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Carbon hunters: reflections and forecasts of climate markets in the 21st century
Sandor, Richard L; Diperna, Paula
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 259 Pages
The book is a unique overview of the launching of carbon markets worldwide, and the evolution of those markets as critical tools to manage climate change and other environmental problems.
The book also presents uniquely personal narratives of the authors, who have each led unconventional and exciting professional lives, meeting by coincidence, and then working together on the largest environmental and economic problems of our times — addressing climate change with flexibility and maximum potential.
Given the unique backgrounds of the authors as pioneers in their respective domains, the book is likely to have no comparable or 'competitive' books.
Carbon Hunters also situates the evolution of carbon markets as a journey of invention, imagination and creativity, bringing to life in real-world terms the academic and intellectual underpinnings of an exceptional and rewarding journey — inventing and activating new markets to save our planetary home.
Finally, the book offers catalytic 'Food for Thought' and Forecasts on how carbon markets can shape the future of environmental stewardship.
Sandor, Richard L; Diperna, Paula
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 259 Pages
The book is a unique overview of the launching of carbon markets worldwide, and the evolution of those markets as critical tools to manage climate change and other environmental problems.
The book also presents uniquely personal narratives of the authors, who have each led unconventional and exciting professional lives, meeting by coincidence, and then working together on the largest environmental and economic problems of our times — addressing climate change with flexibility and maximum potential.
Given the unique backgrounds of the authors as pioneers in their respective domains, the book is likely to have no comparable or 'competitive' books.
Carbon Hunters also situates the evolution of carbon markets as a journey of invention, imagination and creativity, bringing to life in real-world terms the academic and intellectual underpinnings of an exceptional and rewarding journey — inventing and activating new markets to save our planetary home.
Finally, the book offers catalytic 'Food for Thought' and Forecasts on how carbon markets can shape the future of environmental stewardship.
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Essential semiconductor physics
Lundstrom, Mark S
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 423 Pages
This book is the fourth volume in the New Era Electronics lecture notes series, a compilation of volumes defining the important concepts tied to the electronics transition happening in the 21st century.The lectures in this volume are about the underlying physics that makes semiconductor devices possible.
The treatment is physical and intuitive - the text is descriptive, not heavily mathematical.
The lectures are designed to be broadly accessible to students in science or engineering and to working engineers.
They present an electrical engineering perspective, but those in other fields may find them a useful introduction to the approach that has guided the development of semiconductor technology for more than 75 years.For those who use semiconductor devices, these lectures provide an understanding of the physics that underlies their operation.
For those developing semiconductor technologies these lectures provide a starting point for diving deeper into the physics, chemistry, and materials science relevant to semiconductors.
Those who have taken advanced courses will see how specific topics fit into a broader framework.
Lundstrom, Mark S
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 423 Pages
This book is the fourth volume in the New Era Electronics lecture notes series, a compilation of volumes defining the important concepts tied to the electronics transition happening in the 21st century.The lectures in this volume are about the underlying physics that makes semiconductor devices possible.
The treatment is physical and intuitive - the text is descriptive, not heavily mathematical.
The lectures are designed to be broadly accessible to students in science or engineering and to working engineers.
They present an electrical engineering perspective, but those in other fields may find them a useful introduction to the approach that has guided the development of semiconductor technology for more than 75 years.For those who use semiconductor devices, these lectures provide an understanding of the physics that underlies their operation.
For those developing semiconductor technologies these lectures provide a starting point for diving deeper into the physics, chemistry, and materials science relevant to semiconductors.
Those who have taken advanced courses will see how specific topics fit into a broader framework.
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Global optimization, computation, approximation and applications
Pardalos, Panos M; Rassias, Themistocles M
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 1012 Pages
This unique volume focuses on results devoted to active current research in mathematical analysis with emphasis to optimization and applications.
Effort is made for the featured book chapters to have an interdisciplinary approach to the problems treated.Topics in this book include a wavelet fuzzy optimization model, an optimization model for supply chain networks, nonlinear optimization problems, circuit chains describing a random walk, etc, to name a few.The valuable reference text benefits professionals, academics, graduate students and advanced research scientists in theoretical computer science, computer maths, and general applied maths.
Pardalos, Panos M; Rassias, Themistocles M
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 1012 Pages
This unique volume focuses on results devoted to active current research in mathematical analysis with emphasis to optimization and applications.
Effort is made for the featured book chapters to have an interdisciplinary approach to the problems treated.Topics in this book include a wavelet fuzzy optimization model, an optimization model for supply chain networks, nonlinear optimization problems, circuit chains describing a random walk, etc, to name a few.The valuable reference text benefits professionals, academics, graduate students and advanced research scientists in theoretical computer science, computer maths, and general applied maths.
