“…Micro-fabrication techniques introduced a whole new class of microdevices, which exploit acoustic waves for various tasks, and in particular for information processing and for sensing purposes. Performance improvements are achievable by better modelling tools, able to deal with more complex configurations, and by more refined techniques of fabrication and of integration in technological systems, like wireless communications. …”

“…While the "decline of the West" is now almost taken for granted, China's impressive economic performance and the political influence of an assertive Russia in the international arena are combining to make Eurasia a key hub of political and economic power. …”

“…Weddings, births, funerals, theatrical performances and archaeological excavations, hunting meetings and secular and religious ceremonies: for the king, all these were occasions to exhibit his majesty and munificence, and to celebrate the union between himself and his subjects. …”

“…The work constitutes chapters derived from different perspectives on the topic of digital terrestrial television, composing a prismatic overview of several aspects that are part of innovation from the already existing platforms and the implementation problem, covering topics that are different components of the implementation and maintenance of the new system - authors in technological society, cultural diversity and information policy, education and participation through interactivity, production of audio-visual content, regulation and education policies, mobility and democracy, business models, the viability of interactivity, scenarios and challenges for broadcasters public institutions, implantation in Brazil and Spain, convergence with educational institutions, management of narrative content, digital democracy, the implantation in Pará and the performance of broadcasters in each state, the transition from analogue to digital signal, the media repercussion on the implantation and the controversies and misinformation about the "digital blackout"…”

“…These changes lead to questioning the meaning of work and the interfaces with living with the family and non-agricultural activities, beyond just organizational and technical-economic performance issues. The third part of the work shows that the frameworks structuring agricultural activity go beyond the family field and are renewed, in particular in the forms of territorial integration, in the modalities of the innovation processes and by reconfigurations of the collective action of proximity. …”

“…The author establishes links between two areas of research.The first deals with the political culture of local government: a culture based on practice, traditions and performance, but also on links with the territory, the citizens and the common good.The second involves the policies implemented by these same authorities and the techniques of government to which they resort. …”

“…The discovery that mammalian brains contain neural stem cells which perform adult neurogenesis - the production and integration of new neurons into mature neural circuits - has provided a fully new vision of neural plasticity. …”

“…The process of generating differentiated cell types performing specific effector functions from their respective undifferentiated precursors is dictated by extracellular signals and the recipient cell's ability to transmit those signals to effect changes in cellular functions. …”

“…This book presents recent research results on the interaction between aquaculture and environment, and includes several case studies all over the world with the aim of improving and performing sustainable aquaculture…”

“…The topics explained comprehensively the reliable test that one should perform in order to investigate the cause of machines, component or material failures at the macroscopic and microscopic level. …”

“…The first section describes the ""high-performance computing"" (HPC) tools and their impact on CFD modeling. …”

“…This method allows you to automatically perform the basic stages of cataract surgery - corneal incisions, capsulorhexis, nucleus fracture. …”

“…Recently, dialysis techniques have witnessed tremendous improvements in technology and performance. The book Aspects in Dialysis covers important aspects of dialysis-related topics and is empowered with well-established and experienced authors, who have written clear and informative chapters. …”

“…Polymerase Chain Reaction for Biomedical Applications is a collection of chapters for both novice and experienced scientists and technologists aiming to address obtaining an optimized real-time PCR result, simultaneous processing of a large number of samples and assays, performing PCR and RT-PCR on cell lysate without extraction of DNA or RNA, detecting false-positive PCR results, detecting organisms in viral and microbial diseases and hospital environment, following safety assessments of food products, and using PCR for introduction of mutations. …”

“…In this sense, thin-film coatings and structures are increasingly sophisticated with more specific properties, new geometries, large areas, the use of heterogeneous materials and flexible and rigid coating substrates to produce thin-film structures with improved performance and properties in response to new challenges that the industry presents. …”

“…Though conventional technologies are constantly developing and novel processes are continually emerging, major challenges have still to be solved, such as the design of high performance and cost-effective technologies for the production of bioenergy (gaseous, liquid, sold biofuels, heat, renewable electricity) and biochemicals from residual resources from a biorefinery point of view, where the potential of the biomass and residual waste streams is fully valorized. …”

“…On the other hand, developing countries have weak institutional structures and poor policy performance and have adopted ad hoc approaches to manage HHW. …”

“…Recent developments in high-performance computing are radically changing the way we do numerics. …”

“…This book contains 12 chapters dealing with the studies on volcanoes, their geological and geophysical setting, the theoretical aspects and the numerical modeling on volcanoes, the applications of volcanoes to the industry, and the impact of volcanoes on the human health, in different geological settings and using several techniques and methods, including the volcanology, the seismology, the statistical methods to assess the correlation between seismic and volcanic activity (modified Ripley's K-function to regional seismicity), the field geological survey of volcanic successions, the analytical methods of petrologic analysis, the petrography of the volcanic rocks with the individuation of the modal compositions of volcanic rocks and their comparison with major elements and trace elements in variation diagrams, and the argon isotopic measurements performed through the peak height comparison (unspiked) method. …”

“…Dependability, understood as general description of system performance, requires advanced analytics that are considered in this book. …”