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Aging, Shaking, and Cracking of Infrastructures : From Mechanics to Concrete Dams and Nuclear Structures / Victor E. Saouma, M. Amin Hariri-Ardebili

Focuses on the safety assessment of existing structures subjected to multi-hazard scenarios through advanced numerical methods. ...

Analgesia

Analgesics are among the oldest drugs described, albeit not necessarily for medicinaluse. Forexample,theSumeriansisolatedopioids(probablyfortheir ...

Auditory Signal Processing

The volume includes a total of 62 invited papers, organized into 12 broad thematic areas: cochlear signal processing; brainstem ...

Augmented Humanity Being and Remaining Agentic in a Digitalized World

This book will examine the implications of digitalization for the understanding of humanity, conceived as a community of ...

Brain Repair

Brain Repair, addresses all relevant issues underlying the mechanisms of brain damage, brain plasticity and post-traumatic ...

Brain, Vision, and Artificial Intelligence

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Symposium on Brain, Vision and Artificial Intelligence, ...

Classical and Advanced Theories of Thin Structures : Mechanical and Mathematical Aspects

The book presents an updated state-of-the-art overview of the general aspects and practical applications of the theories ...

Computational Plasticity

The different chapters of this book present recent progress and future research directions in the field of computational ...

Continuum Mechanics

This book presents an introduction into the entire science of Continuum Mechanics in three parts. PART I: Continuum Mechanics ...

Continuum Mechanics using Mathematica®

This book's methodological approach familiarizes readers with the mathematical tools required to correctly define and solve ...

Creep Mechanics

The monograph offers an overview of other experimental investigations in creep mechanics. Rules for specifying irreducible ...

Cyclin Dependent Kinase 5 (Cdk5)

Cyclin Dependent Kinase 5 provides a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of reviews on the discovery, signaling mechanisms ...

Defect and Material Mechanics : Proceedings of the International Symposium on Defect and Material Mechanics (ISDMM), held in Aussois, France, March 25–29, 2007

This volume presents recent developments in the theory of defects and the mechanics of material forces. Most of the contributions ...

Development and Plasticity in Sensory Thalamus and Cortex

This book intends to bring together systems and molecular approaches on various fundamental issues on thalamocortical development ...

Elasticity and Plasticity of Large Deformations

The book offers a careful introduction to modern non-linear mechanics. The used mathematical tools, such as tensor algebra ...

Elasticity and Plasticity of Large Deformations : An Introduction

The book presents in detail the used mathematical tools, such as tensor algebra and analysis. The general theory of mechanical ...

Farewell to the Internal Clock

Nearly everything making up what we call the “environment” of a plant has an infuence on the way it grows. Sunlight, ...

Fracture Mechanics

This book presents, in a unified manner, a variety of topics in Continuum and Fracture Mechanics: energy methods, conservation ...

Generalized Plasticity

The book is divided into five major parts: 1. Yield function and choice; 2. Constitutive relation; 3. Slip-line Field Theory ...

Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology : Development and Aging Changes in the Nervous System

In the animal nervous system, a very high metabolic turnover, fragile but steep ionic gradients, and morphological and structural ...

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