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This introductory and self-contained book gathers as much explicit mathematical results on the linear-elastic and heat-conduction  solutions in the neighborhood of singular points in two-dimensional domains, and  singular edges and vertices in three-dimensional domains. These are presented in an  engineering terminology for practical usage. The author treats the mathematical   formulations from an engineering viewpoint and presents high-order finite-element  methods for the computation of singular solutions in isotropic and anisotropic materials,  and multi-material interfaces.  The proper interpretation of the results in engineering practice  is advocated, so that the computed data can be correlated to experimental observations.   The book is divided into fourteen chapters, each containing several sections. Most of it (the first nine Chapters) addresses two-dimensional domains, where only singular points exist. The solution in a vicinity of these points admits an asymptotic expansion composed of eigenpairs and associated generalized flux/stress intensity factors (GFIFs/GSIFs), which are being computed analytically when possible or by finite element methods otherwise. Singular points associated with weakly coupled thermoelasticity in the vicinity of singularities are also addressed and thermal GSIFs are computed. The computed data is important in engineering practice for predicting failure initiation in brittle materials on a daily basis.  Several failure laws for two-dimensional domains with V-notches are presented and their validity is examined by comparison to experimental observations. A sufficient simple and reliable condition for predicting failure initiation (crack formation) in micron level electronic devices, involving singular points, is still a topic of active research and interest, and is addressed herein.   Explicit singular solutions in the vicinity of vertices and edges in three-dimensional domains are provided in the remaining five chapters. New methods for the computation of generalized edge flux/stress intensity functions along  singular edges are presented and demonstrated by several example  problems from the field of fracture mechanics; including anisotropic domains and bimaterial interfaces. Circular edges are also presented and the author concludes with  some remarks on open questions. This well illustrated book will appeal to both applied  mathematicians and engineers working in the field of fracture mechanics and  singularities.

Boundary value problems. --- Singularities (Mathematics). --- Singularities (Mathematics) --- Boundary value problems --- Mathematics --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Mathematics - General --- Calculus --- Applied Physics --- Differential equations, Elliptic. --- Elasticity. --- Elastic properties --- Young's modulus --- Elliptic differential equations --- Elliptic partial differential equations --- Linear elliptic differential equations --- Boundary conditions (Differential equations) --- Mathematics. --- Computer mathematics. --- Applied mathematics. --- Engineering mathematics. --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis. --- Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. --- Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering. --- Mathematical physics --- Matter --- Statics --- Rheology --- Strains and stresses --- Strength of materials --- Geometry, Algebraic --- Differential equations, Linear --- Differential equations, Partial --- Differential equations --- Functions of complex variables --- Initial value problems --- Properties --- Computer science --- Mechanics, applied. --- Mathematical and Computational Engineering. --- Engineering --- Engineering analysis --- Mathematical analysis --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Computer mathematics --- Discrete mathematics --- Electronic data processing --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory

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This book investigates the dialogic nature of research articles from the perspective of discourse analysis, based on theories of dialogicity. It proposes a theoretical and applied framework for the understanding and exploration of scientific dialogicity. Focusing on some dialogic components, among them citations, concession, inclusive we and interrogatives, a combined model of scientific dialogicity is proposed, that reflects the place and role of various linguistic structures against the background of various theoretical approaches to dialogicity. Taking this combined model

Dialogue analysis. --- Technical writing. --- Academic writing. --- Rhetoric. --- Language and languages --- Speaking --- Authorship --- Expression --- Literary style --- Learned writing --- Scholarly writing --- Engineering --- Science --- Scientific writing --- Technology --- Communication of technical information --- Analysis of dialogue --- DA (Interpersonal communication) --- Interpersonal communication --- Oral communication --- Rhetoric

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This open access book offers a new management meta-theory to replace Taylorism. It presents a new paradigm in management thinking and a new, practical organizational model for implementing it in our personal and working lives, in our companies, in our communities and nations, and in a sustainable global order. It will offer an understanding of why and how "thinking-as-usual" is failing both business and political leaders in these new times, and it will advocate new thinking and new management practices that are so radically new that they turn everything we have taken for granted inside out and upside down. This new management model is called "Quantum Management Theory" because it is rooted in the new paradigm bequeathed to us by quantum physics and its younger sibling, complexity science.