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Analytic number theory and algebraic asymptotic analysis
Elliott, Jesse
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 805 Pages
This monograph elucidates and extends many theorems and conjectures in analytic number theory and algebraic asymptotic analysis via the natural notions of degree and logexponential degree. The Riemann hypothesis, for example, is equivalent to the statement that the degree of the function p(x) - li(x) is ½, where p(x) is the prime counting function and li(x) is the logarithmic integral function. Part 1 of the text is a survey of analytic number theory, Part 2 introduces the notion of logexponential degree and uses it to extend results in algebraic asymptotic analysis, and Part 3 applies the results of Part 2 to the various functions that figure most prominently in analytic number theory.Central to the notion of logexponential degree are G H Hardy's logarithmico-exponential functions, which are real functions defined in a neighborhood of 8 that can be built from id, exp, and log using the operations +, ·, /, and °.
Such functions are natural benchmarks for the orders of growth of functions in analytic number theory. The main goal of Part 3 is to express the logexponential degree of various functions in analytic number theory in terms of as few 'logexponential primitives' as possible. The logexponential degree of the function e?pp=x(1-?p) - ?log x, for example, can be expressed in terms of that of p(x) - li(x) and vice versa (where ? ˜ 0.5772 is the Euler-Mascheroni constant), despite the fact that very little is known about the logexponential degree of either function separately, even on condition of the Riemann hypothesis.
Elliott, Jesse
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 805 Pages
This monograph elucidates and extends many theorems and conjectures in analytic number theory and algebraic asymptotic analysis via the natural notions of degree and logexponential degree. The Riemann hypothesis, for example, is equivalent to the statement that the degree of the function p(x) - li(x) is ½, where p(x) is the prime counting function and li(x) is the logarithmic integral function. Part 1 of the text is a survey of analytic number theory, Part 2 introduces the notion of logexponential degree and uses it to extend results in algebraic asymptotic analysis, and Part 3 applies the results of Part 2 to the various functions that figure most prominently in analytic number theory.Central to the notion of logexponential degree are G H Hardy's logarithmico-exponential functions, which are real functions defined in a neighborhood of 8 that can be built from id, exp, and log using the operations +, ·, /, and °.
Such functions are natural benchmarks for the orders of growth of functions in analytic number theory. The main goal of Part 3 is to express the logexponential degree of various functions in analytic number theory in terms of as few 'logexponential primitives' as possible. The logexponential degree of the function e?pp=x(1-?p) - ?log x, for example, can be expressed in terms of that of p(x) - li(x) and vice versa (where ? ˜ 0.5772 is the Euler-Mascheroni constant), despite the fact that very little is known about the logexponential degree of either function separately, even on condition of the Riemann hypothesis.
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Nonlinear partial differential equations: techniques and recent developments
Chatterjee, Prasanta; Roy, Kaushik; Mandi, Laxmikanta
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 428 Pages
This book charts a clear and systematic roadmap for nonlinear partial differential equations (NLPDES).
Beginning from the definition of a partial differential equation to the recent developments of nonlinear partial differential equations, this book will be a valuable resource for advanced postgraduate students and researchers in applied mathematics, physics, nonlinear optics, and other engineering disciplines where knowledge of nonlinear differential equations is a must.The book begins with an introductory chapter that briefly describes the developments of linear as well as nonlinear partial differential equations.
Several nonlinear partial differential equations that have emerged in various fields have also been discussed.
Chapter 2 introduces several analytical techniques, including the traveling wave solutions and the similarity solutions of the nonlinear partial differential equations.
In Chapter 3, approximate analytical solutions and semi-analytic solutions are presented, in which solutions of non-integrable or non-autonomous nonlinear partial differential equations are investigated after suitable approximation.
Some recent breakthroughs in semi-analytical approaches such as the Variational iteration method (VIM), Adomian decomposition method (ADM), Homotopy Analysis method (HAM), and Homotopy Perturbation method (HPM) are also explained with examples.
Chapter 4 deals with modern advancements in NLPDE, Painlevé tests, the Inverse Scattering Method, the Lax Pair Method, Darboux Transformation, Bäcklund Transformation, and the Hirota Direct Method.
The focus of this comprehensive monograph is to check the integrability and find analytical solutions for important NLPDEs according to recent developments.
Chatterjee, Prasanta; Roy, Kaushik; Mandi, Laxmikanta
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 428 Pages
This book charts a clear and systematic roadmap for nonlinear partial differential equations (NLPDES).
Beginning from the definition of a partial differential equation to the recent developments of nonlinear partial differential equations, this book will be a valuable resource for advanced postgraduate students and researchers in applied mathematics, physics, nonlinear optics, and other engineering disciplines where knowledge of nonlinear differential equations is a must.The book begins with an introductory chapter that briefly describes the developments of linear as well as nonlinear partial differential equations.
