Vladimir Silva's Books

Pro Android Games

L Edition

By: Massimo Nardone,Vladimir Silva

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Pro Android Games

L Edition

By: Massimo Nardone,Vladimir Silva

Combining actionable, real-world source code with graphics, Pro Android Games, Third Edition shows you how to build more sophisticated and addictive Android game apps with minimum effort. Harness the power of the latest Android 5.0 SDK to bring countless legendary, action-packed PC games to the Android platform. With actionable real-world source code, this one of a kind book shows you how to build more sophisticated and addictive Android game apps, by leveraging the power of the recent advancements found in the new Android 5.0 software development kit as well as those you've counted on in earlier releases. Multi-touch code gives these games and their players dynamic input and exchange ability, for a more realistic arcade game experience. Faster and better performance offers Android game players a more seamless, fun arcade experience like never before. There is also improved native C/C++ integration with Android's NDK as well, which makes coding, compiling, and converting both productive and efficient with gains in app performance. Pro Android Games, Third Edition features the following improvements: Updates to the latest version of the Android SDK, NDK, plus the latest Android Studio and Eclipse IDEs Greater focus on tablets, ever changing device resolutions, and hardware specs Native game development and hardware accelerated graphics Bigger and better real world engines, such as Quake I and II plus an oldie from the previous edition: Doom Coverage of the new Android TV SDK APIs, UI, UX, multi-touch and multi-tasking features available with the Android 5.0 release Advanced techniques for improving your game playing experience including better multi-tasking, improved performance optimization, battery management and more A "Quake 3D"-like game app case study You’ll definitely have fun, and perhaps you’ll even make some money. Enjoy! In the last few years, Android has progressed with the debut of better fonts, new User Interface and Experience (UI/UX) APIs, tablet considerations, multi-touch capabilities, multi-tasking, faster performance, improved battery management techniques, and now the new Android TV SDK Apps for the Android game app developer repertoire.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

395

Publisher

Apress

Published Date

ISBN 10

1484205871

ISBN 13

9781484205877

Practical Eclipse Rich Client Platform Projects

By: Vladimir Silva

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Practical Eclipse Rich Client Platform Projects

By: Vladimir Silva

Eclipse and the Rich Client Platform (RCP) together form a leading development platform. It provides a lightweight software component framework based on plug–ins. In addition to allowing Eclipse to be extended using other programming languages, it provides the key to the seamless integration of tools with Eclipse. The RCP gives Eclipse its modularity: Eclipse employs plug–ins in order to provide all of its functionality on top of (and including) the RCP, in contrast to some other applications where functionality is typically hard–coded. RCP apps are platform independent: they can be built for all major operating systems such as Windows, Linux, and Mac from a single code base. And the RCP provides a professional look and feel for applications. Practical Eclipse Rich Client Platform Projects is a clear and technical guide for Eclipse developers to help them enhance their knowledge and achieve their goals quickly. The book explains the technical concepts easily and in an engaging way. The text provides plenty of source code and images as learning aids. Several practical projects and case studies are included.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

343

Publisher

Apress

Published Date

ISBN 10

1430218282

ISBN 13

9781430218289

The Mechanism

A Crime Network So Deep it Brought Down a Nation

By: Vladimir Netto

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Mechanism

A Crime Network So Deep it Brought Down a Nation

By: Vladimir Netto

INTRODUCTION BY MISHA GLENNY, author of McMafia A gripping narrative of power, corruption and greed, The Mechanism is the true story of how a simple investigation into money laundering uncovered the biggest corruption scandal in human history. When a small team of investigators discovered that a black market currency dealer was operating out of a Brazilian petrol station, they could never have imagined that their work would destroy the government and lead to the impeachment of two presidents. As the trail leads further and further into the centre of power, the search for the truth and pursuit of justice become ever more crucial. Taut and riveting, with more plot twists than the most compelling political thriller, The Mechanism is an essential work of non-fiction that exposes the rottenness caused when politicians and big businesses believe they are above the law.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

272

Publisher

Random House

Published Date

ISBN 10

1473563216

ISBN 13

9781473563216

Pro Android Games

By: Vladimir Silva

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Pro Android Games

By: Vladimir Silva

Do you remember landmark games like Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Asteroids? Well, here's an exciting opportunity to build and/or port these games to one of the hottest mobile and netbooks platforms today: Google's Android. Pro Android Games teaches you how to build cool games like Space Blaster and the classic Asteroids from scratch on the latest Android platform. This book also shows you how to port other classic freeware/shareware games like Doom and Wolfenstein 3D from C using the Java Native Interface (JNI) for Android. This book is all about a unique perspective in Android game development: a well-balanced, powerful combination of pure Java and hybrid game development, mixing Java and C. By combining the elegant object-oriented features of Java and the raw power of C, there is no limit to the types of games that you can build for the platform. With actionable real-world source code in hand, this book allows you to dive right into games development on Android. You'll definitely have fun, and perhaps you'll even make some money. Enjoy!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

