Technology: General Issues

Polymer nanocomposites revolutionized research in the composites area by achieving the nanoscale dispersion of the inorganic filler (clay platelets...

Winner of the 2023 Merton Award from the Science, Knowledge, and Technology section of the American Sociological AssociationResidues offers readers...

Modern engineering systems are complex and multi-faceted, and must be flexible, adaptable, and fully integrated with the supply chain and other sta...

Although the CDM Regulations first came into effect in 1995, there is still widespread misunderstanding regarding how project teams should perform ...

Discover some of the most innovative of the 6.5 million patents that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted since Thomas Jefferson issued...

With recent advances in radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, sensor networks, and enhanced Web services, the original World Wide Web i...

Now with a new postscript covering the unfolding health care revolutionMobile technology has transformed our lives, and personal genomics is revolu...

Focusing on control and manipulation of plasmons at nanometer dimensions, nanoplasmonics combines the strength of electronics and photonics, and is...

Im Grenzbereich von Technik-, Rechts-, Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften erweist sich das Technikrecht als Querschnittsmaterie par excellence. ...

Contemporary developments in communications technologies have overturned key aspects of the global political system and transformed the media lands...

Solving Critical Design Problems demonstrates both how design is increasingly used to solve large, complex, modern-day problems and, as a result, h...

Due to its physical, chemical, and material properties, graphene has been widely studied both theoretically and experimentally since it was first s...

Tribology is an unfamiliar term for many, but is experienced by all. It is the science of friction, wear and lubrication of contacting surfaces in ...

This book covers the wide spectrum of subjects relating to obtaining and using building stones, starting with their geological origin and then desc...

For more than 50 years, organizations of all types have struggled to achieve lasting benefits from the many tools and programs associated with vari...

Concise Guide to Reinforced Concrete Design to Eurocode 2 explains the principles of limit state design in Eurocode 2 by means of simple worked exa...

The book's primary objective is to introduce the pathology and physiology atherosclerosis in brief, and its diagnosis and treatment. Atherosclerosi...

The advancement of material engineering over the last few decades has allowed for the development of modern metallic and ceramic construction mater...

Cybersecurity incidents are often attributed to human error. The discipline of human factors recognises the importance of identifying organisationa...

Businesses have faced a variety of difficulties as a result of the global pandemic, and how they responded to this disruption has affected both the...

Numerical calculations (what many call computational physics) is a core tool in modern physics.  With numerical methods its possible to solve probl...