Several nonlinear partial differential equations that have emerged in various fields have also been discussed.
Chapter 2 introduces several analytical techniques, including the traveling wave solutions and the similarity solutions of the nonlinear partial differential equations.
In Chapter 3, approximate analytical solutions and semi-analytic solutions are presented, in which solutions of non-integrable or non-autonomous nonlinear partial differential equations are investigated after suitable approximation.
Some recent breakthroughs in semi-analytical approaches such as the Variational iteration method (VIM), Adomian decomposition method (ADM), Homotopy Analysis method (HAM), and Homotopy Perturbation method (HPM) are also explained with examples.
Chapter 4 deals with modern advancements in NLPDE, Painlevé tests, the Inverse Scattering Method, the Lax Pair Method, Darboux Transformation, Bäcklund Transformation, and the Hirota Direct Method.
The focus of this comprehensive monograph is to check the integrability and find analytical solutions for important NLPDEs according to recent developments.
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Additive and multiplicative number theory
Cai, Tianxin; Ross, Tyler
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 263 Pages
Number theory could be divided into additive number theory and multiplicative number theory.
In this book we raise the so-called additive and multiplicative equation, it is our new creation, and it is the collection and extension of research results by the author in the past decade.
They are related with classical number theory problems.
The contents consists of 7 chapters, i.e., New Waring Problem, New Fermat Problem, Euler's Conjecture, Representations of Integers as Sums of Squares, Figurate Primes and F-Perfect Numbers, abcd Equation and New Congruent Numbers, Additive and Multiplicative Congruences and Other Topics.
Cai, Tianxin; Ross, Tyler
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 263 Pages
Number theory could be divided into additive number theory and multiplicative number theory.
In this book we raise the so-called additive and multiplicative equation, it is our new creation, and it is the collection and extension of research results by the author in the past decade.
They are related with classical number theory problems.
The contents consists of 7 chapters, i.e., New Waring Problem, New Fermat Problem, Euler's Conjecture, Representations of Integers as Sums of Squares, Figurate Primes and F-Perfect Numbers, abcd Equation and New Congruent Numbers, Additive and Multiplicative Congruences and Other Topics.
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The middle-class revolution: a meritocratic strategy for the 21st century
Laszlo Gyorgy, Gyorgy
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 225 Pages
A timely and thought-provoking book, The Middle-Class Revolution offers philosophical insights and practical policy guidelines to the greatest challenges faced by our societies: the shrinking middle classes, the growth of the wealth gap and increasing internal conflict.
Drawing from the experience of Hungary between 2011 and 2021, the author presents how the Hungarian government's meritocratic social and economic policies extended the middle class by nearly 20 percent in just one decade - making the country the most successful in the European Union in rolling back poverty during this period.The book concludes by introducing one of the most comprehensive methods currently available for measuring sustainable development of wellbeing: the Harmonic Development Index.
This exclusively data-driven index is unique in its ability to measure sustainability in all of its important aspects: economic, financial, environmental, work- and knowledge-based, social and demographic.Readers will surely find The Middle-Class Revolution a powerful roadmap for building more equitable, resilient and inclusive societies.
Laszlo Gyorgy, Gyorgy
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 225 Pages
A timely and thought-provoking book, The Middle-Class Revolution offers philosophical insights and practical policy guidelines to the greatest challenges faced by our societies: the shrinking middle classes, the growth of the wealth gap and increasing internal conflict.
Drawing from the experience of Hungary between 2011 and 2021, the author presents how the Hungarian government's meritocratic social and economic policies extended the middle class by nearly 20 percent in just one decade - making the country the most successful in the European Union in rolling back poverty during this period.The book concludes by introducing one of the most comprehensive methods currently available for measuring sustainable development of wellbeing: the Harmonic Development Index.
This exclusively data-driven index is unique in its ability to measure sustainability in all of its important aspects: economic, financial, environmental, work- and knowledge-based, social and demographic.Readers will surely find The Middle-Class Revolution a powerful roadmap for building more equitable, resilient and inclusive societies.
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Pelvic floor ultrasound, 3rd edition
Dietz, Hans Peter
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 224 Pages
Pelvic Floor Ultrasound is a comprehensive guide to the application of ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of pelvic floor disorders.
It provides a detailed explanation of the physics behind ultrasound technology, the instrumentation used, and the optimal techniques for conducting pelvic floor examinations.
A significant portion focuses on advanced imaging methods, particularly 3D and 4D ultrasound, which allow for enhanced visualisation and detailed analysis of pelvic structures.
Maternal birth trauma to levator ani muscle and anal sphincter are a particular focus.
