ICN (Information Centric Networks) is a new communication paradigm for increasing the efficiency of content delivery as well as the content availability. In this new concept, the network infrastructure actively contributes to content caching and distribution.[...]

"Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, 7/e", presents comprehensive coverage of the subject of thermodynamics from a chemical engineering viewpoint. The text provides a thorough exposition of the principles of thermodynamics and details their application to chemical processes. The cha[...]

Covers the physical principles underlying the behavior of glaciers - terrestrial ice bodies originating as accumulations of snow - including mountain glaciers, small ice caps, ice sheets, and shelves. This book also deals with interactions between ice sheets and the ocean and atmosphere, and paleocl[...]

Explaining the stages of financing that an entrepreneur goes through in establishing a business, this book guides the reader through the information needed to successfully raise capital. It provides a summary of the subjects that people typically research, such as "How should your company position i[...]

In their introduction to this anthology, James Bruce Ross and Mary Martin McLaughlin remind us that "no area of the past is dead if we are alive to it. The variety, the complexity, the sheer humanity of the middle ages live most meaningfully in their own authentic voices." The Portable Medieval Read[...]

This is the second edition of Sarah Pomeroy et al.'s shorter ancient Greek history course, ideal for Greek civilization or ancient history courses, but also sometimes used in Greek history classes. Like the larger Pomeroy text, the book covers the Bronze Age (c. 3000 BC) down to the Hellenistic Peri[...]

Relationships, jobs, and health behaviors-these are what New Year's resolutions are made of. Every year millions resolve to adopt a better diet, exercise more, become fit, or lose weight but few put into practice the health behaviors they aspire to. For those who successfully begin, the likelihood[...]

Oxford School Shakespeare is an acclaimed edition especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. The Winter's Tale is a popular text for study by secondary students the wo[...]

In 104 cases featuring over 500, high-quality images, Interventional Radiology Cases is a thorough and accessible review of the interventional procedures that radiology residents are expected to be familiar with upon completion of residency and general radiologists need to know for recertification e[...]

This book provides a broad survey of the work carried out by scientists at neutron centres around the world, which provide the facilities for generating intense beams of neutrons. These beams are essential in investigating the atomic structures of a wide range of materials such as magnetic alloys, s[...]

The consistent chapter outline of International Relations Brief Edition centers on three questions: what do we study (the issues and terms), how do we study it (theory), and how do we apply it (levels of analysis). These sections are followed by a concluding extended case study (Past, Present, and F[...]

There are more than 1,300 species of bats - or almost a quarter of the world's mammal species. But before you shrink in fear from these furry "creatures of the night," consider the bat's fundamental role in our ecosystem. A single brown bat can eat several thousand insects in a night. Bats also poll[...]