310

Publisher

Apress

Published Date

ISBN 10

143022648X

ISBN 13

9781430226482

Getting to Know the Manager

By: Vladimir Radovic

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Getting to Know the Manager

By: Vladimir Radovic

Based on the author's Day-Timer notebooks, this collection of episodes records a process of getting acquainted with an influential manager in a multicultural environment. Set in four countries of the Western hemisphere, the chapters describe the human side of unusual events and relationships. Within the context of international financial affairs, the story gradually reveals a remarkable life story of migration from the old to the new continent. The book is not only entertaining and easy to read but is highly instructive and relevant for the practice of management and teamwork in any multinational organization.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

237

Publisher

Author House

Published Date

ISBN 10

1496929950

ISBN 13

9781496929952

Fracture of Materials Under Compression Along Cracks

By: Aleksander N. Guz,Viacheslav L. Bogdanov,Vladimir M. Nazarenko

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fracture of Materials Under Compression Along Cracks

By: Aleksander N. Guz,Viacheslav L. Bogdanov,Vladimir M. Nazarenko

This book addresses the problems of fracture mechanics of materials with cracks under the loading directed along the cracks. It considers two non-classical fracture mechanisms, namely the fracture of bodies compressed along cracks and the fracture of materials with initial (residual) stresses acting in parallel to the surfaces of cracks location, and presents new approaches (also including combined one) developed in the framework of three-dimensional linearized mechanics of deformable bodies. It then discusses the results of studies on two- and three-dimensional problems for various configurations of crack locations in isotropic and anisotropic materials, and based on these results, critically evaluates the accuracy and applicability limits of the “beam approximation” approach, which is widely used to study various problems of the fracture of bodies under compression along parallel cracks.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

504

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3030518140

ISBN 13

9783030518141

Wave Processes in Solids with Microstructure

By: Vladimir I. Erofeyev

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Wave Processes in Solids with Microstructure

By: Vladimir I. Erofeyev

Wave Processes in Solids with Microstructure is useful for undergraduates, graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the mechanics of solids as well as in physical and technical acoustics.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

276

Publisher

World Scientific

Published Date

ISBN 10

9812382275

ISBN 13

9789812382276

Applied Algebraic Dynamics

By: Vladimir Anashin,Andreĭ I︠U︡rʹevich Khrennikov

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Applied Algebraic Dynamics

By: Vladimir Anashin,Andreĭ I︠U︡rʹevich Khrennikov

The aim of the Expositions is to present new and important developments in pure and applied mathematics. Well established in the community over more than two decades, the series offers a large library of mathematical works, including several important classics. The volumes supply thorough and detailed expositions of the methods and ideas essential to the topics in question. In addition, they convey their relationships to other parts of mathematics. The series is addressed to advanced readers interested in a thorough study of the subject. Editorial Board Lev Birbrair, Universidade Federal do Cear , Fortaleza, Brasil Walter D. Neumann, Columbia University, New York, USA Markus J. Pflaum, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA Dierk Schleicher, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany Katrin Wendland, University of Freiburg, Germany Honorary Editor Victor P. Maslov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Titles in planning include Yuri A. Bahturin, Identical Relations in Lie Algebras (2019) Yakov G. Berkovich, Lev G. Kazarin, and Emmanuel M. Zhmud', Characters of Finite Groups, Volume 2 (2019) Jorge Herbert Soares de Lira, Variational Problems for Hypersurfaces in Riemannian Manifolds (2019) Volker Mayer, Mariusz Urbański, and Anna Zdunik, Random and Conformal Dynamical Systems (2021) Ioannis Diamantis, Bostjan Gabrovsek, Sofia Lambropoulou, and Maciej Mroczkowski, Knot Theory of Lens Spaces (2021)

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

558

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

Published Date

ISBN 10

3110203006

ISBN 13

9783110203004

Biomechanical Mapping of the Female Pelvic Floor

By: Vladimir Egorov

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Biomechanical Mapping of the Female Pelvic Floor

By: Vladimir Egorov

Biomechanical Mapping of the Female Pelvic Floor explores new technological advances in women's healthcare intended to improve pelvic floor characterization, diagnosis and prediction of treatment outcomes. The book describes biomechanical approaches and clinical examples to demonstrate how one can evaluate the changes in the pelvic floor to gain a better understanding of an individual patient's pelvic floor dysfunctions, such as prolapse, incontinence, chronic pelvic pain, and even conditions leading to spontaneous preterm delivery and predicting maternal birth trauma. This book is a valuable resource for researchers focused on gynecology, urogynecology or obstetrics, clinicians, graduate students and biomedical scientists and bioengineers who need to better understand the technological advances in biomechanical characterization and how they can be used not only for diagnosis but also for monitoring several OBGYN-related conditions. - Discusses the most recent advances in the field of biomechanical characterization of soft tissues, pelvic support and function, including different applications of tactile imaging, ultrasound and magnetic resonance elastography - Explores new diagnostic devices and techniques, mathematical models and simulations to address preoperative assessment and prediction of pelvic surgery outcomes and delivery - Presents reviews of the results of multiple clinical studies with the biomechanical mapping of human tissues and organs to provide comprehensive information on the subject and determine future directions in the field

