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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on Fundamentals of Software Engineering, FSEN 2009, held in Kish Island, Iran, in April 2009. The 22 revised full papers and 5 revised short papers presented together with 3 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from 88...

Plant microtubules are key elements of cell growth, division and morphogenesis. In addition to their role in plant development and architecture, they have emerged as regulatory elements of signalling and important targets of evolution.Since the publication of the first edition of Plant Microtubules in 2000, our understanding of microtubules and...

Genetics is fundamental to hearing function, and an understanding of genetics enhances both auditory research and the clinical treatment of the hearing impaired. Approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of hearing impairment have developed from technological advances in genetic research. This volume covers gene expression, mutations, mapping and...

When discussing the issue of contamination of the aquatic environment, water pollution is still the major aspect that has been regulated and extensively studied, but poor attention has been devoted to sediments. Sediments have been described as the sink or storage place and a source for contaminants entering river systems through various pathways....

Essentials of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery addresses the essential and practical aspects of laparoscopic surgery in the pediatric age group. It offers the readers the opportunity to understand, in a well-outlined manner, the approach to decision making in the implementation of laparoscopic surgery, along with a step-by-step explanation of the...

A selection of papers exploring a wide spectrum of new trends in nonlinear dynamics and control, such as bifurcation control, state estimation and reconstruction, analysis of behavior and stabilities, dynamics of nonlinear neural network models, and numerical algorithms. The papers focus on new ideas and the latest developments in both theoretical...