In the past five years photoluminescence (PL) of SWNTs has gone from discoveryto one of the most actively researched areas, with broad impact on the basic scienceof SWNTs, as well as the promise of applications. The simplest free-carrier models ofperfect semiconducting ...

Chapter 22 traces the history of film adaptions of Hong Kong comics, locally known as manhua, from the late 1940s to the present, from Kiddy Cheung (adapted as The Kid) to McMug Comics (adapted as the McDull film series). Through the examination of selected comics-to-fi...

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Les auteurs analysent les effets de l'intégration des marchés financiers sur la répartition du capital de risque au sein d'une institution financière ainsi que ses implications pour la liquidité des marchés de courtiers. Ils montrent qu'une intégration accrue des marché...

Inductors are a key component for voltage regulators and its on-chip integration could significantly improve their performance and scalability capabilities. However, innovative microfabrication processes have yet to be developed in order to miniaturise the inductors whi...

1. Foreword 2. Acknowledgements 3. Chapter 1. Key concepts 4. Chapter 2. Historical overview of pronunciation 5. Chapter 3. A pedagogical perspective on L2 phonetic acquisition 6. Chapter 4. Pronunciation errors and error gravity 7. Chapter 5. Pronunciation instruction ...

Do you have the tools to address recent challenges and problems in modern computer networks? Discover a unified view of auction theoretic applications and develop auction models, solution concepts, and algorithms with this multidisciplinary review. Devise distributed, d...

This volume brings together empirical and conceptual papers that go beyond questions of idea generation to account for the dynamics of idea development, judgement, and dissemination – processes which are at the heart of organizing for innovation.