Management --- Quantum theory. --- Mathematical models. --- Philosophy. --- Quantum dynamics --- Quantum mechanics --- Quantum physics --- Physics --- Mechanics --- Thermodynamics --- Open Access --- Quantum age --- Haier --- Quantum Leadership --- Innovation

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This book focuses on the use of GIScience in conjunction with historical visual sources to resolve past scenarios. The themes, knowledge gained and methodologies conducted might be of interest to a variety of scholars from the social science and humanities disciplines.

land use/land cover (LULC) --- landscapes --- historical maps --- Geographic Information System (GIS) --- agriculture --- vineyards --- olive groves --- Ein Karem --- Bethlehem --- Hebron --- urban geomorphology --- anthropogenic landforms --- old maps --- contour lines --- Genoa --- historical GIS --- HGIS --- GIS tools --- fishnet --- grid --- urban morphology --- Inoh’s map --- coastlines --- terrain --- land use --- uncertainty --- visibility --- topographic accessibility --- Central Europe --- information system --- Vltava River --- geolocation --- photographs --- historical visual sources --- graph embeddings --- geospatial descriptors --- indexing and retrieval of historical data --- GIS --- carbon balance --- rural landscape --- total environment --- historical geography --- GIScience --- visual sources --- spatial approaches --- cartography

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When the ?rst edition of this book was published in 2004, the following year 2005 has happened to have been the warmest year since 1880, when the ?rst reliable worldwide instrumental records came into existence. Claiming no li- age between the publication of our book and the temperature record, yet this record demonstrates the trend of increase in the global surface temperatures during thepast20years,reinforcedbyevidenceofriseofatmosphere’sand oceans’ temperatures, and increased melting of ice and snow in the arctic and antarctic regions as well as on mountain tops. All these observations are par- leled by the increase in the quantity of heat trapping gases in the atmosphere, causing most probably, the global greenhouse effect. In order to try and predict, what might be the impact of this effect on the on the natural and human environments of the Near East, (Figs. 1–1d) the authors adopted the saying that the past is the key for the future. The practical conclusion of this principle says that the acquiring knowledge of the impact of past climate changes on the nature and human societies, may allow conclusions with regard to future possible impact of climate changes. By correlating proxy data of all types, paleo-sea and lake levels, paleo-hydrology, pollen pro?les, environmental isotopes as well as archaeological and historical documents, the authors tried to collect as much as possible of this knowledge.

Environment. --- Climatology. --- History. --- Geography. --- Climate change. --- Geoecology. --- Environmental geology. --- Anthropology. --- Climate Change. --- History, general. --- Geography, general. --- Geoecology/Natural Processes. --- Middle East --- Human beings --- Geoecology --- Environmental protection --- Physical geology --- Changes, Climatic --- Climate change --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Climate --- Climate science --- Science of climate --- Meteorology --- Environmental aspects --- Climate and civilization --- Civilization and climate --- Civilization --- Changes in climate --- Climate change science --- Climatic changes. --- Ecology. --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Ecology --- Climate sciences --- Atmospheric science --- Asia, South West --- Asia, Southwest --- Asia, West --- Asia, Western --- East (Middle East) --- Eastern Mediterranean --- Fertile Crescent --- Levant --- Mediterranean Region, Eastern --- Mideast --- Near East --- Northern Tier (Middle East) --- South West Asia --- Southwest Asia --- West Asia --- Western Asia --- Orient --- Primitive societies --- Global environmental change --- Social sciences