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Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is a novel non-invasive technique for diagnosis of pancreatic-biliary disease. Each example is purposefully used to stress important technical features, to give practical advice, or to discuss the role of MRCP in specific clinical situations.

This book answers such questions as: Under what conditions could a market-based approach help decrease emissions and lead to sustainable economic growth? What investment strategies should be promoted via the Kyoto protocol and the EU Emission Trading Scheme?

This book focuses on the application of earthquake engineering to offshore infrastructures. It covers a wide range of topics, from seismology to the seismic performance of arctic structures.

This book touches on an area seldom explored: the mathematical underpinnings of the relational database. It is the first book to explain the underlying math in a way that's accessible to database professionals.

In teaching linear statistical models to first-year graduate students or to final-year undergraduate students there is no way to proceed smoothly without matrices and related concepts of linear algebra;

This well-illustrated book presents many applications of special relativity, from particle physics to astrophysics, to Sagnac gyrometers and GPS, as well as mathematical developments such as the detailed analysis of the Lorentz group and its Lie algebra.

With several tutorials of increasing complexity, accompanied by texts explaining further theory, this third edition is an "all-in-one" combination of basic theory and practical exercises on digital photogrammetry.

This book explains non-locality and its relationship to causality and probability in quantum theory. It displays foundational characteristics of quantum physics to understand conceptual origins of the unusual nature of quantum phenomena.

This book introduces a general conceptual framework for the analysis of movement data from various sources. It illustrates all algorithms and methods with the help of sample applications from various domains.

This volume contributes to the scholarship on educational change through its analysis of a curriculum innovation program for general education in Peking University. It examines conflicts that arose during program implementation and how these conflicts evolved.

This book examines the physics of transformation of internal structures of diamonds subjected to high-temperature and high-pressure treatment and discusses how these transformations can be detected using methods of optical microscopy and spectroscopy.

This is a detailed guide to performing open, endoscopic, and robotic thyroidectomy techniques safely and effectively. Includes step-by-step coverage of surgical procedures and techniques plus pre-op set-up, draping, complications and 200 color illustrations.

This text and atlas depicts a broad range of the most important and most challenging melanocytic lesions. Each individual case is illustrated with at least three high-quality color photographs and is commented on at length, highlighting the diagnostic clues.

This atlas presents anatomical descriptions of the xylem, bark and pith of more than 260 species belonging to over 65 families. It highlights the anatomical diversity found in the Eastern Mediterranean region, with a focus on the island of Cyprus.

This book covers the systematic classification of parallel mechanisms (PMs) as well as provides a large number of mechanical architectures of PMs available for use in practical applications. It focuses on the kinematic design of parallel robots.

The globalization of everyday business and increasing international trade lead to a growing need to improve national and international business collaborations and transactions. They then apply them to build business use application components deployed as web services.

This book documents the use of methods that put a value on cultural goods, including theater, cultural events, museums, archeological sites, and libraries. The author sets forth the advantages and disadvantages of each method using case studies to illustrate how they work.

For instance, ifG is the 1 N group of projective transformations of E , then the property ofS being a circle is geometric forG but not forG , while the property of being a conic or a straight 0 1 line is geometric for bothG andG .

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women, and its prevalence has been steadily rising in recent decades. This book describes morphologic and kinetic signs that are important in the analysis of breast MR images before and after contrast administration and in various pulse sequences.

Companies are what they measure and the selection of good performance indicators is not an easy process. This monograph suggests how to identify indicators that achieve a balance in these effects and enhance long-term profitability. It focuses on the designing of a Performance Measurement System (PMS).

This book, written by a leader in neural network theory in Russia, uses mathematical methods in combination with complexity theory, nonlinear dynamics and optimization. It details more than 40 years of Soviet and Russian neural network research and presents a systematized methodology of neural networks synthesis.

This book delivers a thorough and essential analysis of current economic policy, transformation and legislative changes in Libya. The authors answer many questions about Libya's distinctive society and economic system and explain the necessity for the major restructuring of the Libyan economy which is currently in process.

By shifting the two voices involved in the online panel communication, the author approaches market research not only by way of facts, figures and plain statistical evidence but also by way of interpretation of the rhetoric of the online surveying act.