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

396

Publisher

Elsevier

Published Date

ISBN 10

0323859836

ISBN 13

9780323859837

Microbial Pesticides

Biological Resources, Production and Application

By: Vladimir V. Gouli,Jose A.P. Marcelino,Svetlana Y. Gouli

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Microbial Pesticides

Biological Resources, Production and Application

By: Vladimir V. Gouli,Jose A.P. Marcelino,Svetlana Y. Gouli

Microbial Pesticides: Biological Resources, Production and Application provides a concise and accessible introduction on the history of microbial pesticides, their impact on global ecology, human society and economies, as well as a thorough and tangible description of the state-of-the-art technologies available for the production, application, limitations and long–term viability of these bio-products. Information is listed per biological group (i.e., virus, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, microsporidia and microbial metabolites), and is supported by sound scientific data. The book is copiously illustrated, with original pictures clarifying the most common techniques and protocols utilized in microbiological biocontrol technology. Finally, images of all biological active ingredients currently used in commercially produced formulations, as well as laboratory developed formulations, are illustrated and listed in detailed tables for prompt access. - Provides a concise and accessible introduction to the history of microbial pesticides and their impact on global ecology, human society and economies - Offers a thorough and tangible description of state-of-the-art technologies surrounding the production, application, limitations and long-term viability of bio-products - Reports current regulatory measures and protocols used to assess host range and collateral impact(s) of microbial formulations based on virus, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, microsporidia and microbial metabolites - Features lists by biological group (i.e., virus, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, microsporidia and microbial metabolites) - Links sound scientific data and concise, accessible language

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

350

Publisher

Academic Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0128244526

ISBN 13

9780128244524

The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles

By: J. Sean Doody,Vladimir Dinets,Gordon M. Burghardt

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles

By: J. Sean Doody,Vladimir Dinets,Gordon M. Burghardt

Revealing the secrets of reptilian social relationships through original quantitative research, field studies, laboratory experiments, and careful analysis of the literature, The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles elevates these fascinating animals to key players in the science of behavioral ecology.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

437

Publisher

JHU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1421440679

ISBN 13

9781421440675

Database and Expert Systems Applications

14th International Conference, DEXA 2003, Prague, Czech Republic, September 1-5, 2003, Proceedings

By: Vladimir Marik,Werner Retschitzegger

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Database and Expert Systems Applications

14th International Conference, DEXA 2003, Prague, Czech Republic, September 1-5, 2003, Proceedings

By: Vladimir Marik,Werner Retschitzegger

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applcations, DEXA 2003, held in Prague, Czech Republic, in September 2003. The 91 revised full papers presented together with an invited paper and a position paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 236 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on XML, data modeling, spatial database systems, mobile computing, transactions, bioinformatics, information retrieval, multimedia databases, Web applications, ontologies, object-oriented databases, query optimization, workflow systems, knowledge engineering, and security.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

963

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

3540408061

ISBN 13

9783540408062

Measurement of Human Locomotion

By: Vladimir Medved

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Measurement of Human Locomotion

By: Vladimir Medved

The importance of measurements for the proper assessment of human locomotion is increasingly being recognized. The fields of application encompass both healthy and pathological locomotion as encountered in rehabilitation medicine, orthopedics, kinesiology, sports medicine, and the like. Measurement of Human Locomotion provides an up-to-date des

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

262

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

142003698X

ISBN 13

9781420036985

Physics of Strongly Coupled Plasma

By: Vladimir Fortov,Igorʹ Tevfikovich I︠A︡kubov,Alekseĭ Georgievich Khrapak

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Physics of Strongly Coupled Plasma

By: Vladimir Fortov,Igorʹ Tevfikovich I︠A︡kubov,Alekseĭ Georgievich Khrapak

The book is devoted to the physics of plasma at high density, which has been compressed so strongly that the effects of interparticle interactions and non-ideality govern its behavior. Interest in this non-traditional plasma has been generated in recent years when states of matter with high concentration of energy became accessible experimentally as the basis of modern technologies and facilities. The greatest part of the matter in the Universe is in this exotic state. In this book,the methods of generation and diagnostics of strongly coupled plasmas are presented, along with the main theoretical methods and experimental results on thermodynamical, kinetic and optical properties. Particular attention is given to fast developing modern directions of strongly coupled plasmaphysics such as metallization of dielectrics and dielectrization of metals, non-neutral plasmas, dusty plasmas and their crystallization. The book is written for physicists and astrophysicists, engineers, and material scientists.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

535

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199299803

ISBN 13

9780199299805

Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning

7th International Conference, LPNMR 2004, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, January 6-8, 2004, Proceedings

By: Vladimir Lifschitz

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning

7th International Conference, LPNMR 2004, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, January 6-8, 2004, Proceedings

By: Vladimir Lifschitz

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning, LPNMR 2004, held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA in January 2004. The 24 revised full papers presented together with 8 system descriptions were carefully reviewed and selected for presentation. Among the topics addressed are declarative logic programming, nonmonotonic reasoning, knowledge representation, combinatorial search, answer set programming, constraint programming, deduction in ontologies, and planning.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

