Awarded the Literature Prize of the VCIThis comprehensive textbook describes the synthesis, characterization and technical and engineering applications of polymers. Polymers are unique molecules and have properties different from any other class of materials. We encounter them in everyday life, not only in the form of the well-known, large-volume plastics such as PE or PP or the many other special polymers, some of which are very specifically modified but also in nature as polymeric biomolecu...

This open access book bridges the gap between playing with robots in school and studying robotics at the upper undergraduate and graduate levels to prepare for careers in industry and research. Robotic algorithms are presented formally, but using only mathematics known by high-school and first-year college students, such as calculus, matrices and probability. Concepts and algorithms are explained through detailed diagrams and calculations.

Elements of Robotics presents an overview of differen...

Confidence is good, but to be in control is better! Our journey to write a general introduction to control and feedback started with the realisation that in our chosen field of study the proponents have taken little time to project the main ideas outside the community of the initiated. We are constantly - minded of the fact that there is no general awareness of control engineering, or c- trol technology, despite its ubiquity when we try to introduce ourselves as control engineers. Invariably ...

Seven interviews with leading climate scientists cover both fundamental research (climate modeling, global warming, sea level change, melting of the ice caps, natural hazards) and impact assessment (adaption, mitigation, economic impacts and costs of climate change). Experts on different aspects of the topic explain their own field and give their opinion on general questions concerning climate change. The goal is to provide the reader with first-hand information on the current state of climat...

Familiar combinations of ingredients and processing make the structures that give food its properties. For example in ice cream, the emulsifiers and proteins stabilize partly crystalline milk fat as an emulsion, freezing (crystallization) of some of the water gives the product its hardness and polysaccharide stabilizers keep it smooth. Why different recipes work as they do is largely governed by the rules of physical chemistry.

This textbook introduces the physical chemistry essential to unde...

Over a century ago, psychologists who were fascinated with religion began to study and write about it. People with a background in psychology often lack a solid understanding of the religious traditions they wish to study, and theologians may not be up to date on the latest developments in psychology.

This book is an introductory text on design science, intended to support both graduate students and researchers in structuring, undertaking and presenting design science work. It builds on established design science methods as well as recent work on presenting design science studies and ethical principles for design science, and also offers novel instruments for visualizing the results, both in the form of process diagrams and through a canvas format. While the book does not presume any prior...

Dit boek geeft u een actueel beeld van de behandeling van chronische obstructieve longziekten (COPD). Deze editie, van Rik Gosselink en Marc Decramer, is de opvolger van het eind jaren tachtig verschenen boek Fysiotherapie bij CARA. Sinds die eerste druk hebben er binnen het vakgebied aanzienlijke ontwikkelingen plaatsgevonden die bijvoorbeeld ertoe leidden dat het begrip CARA verdween. Momenteel wordt een onderscheid gemaakt tussen astma en COPD op het gebied van etiologie, pathofysiologie e...

Dit nieuwe leerboek maakt een duidelijke koppeling tussen de theoretische basisconcepten en de klinische praktijk. Met behulp van diverse aansprekende klinische voorbeelden, verdiepingsstof en alledaagse casuïstiek behandelen de auteurs de eigenschappen en functies van honderden moleculen en cellen (zowel de hoofdrolspelers als de figuranten).

In Leerboek immunologie wordt het complexe immuunsysteem van de mens helder en overzichtelijk uiteengezet. In de eerste helft van het boek ligt de nad...

Waar gaat het om in de verpleging en in wat voor soort organisatie werken verpleegkundigen? Wat houdt methodisch werken in? Deze en nog veel meer vragen worden aan de hand van duidelijke voorbeelden beantwoord. Dit boek schetst een helder beeld van het vak waarin de mbo-verpleegkundige, na zijn of haar opleiding, komt te werken en geeft praktische handvatten voor de dagelijkse praktijk. Onderwerpen zoals het verpleegkundig proces, het verpleegplan en het zorgleefplan komen uitvoerig aan bod, ...