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The research of the Centre of Excellence NANODIAM focuses on study and production of new materials with intentionally modified surfaces, exhibiting variety of properties designed for controllable bioactivity. The expected area of the present and future applications of our achievements is directly combined with orthopedic surgery, artificial organs...

Renaissance Italians pioneered radical changes in ways of helping the poor, including orphanages, workhouses, pawnshops, and women's shelters. Nicholas Terpstra shows that gender was the key factor driving innovation. Most of the recipients of charity were women. The most creative new plans focused on features of women's poverty like illegitimate...

William E. Nelson's first volume of the four-volume The Common Law of Colonial America (2008) established a new benchmark for study of colonial era legal history. Drawing from both a rich archival base and existing scholarship on the topic, the first volume demonstrated how the legal systems of Britain's thirteen North American colonies-each of...

Ankh-Morpork's City Watch Commander, Sam Vimes, stars in the latest entry in Pratchett's popular Discworld series. "Thud" is the sound that commences the novel, as a dwarf is bludgeoned to death; it's also the name of a chesslike match that recreates the battle of Koom Valley, a long-ago fight between trolls and dwarfs. As the anniversary of the...

The practical, accessible independent-study guide and text on surface science fundamentals and microelectronics processes, this reference explains key concepts and important analytical techniques. It discusses films and interfaces, electronic passivation of semiconductor-dielectric film interfaces, the Si-SiO2 interface, and other MOSFET...

Occupational fall protection has grown substantially as a safety practice over the past two decades. This book guides the reader in creating a comprehensive plan for post-fall rescue and retrieval in the workplace. Chapters lay out, step by step, a valuable roadmap to follow in developing specific plans for effecting prompt rescue at work...