375

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

354020721X

ISBN 13

9783540207214

Queueing Theory 2

Advanced Trends

By: Vladimir Anisimov,Nikolaos Limnios

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Queueing Theory 2

Advanced Trends

By: Vladimir Anisimov,Nikolaos Limnios

The aim of this book is to reflect the current cutting-edge thinking and established practices in the investigation of queueing systems and networks. This second volume includes eight chapters written by experts wellknown in their areas. The book conducts a stability analysis of certain types of multiserver regenerative queueing systems; a transient evaluation of Markovian queueing systems, focusing on closed-form distributions and numerical techniques; analysis of queueing models in service sectors using analytical and simulation approaches; plus an investigation of probability distributions in queueing models and their use in economics, industry, demography and environmental studies. This book also considers techniques for the control of information in queueing systems and their impact on strategic customer behavior, social welfare and the revenue of monopolists. In addition, applications of maximum entropy methods of inference for the analysis of a stable M/G/1 queue with heavy tails, and inventory models with positive service time - including perishable items and stock supplied using various algorithmic control policies ((s; S); (r;Q), etc.).

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

336

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1119755212

ISBN 13

9781119755210

Simulating impacts of irrigation on the hydrology of the Karagan Lagoon in Sri Lanka

By: Philipp Stanzel,Alexander Öze,Vladimir Smakhtin,Eline Boelee,Peter Droogers

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Simulating impacts of irrigation on the hydrology of the Karagan Lagoon in Sri Lanka

By: Philipp Stanzel,Alexander Öze,Vladimir Smakhtin,Eline Boelee,Peter Droogers

The extension of the Uda Walawe irrigation scheme in southern Sri Lanka may have a significant ecological impact on the development area and its downstream wetlands. The evaluation of this impact is the subject for a long-term study that is presently being carried out by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). In this study, the pre- development environmental conditions in the area are being investigated and the changes caused by the new irrigation system will be monitored in the future. Part of this study is a hydrological assessment of the coastal lagoon (Karagan Lewaya) and its small catchment to the south of theÂ evelopment area. The lagoon is likely to receive high quantities of drainage flows from the future scheme. This could deteriorate its water quality and hence affect the suitability of the lagoon as a habitat for migratory birds and might lead to flooding of adjacent settlements.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

IWMI

Published Date

ISBN 10

9290904852

ISBN 13

9789290904854

Quantum Groups

By: Vladimir K. Dobrev

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Quantum Groups

By: Vladimir K. Dobrev

With applications in quantum field theory, general relativity and elementary particle physics, this three-volume work studies the invariance of differential operators under Lie algebras, quantum groups and superalgebras. This second volume covers quantum groups in their two main manifestations: quantum algebras and matrix quantum groups. The exposition covers both the general aspects of these and a great variety of concrete explicitly presented examples. The invariant q-difference operators are introduced mainly using representations of quantum algebras on their dual matrix quantum groups as carrier spaces. This is the first book that covers the title matter applied to quantum groups. Contents Quantum Groups and Quantum Algebras Highest-Weight Modules over Quantum Algebras Positive-Energy Representations of Noncompact Quantum Algebras Duality for Quantum Groups Invariant q-Difference Operators Invariant q-Difference Operators Related to GLq(n) q-Maxwell Equations Hierarchies

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

408

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published Date

ISBN 10

3110427702

ISBN 13

9783110427707

Methods in Protein Structure and Stability Analysis: Vibrational spectroscopy

By: Vladimir N. Uversky

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Methods in Protein Structure and Stability Analysis: Vibrational spectroscopy

By: Vladimir N. Uversky

Protein research is a frontier field in science. Proteins are widely distributed in plants and animals and are the principal constituents of the protoplasm of all cells, and consist essentially of combinations of a-amino acids in peptide linkages. Twenty different amino acids are commonly found in proteins, and serve as enzymes, structural elements, hormones, immunoglobulins, etc., and are involved throughout the body, and in photosynthesis. This book gathers new leading-edge research from throughout the world in this exciting and exploding field of research.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

326

Publisher

Nova Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1600217036

ISBN 13

9781600217036

Nanoparticulates As Drug Carriers

By: Vladimir P Torchilin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Nanoparticulates As Drug Carriers

By: Vladimir P Torchilin

Written by key experts in the field of nanomedicine, this book provides a broad introduction to the important field of nanomedicine and application of nanotechnology for drug delivery. It covers up-to-date information regarding various nanoparticulate drug delivery systems, describes the various opportunities for the application of nanoparticular drug carriers in different areas of clinical medicine, and analyzes already available information on their clinical applications.This book can be used as an advanced textbook by graduate students and young scientists and clinicians at the early stages of their career. It is also suitable for non-experts from related areas of chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, physiology, experimental and clinical medicine, and pharmaceutical sciences, who are interested in general problems of drug delivery and drug targeting, as well as in more specialized topics of using nanoparticulate-mediated drug delivery approaches in the individual areas of clinical medicine.Prof Torchilin is an expert in Nanomedicine and a recipient of numerous awards including the Lenin Prize in Science & Technology of the former USSR, membership in the European Academy of Sciences, and AAPS Research Achievement Award in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery. He served as an Associate Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School before joining Northeastern University as the Chairman of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences./a

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

755

Publisher

World Scientific

Published Date

ISBN 10

1908979976

ISBN 13

9781908979971

Friction and the Hot Rolling of Steel

By: Vladimir Panjkovic

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Friction and the Hot Rolling of Steel

