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This work deals with the search for signatures of non-Gaussianities in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and adapts complementary methods stemming from the field of complexity science to CMB data analysis.

This thesis describes research into the mode of function, inhibition, and evolution of the ribosomal catalytic center, the Peptidyl Transferase Center (PTC)--research that has already led to attempts at improving PTC antibiotics.

Using digital in-line holography for the first time, this thesis has been nominated for a Springer prize and achieves a complete three-dimensional and real-time motion analysis of Ulva zoospores, both in solution and in the vicinity of different surfaces.

Other topics covered include a study of some simple one dimensional basis sets and the presentation of two methods for band structure calculation using localized basis sets, both of which have important implications for the use of localized basis sets within LS-DFT.

This book examines several state-of-the-art coherent spin manipulation experiments in III-V quantum dots. It offers a key element for future quantum networks based on quantum repeaters and quantum teleportation techniques.

This book reveals that human temporal patterns of interaction significantly affect the traditional view of social networks, shifting from a very steady to a highly complex entity. It reveals new features of how complex social networks develop over time.

This innovative volume investigates muonium-antimuonium oscillations in an extended, minimal supersymmetric standard model. The text helps establish relationships between the experimental result of the muonium-antimuonium oscillation process and model parameters.

This book covers geometric architecture and tectonic evolution of the Permian series, using seismic interpretation, field studies and 2D restoration of representative cross sections to show the interaction of multiphase extension, inversion and salt diapirism.

In this book, the author conducts extensive spectroscopy experiments beyond the bounds of each transition element to clarify origins of characteristic spectral features and charge dynamics in charge-spin-orbital coupled phenomena in Mott-transition oxides.

This book presents an investigation of the anomalous and topological Hall effects in some itinerant ferromagnets and helimagnets by measuring Hall effects driven by electrical or heat current.

As the concept of Green Chemistry becomes ever more important, the findings presented in this book may provide efficient and atom-economical approaches to the diversity-oriented synthesis of bioactive compounds containing a complex structure.

This thesis addresses the development of a new force spectroscopy tool, correlation force spectroscopy (CFS) for the measurement of the properties of very small volumes of material (molecular to m3) at kHz-MHz frequency range.

This thesis investigates ultracold molecules as a resource for novel quantum many-body physics, in particular by utilizing their rich internal structure and strong, long-range dipole-dipole interactions.

This book explores the relaxation dynamics of inner-valence-ionized diatomic molecules on the basis of extreme-ultraviolet pump-probe experiments performed at the free-electron laser (FEL) in Hamburg.

This thesis focuses on the dynamics of autonomous Boolean networks, on the basis of Boolean logic functions in continuous time without external clocking.

Addressing an energy technology issue of huge relevance and complexity, this thesis explores catalytic and gas-phase combustion characteristics in channel-flow, platinum-coated microreactors, focusing on methane and propane microreactor/microturbine concepts.

The author used a combination of global optimization techniques - coupled with a Gupta-type empirical many-body potential - and Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations to study the structures, bonding and chemical ordering, as well as investigate the chemisorptions of hydrogen and carbon monoxide on bimetallic clusters.

This thesis describes the studies on the solar interior where turbulent thermal convection plays an important role. The author solved, for the first time, one of the long-standing issues in solar physics, i.e., the maintenance mechanism of the solar differential rotation in the near-surface shear layer.

This thesis discusses the privacy issues in speech-based applications such as biometric authentication, surveillance, and external speech processing services. Pathak presents solutions for privacy-preserving speech processing applications such as speaker verification, speaker identification and speech recognition.

This book investigates carbon nucleophiles in selenocyclisations, as well as reaction protocols for performing such reactions catalytically. Details electrophilic selenium-mediated reactions and strategies using selenium catalysts and more.

This book describes a new approach for cell analysis by the rapid developing microfluidic technology. It develops a new analysis platform which combined microfluidic devices with mass spectrometry to determine the trace compounds secreted by cells.

The book constitutes an extraordinary innovative research approach in transferring the concepts and methods of complex systems to risk research. It ambitiously bridges the barriers between theoretical, empirical and methodical research work.

This book analyzes different limits of high-speed permanent magnet machines, as well as their modeling and design. It identifies and systematizes both the mechanical and electromagnetics phenomena that take precedence in high-speed permanent magnet machines.

This book examines the synthetic strategy of porous monolithic materials via the sol-gel method accompanied by phase separation. It includes many electron micrographs, helping general readers to understand the pore structures of the materials.

This book examines some of the most fundamental and outstanding questions in nanoscience from a theoretical computational perspective. It features interdisciplinary applications for chemistry, physics, and materials science.

This book provides an account of the strides taken to increase the synthetic accessibility of donor-acceptor mechanically interlocked molecules by the application of efficient and ultra mild chemical transformations during their template-directed synthesis.

This thesis details the significant progress made in improving the performance of organic transistors and the network conductivity of carbon nanotubes. This advancing field represents an important step towards the realization of large area organic circuity.

This book examines the manipulation of polymer chemical structure and composition to tune scaffold physical properties and optimization of scaffold 3D architecture by a smart use of both fabrication techniques.

This book addresses a large number of open problems in the nanosciences. It examines some of the most advanced and studied supramolecular systems in order to develop better systems.