Taiwan has become a new flashpoint in Sino-U.S. relations in recent years. The nation just concluded its presidential and legislative elections this January. This book analyzes the trilateral relationship between…

This is not a book just about flying a single engine airplane around the world. This is the book about identifying the Big Hairy Audacious Goal in our lives and…

This thesis is devoted to the study of the Bohman-Frieze-Wormald percolation model, which exhibits a discontinuous transition at the critical threshold, while the phase transitions in random networks are originally…

This collection focuses on the latest advances and prospects in unconventional oil and gas (such as coalbed methane, shale gas, tight gas, heavy oil, hydrate, etc.) exploration and development, including…

Das moderne Strafrecht ist derzeit ein Gefahrdungsstrafrecht. Die Loesung seiner Legitimationskrise besteht dem Autor zufolge in der Begrifflichkeit des Gefahrdungsvorsatzes. Neben einer Dogmengeschichte des Gefahrdungsvorsatzes rekonstruiert der Autor das dogmatische…

This book provides an overview of the physiological basis of lactic acid bacteria and their applications in minimizing foodborne risks, such as pathogens, heavy metal pollution, biotoxin contamination and food-based…

Im Hinblick auf die Grenzziehung der materiellen Rechtskraft eines Zivilurteils ist die herkommliche deutsche Streitgegenstandsdogmatik zu uberdenken. Dies gilt erst recht, so die These des Autors, wenn man die Vorgehensweise…

In this comprehensive edited book, the authors introduce edge caching from a theoretical perspective and discuss its role in saving bandwidth. Many physical layer models and techniques, including interference alignment…