By: Vladimir Panjkovic

When it comes to metal rolling, understanding and controlling frictional phenomena is essential to improving product and developing a more effective approach to friction reduction. Providing a historical perspective that goes as far back as the days of Leonardo da Vinci and continues up until the present day, Friction and the Hot Rolling of Steel chronicles the fundamental causes of friction. This book includes well-documented, on-site observations in various commercial plants, presents and examines practical problems, and provides a critical analysis of literary data related to the subject. It explains the base mechanisms of friction, and offers insight and instruction on improving the control and understanding of friction in hot strip mills and other industrial plants. The text presents mathematical models of friction in control and general engineering in a way that enables engineers to test and refine them in their plants. Engineers have the ability to use them to control friction and minimize its negative effects, particularly as it relates to energy waste and product defects. Organized into four sections, this book outlines the evolutional concepts of friction, and covers the general phenomena relevant to the rolling of metals. This includes the impact of roughness and velocity, basics of liquid and solid lubrication, mathematical modelling, and the properties of materials that affect friction in steel rolling, such as metals, oxides, and carbides. It connects the theoretical concepts, laboratory-scale observations, and phenomena in other areas of science and engineering to the large-scale industrial process of hot rolling. It also addresses roll properties, oxidation, wear and chemical composition of rolls and their impact on friction, the evolution of friction over schedules and roll campaigns, and mathematical modelling of friction in hot rolling. Friction and the Hot Rolling of Steel contains a large body of technical information that includes various chemical and physical properties of relevant materials, mathematical models, and plant and laboratory observations. It also provides an extensive reference list of sources that address specific problems and interests in more detail. Presents practical problems that help academics and industrial researchers to identify promising new research areas in tribology and metal processing Offers an insight into the principles of the effective research that combines both academic excellence and industrial relevance Illustrates with observations and easy-to-understand analogies, enhancing the understanding and control of the mechanisms that influence friction in industrial plants This text services technical, research, and academic personnel working in steel processing, railway engineering, rolling of other metals, solid lubrication, the automotive industry, and more.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

242

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1482205890

ISBN 13

9781482205893

Extreme States of Matter

on Earth and in the Cosmos

By: Vladimir E. Fortov

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Extreme States of Matter

on Earth and in the Cosmos

By: Vladimir E. Fortov

With its many beautiful colour pictures, this book gives fascinating insights into the unusual forms and behaviour of matter under extremely high pressures and temperatures. These extreme states are generated, among other things, by strong shock, detonation and electric explosion waves, dense laser beams, electron and ion beams, hypersonic entry of spacecraft into dense atmospheres of planets, and in many other situations characterized by extremely high pressures and temperatures. Written by one of the world's foremost experts on the topic, this book will inform and fascinate all scientists dealing with materials properties and physics, and also serve as an excellent introduction to plasma-, shock-wave and high-energy-density physics for students and newcomers seeking an overview.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

345

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

3642164641

ISBN 13

9783642164644

Geometry and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

Proceedings of the AMS Special Session Held March 23-24, 1990

By: Vladimir Oliker,Andrejs Treibergs,American Mathematical Society. Meeting

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Geometry and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

Proceedings of the AMS Special Session Held March 23-24, 1990

By: Vladimir Oliker,Andrejs Treibergs,American Mathematical Society. Meeting

This volume contains the proceedings of an AMS Special Session on Geometry, Physics, and Nonlinear PDEs, The conference brought together specialists in Monge-Ampere equations, prescribed curvature problems, mean curvature, harmonic maps, evolution with curvature-dependent speed, isospectral manifolds, and general relativity. An excellent overview of the frontiers of research in these areas.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

166

Publisher

American Mathematical Soc.

Published Date

ISBN 10

0821851357

ISBN 13

9780821851357

Solvent Extraction

Classical and Novel Approaches

By: Vladimir S Kislik

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Solvent Extraction

Classical and Novel Approaches

By: Vladimir S Kislik

The main challenge in modern solvent extraction separation is that most techniques are mainly empirical, specific and particular for narrow fields of practice and require a large degree of experimentation. This concise and modern book provides a complete overview of both solvent extraction separation techniques and the novel and unified competitive complexation/solvation theory. This novel and unified technique presented in the book provides a key for a preliminary quantitative prediction of suitable extraction systems without experimentation, thus saving researchers time and resources. - Analyzes and compares both classical and new competitive models and techniques - Offers a novel and unified competitive complexation / solvation theory that permits researchers to standardize some parameters, which decreases the need for experimentation at R&D - Presents examples of applications in multiple disciplines such as chemical, biochemical, radiochemical, pharmaceutical and analytical separation - Written by an outstanding scientist who is prolific in the field of separation science

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

573

Publisher

Elsevier

Published Date

ISBN 10

0444537791

ISBN 13

9780444537799

Noncompact Semisimple Lie Algebras and Groups

By: Vladimir K. Dobrev

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Noncompact Semisimple Lie Algebras and Groups

