This is just a small selection of the questions that Luca and Andreas faced on their Football trips across Europe—questions answered in this book. During their journeys, they visited everything from amateur pitches to Euroleague matches. The full spectrum of football, along with its thrilling, hilarious, exhausting, and above all exhilarating backdrop, is vividly portrayed here, illustrated with numerous photos. And as a special treat, the book includes plenty of QR codes linking to videos...

This book presents the synthetic methodologies as well as the properties and potential usage of various ruthenium-containing materials. Starting from the first examples of 'ruthenopolymers' reported in the 1970s to the 3D architectures now synthesized, these materials have shown their importance far beyond fundamental polymer science. As well as highlighting the remarkable properties and versatile applications, this book also addresses a key question related to the applications of such hea...

A 'safe space' is both a precondition, and one of the effects, of efforts of inclusiveness and egalitarian access to education. By creating safe spaces for learning and unlearning, researchers and practitioners have been working to strengthen the purpose of schools and universities, where education and learning are intended for everyone, with the goal of increasing critical thinking and valuing difference.Re-Conceptualizing Safe Spaces broadens the idea of a safe space tha...

In recent years, the utilization of terpyridines both in macromolecular structure assembly and device chemistry has exploded, enabling, forexample, supramolecular polymer architectures with switchable chemical and physical properties as well as novel functional materialsfor optoelectronic applications such as light-emitting diodes and solar cells. Further applications include the usage of terpyridines and theirmetal complexes as catalysts for asymmetric organic reactio...

This is an introductory textbook at graduate or advanced undergraduate level. Students with diverse backgrounds, in mathematics, physics and computer science, can use it to become acquainted with the quantum theory of information. Its scope is deliberately chosen to be not too broad, while being self-consistent and usable for a semester-long course for beginners. The subject is presented using a balanced mix of intuitive arguments and rigorous formalism. The emphasis is not on the physical...

Explore modern characterization methods and new applications in this modern overview of supramolecular polymer chemistrySupramolecular Polymers and Assemblies: From Synthesis to Properties and Applications delivers a superlative summary and description of general concepts and definitions in the field. The book offers informative and accessible treatments of crucial concepts like metal-containing compounds, hydrogen bonding, ionic interactions, pi-pi stacki...

An Introduction to Redox Polymers for Energy-Storage ApplicationsPresents a well-founded introduction to the field or Redox Polymers, with didactical features like summary boxes and a Q&A sectionsAn Introduction to Redox Polymers for Energy-Storage Applications discusses fundamental aspects related to polymer-based batteries, such as types of batteries, their historic development, design and synthesis criteria of the active materia...

Ning Cai was an eminent mathematician, engineer and computer scientist who made many significant contributions to information theory. In particular, his work on network coding theory created a new research direction for the community.Prof. Cai’s passion for science inspired his collaborators across the fields of classical and quantum information theory, combinatorics, computation, post-Shannon theory, and coding theory, and the contributions in this volume reflect his success as a ...

This book presents the outcomes of the trans- and interdisciplinary research project NEMo (Nachhaltige Erfüllung von Mobilitätsbedürfnissen im ländlichen Raum - Sustainable Fulfilment of Mobility Needs in Rural Areas). Due to demographic change, it is becoming increasingly difficult for rural districts and communities to maintain a basic set of public transport services such as bus and train transit without encountering issues regarding necessary social participation, sensible regional val...

A heartwarming double collection of romances from Mills and Boon!Including the collectionsUnexpected Surprises and Romantic EscapesIncluding the titles:Unexpected Surprises: A Royal HeirUnexpected Surprises: A Forever FamilyUnexpected Surprises: New BeginningsUnexpected Surprises: One Miracle NightUnexpected Surprises: Their Surprise GiftRomantic Escapes: GreeceRoma...

Blink is a collection of poems exploring the relationship between time, language and emotion. In one breath, we describe aeons of complex existence; in another, we delve into the richness of our most private thoughts and feelings. In a life which seems limited by the constant ticking of time, is time the only steady companion we have? Performed by an ensemble cast of narrators, this collection celebrates humanity and our voices.

Commissioner Mike Vittedek thought the nightmare was over. But then he's called to a crime scene that chills him to the bone:A gruesomely mutilated body bearing the unmistakable signature of an old serial killer.Yet, that killer has been behind bars for years.The same signatures, the same perversion – the murder spree seems to be continuing.Mike faces an insoluble riddle.When forensic expert Lena Sebö appears, they jointly come to a shocking realisat...