
ISBN-13: 9783540223283

Container transportation is the predominant mode of inter-continental cargo traffic. Since container ships and port terminals involve a huge capital investment and significant daily operating costs, it is of crucial importance to efficiently utilize the internal resources of container terminals and transportation systems. Today there is an ongoing trend to use automated container handling and transportation technology, in particular, in countries with high labour costs. This in turn requires highly sophisticated control strategies in order to meet the desired performance measures. The primary

Author: Bharat Bhusha
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: series, closed, science, nato, nanotribology, applications, micro
Number of Pages: 692
Published: 1997-01-31
List price: $480.00
ISBN-10: 0792343867
ISBN-13: 9780792343868

Micro/nanotribology as a field is concerned with experimental and theoretical investigations of processes ranging from atomic and molecular scales to the microscale, occurring during adhesion, friction, wear, and thin-film lubrication at sliding surfaces. As a field it is truly interdisciplinary, but this confronts the would-be entrant with the difficulty of becoming familiar with the basic theories and applications: the area is not covered in any undergraduate or graduate scientific curriculum. The present work commences with a history of tribology and micro/nanotribology, followed by discuss

Authors:Eric Vittinghoff, David Glidden, Steve Shiboski, C
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: models, measures, statistics, biology, health, repeated, survival, methods, biostatistics, linear, logistic, regression
Number of Pages: 344
Published: 2005-01-04
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 0387202757
ISBN-13: 9780387202754

This new book provides a unified, in-depth, readable introduction to the multipredictor regression methods most widely used in biostatistics: linear models for continuous outcomes, logistic models for binary outcomes, the Cox model for right-censored survival times, repeated-measures models for longitudinal and hierarchical outcomes, and generalized linear models for counts and other outcomes. Treating these topics together takes advantage of all they have in common. The authors point out the many-shared elements in the methods they present for selecting, estimating, checking, and interpreti