By: Vladimir K. Dobrev

With applications in quantum field theory, elementary particle physics and general relativity, this two-volume work studies invariance of differential operators under Lie algebras, quantum groups, superalgebras including infinite-dimensional cases, Schrödinger algebras, applications to holography. This first volume covers the general aspects of Lie algebras and group theory supplemented by many concrete examples for a great variety of noncompact semisimple Lie algebras and groups. Contents: Introduction Lie Algebras and Groups Real Semisimple Lie Algebras Invariant Differential Operators Case of the Anti-de Sitter Group Conformal Case in 4D Kazhdan–Lusztig Polynomials, Subsingular Vectors, and Conditionally Invariant Equations Invariant Differential Operators for Noncompact Lie Algebras Parabolically Related to Conformal Lie Algebras Multilinear Invariant Differential Operators from New Generalized Verma Modules Bibliography Author Index Subject Index

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

511

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published Date

ISBN 10

311042780X

ISBN 13

9783110427806

The New Mind-Body Science of Depression

By: Vladimir Maletic,Charles Raison

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The New Mind-Body Science of Depression

By: Vladimir Maletic,Charles Raison

The scientific and therapeutic implications of a new way of understanding a common disease. Depression has often been studied, but this multifaceted disease remains far from understood. Here, leading researchers present a major new view of the disorder that synthesizes multiple lines of scientific evidence from neurobiology, mindfulness, and genetics. A comprehensive mind-body approach to understanding, evaluating, and treating this disease.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

461

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0393708608

ISBN 13

9780393708608

State Organized Terror

The Case Of Violent Internal Repression

By: P. Timothy Bushnell,Vladimir Shlapentokh,Christopher Vanderpool,Jeyaratnam Sundram

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

State Organized Terror

The Case Of Violent Internal Repression

By: P. Timothy Bushnell,Vladimir Shlapentokh,Christopher Vanderpool,Jeyaratnam Sundram

This book, an outcome of an international conference entitled "State Organized Terror: The Case of Violent Internal Repression", addresses the antecedent structural factors conducive to state organized terror and provides insights into the political and social psychology of state terror.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

249

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000313050

ISBN 13

9781000313055

Alpha-fetoprotein and Its Receptor in Fixing the Cancer Brakes

By: Vladimir N. Pak

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Alpha-fetoprotein and Its Receptor in Fixing the Cancer Brakes

By: Vladimir N. Pak

This book examines the crucial role of a unique alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in the treatment of cancer. AFP can deliver toxins through specific receptors re-expressed in the majority of cancer cells, serving as a targeted chemotherapy. More importantly, AFP+toxin harnesses the patient’s immune system in order to attack cancer. Depleting the regulatory top monocyte-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) activates both the innate and adaptive immune responses. The thoroughly chosen toxins switch on apoptosis in MDSCs, restore the broken one in cancer cells, and destroy them naturally without any harmful by-products. Injections with AFP+toxin preparations have shown promising results in animals and the treatment of cancer patients. In addition to this breakthrough, the book also discusses the peroral administration of porcine AFP non-covalent complexes with selected toxins in patients with metastases. It will appeal to science researchers, clinicians, and medical students, as well as the more general reader.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

209

Publisher

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1527567729

ISBN 13

9781527567726

Quantum Statistics of Dense Gases and Nonideal Plasmas

By: Werner Ebeling,Vladimir E. Fortov,Vladimir Filinov

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Quantum Statistics of Dense Gases and Nonideal Plasmas

By: Werner Ebeling,Vladimir E. Fortov,Vladimir Filinov

The aim of this book is the pedagogical exploration of the basic principles of quantum-statistical thermodynamics as applied to various states of matter – ranging from rare gases to astrophysical matter with high-energy density. The reader will learn in this work that thermodynamics and quantum statistics are still the concepts on which even the most advanced research is operating - despite of a flood of modern concepts, classical entities like temperature, pressure, energy and entropy are shown to remain fundamental. The physics of gases, plasmas and high-energy density matter is still a growing field and even though solids and liquids dominate our daily life, more than 99 percent of the visible Universe is in the state of gases and plasmas and the overwhelming part of matter exists at extreme conditions connected with very large energy densities, such as in the interior of stars. This text, combining material from lectures and advanced seminars given by the authors over many decades, is a must-have introduction and reference for both newcomers and seasoned researchers alike.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

571

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3319666371

ISBN 13

9783319666372

Information Processing and Living Systems

By: Vladimir B. Baji?,Tin Wee Tan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Information Processing and Living Systems

By: Vladimir B. Baji?,Tin Wee Tan

Information processing and information flow occur in the course of an organism's development and throughout its lifespan. Organisms do not exist in isolation, but interact with each other constantly within a complex ecosystem. The relationships between organisms, such as those between prey or predator, host and parasite, and between mating partners, are complex and multidimensional. In all cases, there is constant communication and information flow at many levels.This book focuses on information processing by life forms and the use of information technology in understanding them. Readers are first given a comprehensive overview of biocomputing before navigating the complex terrain of natural processing of biological information using physiological and analogous computing models. The remainder of the book deals with ?artificial? processing of biological information as a human endeavor in order to derive new knowledge and gain insight into life forms and their functioning. Specific innovative applications and tools for biological discovery are provided as the link and complement to biocomputing.Since ?artificial? processing of biological information is complementary to natural processing, a better understanding of the former helps us improve the latter. Consequently, readers are exposed to both domains and, when dealing with biological problems of their interest, will be better equipped to grasp relevant ideas.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

