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Stochastic processes are as usual the main subject of the Seminaire, with contributions on Brownian motion (fractional or other), Levy processes, martingales and probabilistic finance. Other probabilistic themes are also present: large random matrices, statistical mechanics. The contributions in this volume provide a sampling of recent results on...

Electromechanical systems consisting of electrical, mechanical and acoustic subsystems are of special importance in various technical fields, e.g. precision device engineering, sensor and actuator technology, electroacoustics and medical engineering. Based on a circuit-oriented representation, providing readers with a descriptive engineering design...

Memory Mass Storage describes the fundamental storage technologies, like Semiconductor, Magnetic, Optical and Uncommon, detailing the main technical characteristics of the storage devices. It deals not only with semiconductor and hard disk memory, but also with different ways to manufacture and assembly them, and with their application to meet...

Biosurfactants, tensio-active compounds produced by living cells, are now gaining increasing interest due to their potential applications in many different industrial areas in which to date almost exclusively synthetic surfactants have been used. Their unique structures and characteristics are just starting to be appreciated. In addition,...

The Atlas of Bladder Disease is the largest and highest-quality collection of images relating to all areas of bladder disease and dysfunction. Images include slides of pathologic and histologic specimens, radiographic images, flow charts, schematic, anatomic illustrations, graphs, tables, and charts. All figures are accompanied by detailed,...

Part of the Monographs in Cardiac Surgery Series - introducing 'basic science into the cardiac operating room'. This title includes fast systematic review of small areas of cardiac surgery including up-to-date information. This will allow more rapid publication than the alternative cardiac surgery 'tomes'. This entry into the series will provide...