Applied physics

This series provides the chemical physics community with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline.

This book highlights the latest design and development of security issues and various defences to construct safe, secure and trusted Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS).

Site characterization is a fundamental step towards the proper design, construction and long term performance of all types of geotechnical projects, ranging from foundation, excavation, earth dams, embankments, seismic hazards, environmental issues, tunnels, near and offshore structures.

Offshore drilling and constructions require exact knowledge of the geophysical properties of the seabed and sub-seabed, as unexpected objects can slow down or halt projects.

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This book presents a comprehensive overview of hydroacoustics and describes the physical basis of acoustic processes observed in the sea.

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Metal Oxide Nanostructures as Gas Sensing Devices explores the development of an integrated micro gas sensor that is based on advanced metal oxide nanostructures and is compatible with modern semiconductor fabrication technology.

A graduate-level textbook which takes a pedagogical and mathematical approach to seismology.

Filled with data about the Earth, Moon, the planets, the stars, our Galaxy, and the myriad galaxies in deep space, this invaluable resource reveals the latest scientific discoveries about black holes, quasars, and the origins of the Universe.

With more and more interest in how components of biological systems interact, it is important to understand the various aspects of systems biology.

From a geometric perspective, this book reviews and analyzes the structural principals of proteins with the goal of revealing the underlying regularities in their construction.

Excitons are considered as the basic concept used by describing the spectral properties of photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes and excitation dynamics in photosynthetic light-harvesting antenna and reaction centers.

Three-volumes book "e;Handbook of II-VI Semiconductor-Based Sensors and Radiation Detectors"e; is the first to cover both chemical sensors and biosensors and all types of photodetectors and radiation detectors based on II-VI semiconductors.

This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the 8th International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IConSpace 2023), held at Penang in Malaysia.

This book contains everything you need to know about variable stars -- stars whose brightness varies noticeably over time.

Disorders related to the intervertebral disc (IVD) are common causes of morbidity and of severe life quality deterioration.

Water, with its simple molecular structure, reveals a complex nature upon interaction with other molecules and surfaces.

Experimental Manipulation of Gene Expression discusses a wide range of host systems in which to clone and express a gene of interest.

Die Medizin bedient sich in der Diagnostik und Therapie in zunehmendem Maße physikalisch-technischer Verfahren.

This volume, the fourteenth in the Space Sciences Series of ISS/, is dedicated to the matter in the universe, which was the topic of a workshop organized by ISSI from 19 to 22 March 2001 in Bern.

This book captures the essence of one of the most remarkable journeys of a professional who prevailed over numerous challenges and adverse situations that appeared before him from nowhere and how he emerged victorious to be hailed at a global forum of the American Geophysical Union in 2008.

A state-of-the-art guide to building synthetic membranes for biological devices, covering their construction, measurement, and modelling.

These three lectures cover a certain aspect of complexity and black holes, namely the relation to the second law of thermodynamics.

Black holes are among the most mysterious objects that the human mind has been capable of imagining.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This volume records the papers presented in Chieti, Italy, at the 1991 meeting of the International Society for Arterial Chemoreception (ISAC).

This peer-reviewed book provides detailed insights into how space and its applications are, and can be used to support the development of the full range and diversity of African societies, as encapsulated in the African Union's Agenda 2063.

Adapting to Climate Change in Europe: Exploring Sustainable Pathways - From Local Measures to Wider Policies is a scientific synthesis of a four-year project on adaptation activities in Europe.

This book presents a systematic attempt to generalize several fundamental physical laws related to subsurface fluid flow that are important for a number of contemporary applications in the areas of hydrogeology, reservoir engineering and rock mechanics.

This text provides the reader with tools necessary to study biological and bio-inspired flows, all the while developing an appreciation for their evolutionary and engineering constraints.

Over recent years electronic spectroscopy has developed significantly, with key applications in atmospheric chemistry, astrophysics and astrochemistry.

A comprehensive guide to the theory, practice and applications of optical tweezers, combining state-of-the-art research with a strong pedagogic approach.

This book is dedicated to the field of conductive polymers, focusing on electrical interactions with biological systems.

This thorough book explores some of the most important methods and concepts affecting the quantitative analysis of the transport, targeting, and disposition of chemicals within cells, which in turn impact the macroscopic pharmacokinetics of chemical agents in the whole organism.

Unified treatment of physical principles of planetary climates for advanced students and researchers in atmospheric science, Earth and planetary science.

This book explores a platform for insightful discussions and scientific discourse on various aspects of landslides and their risk management, with insights focused on the Himalayan states at a sub-regional level.

This book aims to present the topic of nonlinear and chaotic dynamics in a manner that is useful and beneficial to students and young researchers from various domains such as physics, mathematics, biology, or even medicine.

Although noninvasive, continuous monitoring of glucose concentration in blood and tissues is one of the most challenging areas in medicine, a wide range of optical techniques has recently been designed to help develop robust noninvasive methods for glucose sensing.

The volumes in this authoritative series present a multidisciplinary approach to modeling and simulation of flows in the cardiovascular and ventilatory systems, especially multiscale modeling and coupled simulations.

Presents an advanced overview of Digital Signal Processing and its applications to exploration seismology, for electrical engineers, geophysicists and petroleum professionals.

In seismology an earthquake source is described in terms of a fault with a particular rupture size.

This fully updated edition provides the most recent advances in cancer cell signaling knowledge combined with some discussion of the current challenges and prospects in cancer therapy.

The first edition of the monumental book Diseases from Space by Sir Fred Hoyle and N Chandra Wickramasinghe appeared some 40 years ago, encapsulating the key principles of Panspermia, and it has been the guiding principle in the new scientific field of Astrobiology.

This book describes modern biophysical techniques that enable us to understand and examine dynamic processes of infection at the molecular level.

Natural disasters in recent years have brought the study of disaster resiliency to the forefront.

This thesis summarizes the original analysis work performed by the author on data from XENON1T, a search for dark matter with a ton-size noble liquid detector operated at Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory in Italy.

While current methods used in ecological risk assessments for pesticides are largely deterministic, probabilistic methods that aim to quantify variability and uncertainty in exposure and effects are attracting growing interest from industries and governments.