799

Publisher

World Scientific

Published Date

ISBN 10

1860945635

ISBN 13

9781860945632

Protein Oxidation and Aging

By: Tilman Grune,Betul Catalgol,Tobias Jung,Vladimir Uversky

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Protein Oxidation and Aging

By: Tilman Grune,Betul Catalgol,Tobias Jung,Vladimir Uversky

Reviews our current understanding of the role of protein oxidation in aging and age-related diseases Protein oxidation is at the core of the aging process. Setting forth a variety of new methods and approaches, this book helps researchers conveniently by exploring the aging process and developing more effective therapies to prevent or treat age-related diseases. There have been many studies dedicated to the relationship between protein oxidation and age-related pathology; now it is possible for researchers and readers to learn new techniques as utilizing protein oxidation products as biomarkers for aging. Protein Oxidation and Aging begins with a description of the tremendous variety of protein oxidation products. Furthermore, it covers: Major aspects of the protein oxidation process Cellular mechanisms for managing oxidized proteins Role of protein oxidation in aging Influence of genetic and environmental factors on protein oxidation Measuring protein oxidation in the aging process Protein oxidation in age-related diseases References at the end of each chapter serve as a gateway to the growing body of original research studies and reviews in the field.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

494

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

111849301X

ISBN 13

9781118493014

Tracing Global Democracy

Literature, Theory, and the Politics of Trauma

By: Vladimir Biti

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Tracing Global Democracy

Literature, Theory, and the Politics of Trauma

By: Vladimir Biti

Focused on the recently hotly debated topic at the crossroads of various human and social sciences, this book investigates the emergence of the cosmopolitan idea of literature and its impact on the reconfiguration of the European and non-European political spaces. The birthplace of this idea is its designers’ traumatic experience as induced by the disconcerting condition of their abode.The thesis is that the eighteenth and nineteenth century’s cosmopolitan projects that grow out of such deep frustrations trace the twentieth century’s global democracy. This hidden origin of cosmopolitan projects dismantles the usual European representation of modernization as universal progress as myopic. Rather than being a generous action of prominent subjects such as Voltaire, Kant, and Goethe, or Bakhtin, Derrida and Deleuze, cosmopolitanism is an enforced reaction of the instances dispossessed by injury that search for the ways of healing it. Yet as soon as their remedy establishes itself as the ground for universal reconciliation, it risks suppressing other’s trauma, i.e. turns from politics into a police. Articulating the author’s position in the recent debates on the structure of democracy, the epilogue suggests an alternative strategy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

391

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published Date

ISBN 10

3110457067

ISBN 13

9783110457063

Simulating the hydrology of small coastal ecosystems in conditions of limited data

By: Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Piyankarage, Sujeewa C., Stanzel, P., Boelee, Eline

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Simulating the hydrology of small coastal ecosystems in conditions of limited data

By: Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Piyankarage, Sujeewa C., Stanzel, P., Boelee, Eline

The impacts of water resources and irrigation development need to be quantified in order to understand the environmental costs of such development activities. Complex data-intensive simulation methods are normally used for this purpose in the developed world. However, lack of reliable data prohibits the use of such models in developing countries where it is more practical to apply models with less data requirements. The report illustrates three applications of simple and pragmatic simulation models to small coastal water bodies in Sri Lanka and South Africa.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

IWMI

Published Date

ISBN 10

9290905387

ISBN 13

9789290905387

Wave Dynamics of Generalized Continua

By: Alexander G. Bagdoev,Vladimir I. Erofeyev,Ashot V. Shekoyan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Wave Dynamics of Generalized Continua

By: Alexander G. Bagdoev,Vladimir I. Erofeyev,Ashot V. Shekoyan

This monograph is devoted to problems of propagation and stability of linear and nonlinear waves in continuous media with complex structure. It considers the different media, such as solid with cavities, preliminary deformed disperse medium, solid with porosity filled by the electrically conductive and non-conductive liquid, magnetoelastic, piezo-semiconductors, crystals with dislocations, composites with inclusions, an electrically conductive asymmetrical liquid, a mixture of gas with a drop liquid. The book also considers the propagation of a laser beam through a two-level medium. The presented results are based on methods of evolution and modulation equations that were developed by the authors. The book is intended for scientific and technical researchers, students and post-graduate students specializing in mechanics of continuous media, physical acoustics, and physics of the solid state.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

285

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3642372678

ISBN 13

9783642372674

Feudal America

Elements of the Middle Ages in Contemporary Society

By: Vladimir Shlapentokh,Joshua Woods

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Feudal America

Elements of the Middle Ages in Contemporary Society

By: Vladimir Shlapentokh,Joshua Woods

Do Americans live in a liberal capitalist society, where evenhanded competition rules the day, or a society in which big money, private security, and personal relations determine key social outcomes? Vladimir Shlapentokh and Joshua Woods argue that the answer to these questions cannot be found among the conventional models used to describe the nation. Offering a new analytical tool, the authors present a provocative explanation of the nature of contemporary society by comparing its essential characteristics to those of medieval European societies. Their feudal model emphasizes five elements: the weakness of the state and its inability to protect its territory, guarantee the security of its citizens, and enforce laws; conflicts and collusions between and within organizations that involve corruption and other forms of illegal or semilegal actions; the dominance of personal relations in political and economic life; the prevalence of an elitist ideology; and the use of private agents and organizations for the provision of safety and security. Feudal America urges readers to suspend their forward-thinking and futurist orientations, question linear notions of social and historical progression, and look for explanations of contemporary social problems in medieval European history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

