This book gives a comprehensive review on thermal metamaterials, an emerging type of artificial structures designed for the control of heat transfer. To date, many exciting findings have been made in this field, including some novel understandings about the heat transfer processes (reciprocity, symmetry, topological properties, etc.), as well as promising new possibilities to control heat (cloaking, rectification, collection, etc.). The text is organized into three segments: steady-state, ...

The stochastic averaging methods are among the most effective and widely applied approximate methods for studying nonlinear stochastic dynamics. Upon an overview of global research on the subject, the book highlights a comprehensive summary of research results obtained by the group led by Professor Weiqiu Zhu at Zhejiang University in China and the group led by Professors Y. K. Lin and G. Q. Cai at Florida Atlantic University in the USA over the past three decades. The books are structured...

The stochastic averaging methods are among the most effective and widely applied approximate methods for studying nonlinear stochastic dynamics. Upon an overview of global research on the subject, the book highlights a comprehensive summary of research results obtained by the group led by Professor Weiqiu Zhu at Zhejiang University in China and the group led by Professors Y. K. Lin and G. Q. Cai at Florida Atlantic University in the USA over the past three decades. The books are structured...

Most scientists are constantly under pressure for reading essential literature, designing new experiments, writing successful proposals and papers, and meeting deadlines. However, imagine that your brain is connected to the entire human knowledge and can extract instantly essential information for discovery. Imagine that research tasks that took days to months can now be done within few seconds. This is not science fiction anymore since the onset of generative artificial intelligence tools...

Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions-from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers-the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals and families to our country, and how these contribute to the agency, growth, and vitality of America. This book was intended to move the discussion of immigration, generally speaking, and of immig...

Do what you do best and let technology do the restTechnology has transformed our lives. Virtually every school and classroom is connected. Why then, has it not transformed education? Consider these five ways educators can begin to optimize classroom technology and rethink its use.See technology as a complement rather than a replacementEmbrace its creation potential over consumption functionEncourage design and personalized...

From #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes a compelling tale of romance and suspense, the first book in a connected duo! (PLAYED is Book #2 of the Deception Duo).Kayla Sheridan had longed for love, marriage and a family. Now, after a miraculous whirlwind courtship with the man of her dreams, she is his wife. But on their wedding night, he vanishes, leaving Kayla with the bitter realization that her desire has made her an easy mark for deception.Nick ...

Keep your friends close …When the long-time bartender at Dooley’s Pub is murdered, the police believe a violent gang of thieves is responsible. But Shauna Murphy, Dooley’s fiery granddaughter, thinks Mack’s killer is someone she knows. In addition to stealing money, the thieves stole her grandfather’s collection of autographed baseballs, leaving behind the only forgery. The lead detective doesn’t take her seriously, and Shauna reluctantly turns to long-time family ...

Grappling with hidden family secrets, forbidden passions, and a business in peril, the adopted daughter of a Louisiana mogul must confront the past to bring peace back to her hometown.The adopted daughter of the most powerful man in town, Schyler Crandall was a brokenhearted girl when she left Heaven, Louisiana. Now a crisis has brought her home to a family in conflict, a logging empire on the brink of disaster, and seething secrets that make Heaven hotter than hel...

In a gripping novel of atmospheric suspense from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson, a woman returns to her Texas hometown to confront deadly lies . . .The town of Bad Luck, Texas, is home to all kinds of secrets. Shelby Cole had her share, before she left to start a new life. After almost ten years away, a mysterious package arrives at her Seattle home. There’s no return address, just a photograph of a little girl. Shelby knows imm...

From a New York Times bestselling author, a savvy attorney in small-town Texas will stop at nothing to catch the man who murdered her mother in this steamy thriller.Lawyer Alexandra Gaither revisits the three men who were with her mother the night she died twenty-five years ago. None of their charms can stop Alex's determined search for the truth–she's not leaving without one of them being arrested and convicted.When Alex's investigation uncovers d...

"Powerful and absorbing! Sheer hold-your-breath suspense." NYT Bestselling Author Karen RobardsEverything she's been told about her past is a lie ...Julie De Marco is planning a perfect San Francisco wedding when she comes face-to-face with a famous photograph, the startling inage of a little girl behind the iron gate of a foreign orphanage -- a girl who looks exactly like her. But Julia isn't an orphan. She isn't adopted....