This book offers an extensive and original study of the dynamics of rivalry, evolution of costly and violent conflicts, and potential cooperation among powerful players. It unravels the special ...

IJSSD is a forum for research on stability and dynamics of land-based structures, aerospace structures, marine structures, as well as biostructures and micro- and nano-structures ...

There are various types of waves including water, sound, electromagnetic, seismic and shock etc. These waves need to be analyzed and understood for different practical applications. This book is an ...

Nobel laureate Tu Youyou won the 2015 prize for Medicine/Physiology for the discovery of artemisinin, a drug therapy for malaria that has saved millions across the globe. This book traces the path of ...

The fourth edition of this book has been widely revised. It includes additional chapters and some sections are complemented with either new ones or an extension of their content. In this latest ...

This book is devoted to the history of chaos theory, from celestial mechanics (three-body problem) to electronics and meteorology. Many illustrative examples of chaotic behaviors exist in various ...

In this chapter we list a couple of other important algorithms that have had huge impact in scientific computing and applications. In the January/February issue in year 2000, the journal “Computing in ...

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The concept of density functional theory is introduced. The history of nuclear density functional theory is briefly reviewed. The complexity and specialty of the density functional theories in nuclear ...

References 1. J. Wang, S. Qin, S. Jin and J. Wu, Estimation methods review and analysis of offshore extreme wind speeds and wind energy resources, Renew. Sust. Energ. Rev. 42 (2015) 26–42. Web of ...

Acupuncture reduces pain by activating specific areas called acupoints on the patient’s body. When these acupoints are fully activated, sensations of soreness, numbness, fullness, or heaviness called ...

This is a timely book that fills the gap in the study of Chinese overseas and their religions in the global context. Rich in ethnographic materials, this is the first comprehensive book that shows the ...