171

Publisher

Penn State Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0271075023

ISBN 13

9780271075020

Complexity and Randomness in Group Theory

GAGTA BOOK 1

By: Frédérique Bassino,Ilya Kapovich,Markus Lohrey,Alexei Miasnikov,Cyril Nicaud,Andrey Nikolaev,Igor Rivin,Vladimir Shpilrain,Alexander Ushakov,Pascal Weil

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Complexity and Randomness in Group Theory

GAGTA BOOK 1

By: Frédérique Bassino,Ilya Kapovich,Markus Lohrey,Alexei Miasnikov,Cyril Nicaud,Andrey Nikolaev,Igor Rivin,Vladimir Shpilrain,Alexander Ushakov,Pascal Weil

Detailed Description

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

412

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published Date

ISBN 10

3110667525

ISBN 13

9783110667523

Across the Ussuri Kray

Travels in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains

By: Vladimir K. Arsenyev

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Across the Ussuri Kray

Travels in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains

By: Vladimir K. Arsenyev

In Russia's Far East sits the wild Ussuri Kray, a region known for its remote highlands and rugged mountain passes where tigers and bears roam the cliffs, and salmon and lenok navigate the rivers. In this collection of travel writing by famed Russian explorer and naturalist Vladimir K. Arsenyev (1872-1930), readers are shuttled back to the turn of the 20th century when the Russian Empire was reeling from its defeat in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) and vulnerable to its Far Eastern neighbors. What began as an expedition to survey the region's infrastructure for the Russian military turned into an adventure through a territory rich in ethnic and ecological diversity. Encountering the disappearing indigenous cultures of the Nanai and Udege, engaging the help of Korean farmers and Chinese hunters, and witnessing the beginning of indomitable Russian settlement, Arsenyev documents the lives and customs of the region's inhabitants and their surroundings. Originally written as "a popular scientific description of the Kray," this unabridged edition includes photographs largely unseen for nearly a century and is annotated by Jonathan C. Slaght, a biologist working in the same forests Arsenyev explored. Across the Ussuri Kray is a classic of northeast Asian cultural and natural history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

484

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0253022193

ISBN 13

9780253022196

Computational Mind: A Complex Dynamics Perspective

By: Vladimir G. Ivancevic,Tijana T. Ivancevic

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Computational Mind: A Complex Dynamics Perspective

By: Vladimir G. Ivancevic,Tijana T. Ivancevic

This is a graduate–level monographic textbook in the field of Computational Intelligence. It presents a modern dynamical theory of the computational mind, combining cognitive psychology, artificial and computational intelligence, and chaos theory with quantum consciousness and computation. The book introduces to human and computational mind, comparing and contrasting main themes of cognitive psychology, artificial and computational intelligence.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

698

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3540715614

ISBN 13

9783540715610

Brainstormed

Someone Just Hacked Into Your Brain

By: Vladimir Lange

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Brainstormed

Someone Just Hacked Into Your Brain

By: Vladimir Lange

Neurosurgeon Mauricio de Barcelos is propelled into the spotlight when his revolutionary brain implant saves the life of the President's daughter. Designed to treat depression, the implant is a cost-effective, computer-programmable device that could spell overnight relief for millions. Mauricio's popularity soars. Patients, including military pilots sidelined on psychological grounds, clamor for the new treatment. But soon patients begin exhibiting bizarre behaviors, and Mauricio discovers that someone has breached the firewall and hijacked access to the implant program. In his efforts to regain control, Mauricio engages in a lethal game with a man known only as “Al The Chessman”. Hired by Big Pharma to protect their profits, The Chessman is an evil mercenary with a dark and deviant agenda of his own. In the final battle, betrayed by the woman he loves, Mauricio must choose between saving the President of the United States, or hundreds of his own patients. His invention, and his own life, are beyond saving. Vladimir Lange's second medical thriller combines science-based technology, multi-layered characters and cinematic prose to deal with a uniquely contemporary topic: Can we keep our implanted medical devices safe from hackers?

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

494

Publisher

Red Square Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0976039850

ISBN 13

9780976039853

Durability of Springs

By: Vladimir Kobelev

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Durability of Springs

By: Vladimir Kobelev

This book offers an advanced treatise of the mechanics of springs with focus on the springs for automotive industry. It demonstrates new and original results for the optimization of helical springs as well the design of disk springs and thin-walled springs and presents the new results for creep and relaxation of springs made of steel under high static loads. The fatigue of springs and weak link concept for cyclically loaded springs are enlightened. The closed form solutions of advanced problems allow the deeper understanding of spring mechanics and optimization of energy harvesters.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

291

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3319584782

ISBN 13

9783319584782

Book's by Vladimir Silva

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email