As the use of implants becomes more common in pelvic reconstructive surgery, the book also addresses how ultrasound can be used to evaluate implant positioning and condition.
A central theme is the integration of ultrasound into routine clinical practice, providing guidelines for interpreting ultrasound findings in a variety of pelvic floor disorders to facilitate obstetric audit, urogynaecological surgical interventions and conservative treatments with the aim of enhancing patient outcomes.
Dietz, Hans Peter
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 224 Pages
Pelvic Floor Ultrasound is a comprehensive guide to the application of ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of pelvic floor disorders.
It provides a detailed explanation of the physics behind ultrasound technology, the instrumentation used, and the optimal techniques for conducting pelvic floor examinations.
A significant portion focuses on advanced imaging methods, particularly 3D and 4D ultrasound, which allow for enhanced visualisation and detailed analysis of pelvic structures.
Maternal birth trauma to levator ani muscle and anal sphincter are a particular focus.
As the use of implants becomes more common in pelvic reconstructive surgery, the book also addresses how ultrasound can be used to evaluate implant positioning and condition.
A central theme is the integration of ultrasound into routine clinical practice, providing guidelines for interpreting ultrasound findings in a variety of pelvic floor disorders to facilitate obstetric audit, urogynaecological surgical interventions and conservative treatments with the aim of enhancing patient outcomes.
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Urban and regional air quality: emissions, chemistry, and impacts
Barker, John R; Steiner, Allison L; Wallington, Timothy J
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 487 Pages
This series presents authoritative invited summaries of research on atmospheric chemistry in a changing world.
The summaries range from comprehensive reviews of major subject areas to focused accounts by individual research groups.
The topics may include laboratory studies, field measurements, in situ monitoring and remote sensing, studies of composition, chemical modeling, theories of atmospheric chemistry and climate, feedback mechanisms, emissions and deposition, biogeochemical cycles, and the links between atmospheric chemistry and the climate system at large.This volume has chapters describing research on health effects of air pollution, on kinetics and mechanisms of volatile organic compound oxidation, on the atmospheric chemistry of isoprene, on ground-based mobile monitoring in air quality evaluation, on how political instability and surrounding deserts in Middle Eastern countries affect the urban and regional air quality, and on tropospheric oxidation capacity.
Barker, John R; Steiner, Allison L; Wallington, Timothy J
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 487 Pages
This series presents authoritative invited summaries of research on atmospheric chemistry in a changing world.
The summaries range from comprehensive reviews of major subject areas to focused accounts by individual research groups.
The topics may include laboratory studies, field measurements, in situ monitoring and remote sensing, studies of composition, chemical modeling, theories of atmospheric chemistry and climate, feedback mechanisms, emissions and deposition, biogeochemical cycles, and the links between atmospheric chemistry and the climate system at large.This volume has chapters describing research on health effects of air pollution, on kinetics and mechanisms of volatile organic compound oxidation, on the atmospheric chemistry of isoprene, on ground-based mobile monitoring in air quality evaluation, on how political instability and surrounding deserts in Middle Eastern countries affect the urban and regional air quality, and on tropospheric oxidation capacity.
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Self-similar energies on finitely ramified fractals
Peirone, Roberto
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 492 Pages
This monograph delves into the theory of self-similar energies on finitely ramified self-similar fractals.
Using these self-similar energies, one can construct Laplacians, harmonic functions, Brownian motion, and differential equations specific to these fractals.On finitely ramified fractals, self-similar energies are derived from eigenforms - quadratic forms that are eigenvectors of a special nonlinear operator within a finite-dimensional function space.
The monograph also explores conditions for the existence and uniqueness of these self-similar energies and addresses related problems.
For certain cases, complete solutions are provided.Analysis on fractals began to take shape as a mathematical field in the late 1980s.
Traditionally, the focus of analysis has been on finitely ramified fractals - those in which copies intersect at only finitely many points.
To date, a comprehensive theory for infinitely ramified fractals remains elusive.
Peirone, Roberto
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 492 Pages
This monograph delves into the theory of self-similar energies on finitely ramified self-similar fractals.
Using these self-similar energies, one can construct Laplacians, harmonic functions, Brownian motion, and differential equations specific to these fractals.On finitely ramified fractals, self-similar energies are derived from eigenforms - quadratic forms that are eigenvectors of a special nonlinear operator within a finite-dimensional function space.
The monograph also explores conditions for the existence and uniqueness of these self-similar energies and addresses related problems.
For certain cases, complete solutions are provided.Analysis on fractals began to take shape as a mathematical field in the late 1980s.
Traditionally, the focus of analysis has been on finitely ramified fractals - those in which copies intersect at only finitely many points.
To date, a comprehensive theory for infinitely ramified fractals remains elusive.
