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The Encyclopedia of Smart Materials (ESM) contains the writings, thoughts, and work of many of the world’s fore- most people (scientists, educators, chemists, engineers, laboratory and innovative practitioners) who work in the field of smart…

Trading is a difficult business. Finding a way to build steady profits takes long, hard work or very good luck. Sometimes the effort fails; no matter how much energy is applied, there is no answer to be found. Other times, a successful program has…

Social media is having a profound, but not yet fully understood impact on public
relations. In the 24/7 world of perpetually connected publics, will public
relations
function as a dark art that spins (or tweets) self-interested variations
of
the…

A variety of soft actuators has so far been developed not only from the fundamental
viewpoint of basic material science, chemistry, physics, and biology but also from
the engineering viewpoint for the practical applications to light-weight,…

With the building of the International Space Station (ISS), humans are committing
themselves to a continuing presence in space. This enterprise follows earlier space
stations under the Salyut, Skylab, and Mir programs. But the ISS represents a…

We want to recognize an extraordinarily powerful set of thinkers and prac- titioners who shed themselves of the vestiges of “old think” and embraced the possibilities of a new beginning. Our sincere thanks to Superintendent Dr. Richard Lalley,…

Running your own business can be a very rewarding and fulfilling
experience. On the other hand it can be difficult, time-consuming,
costly, and both physically and mentally draining. You also need to
remember the very real statistic that only one…

This book is devoted to the parametric statistical distributions of economic size
phenomena of various types—a subject that has been explored in both statistical and
economic literature for over 100 years since the publication of V. Pareto’s…