Preface: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces in China Forum

Preface: Overview of the forum on functional inorganic materials.

Inorganic Chemistry is pleased to present a Forum on Functional Inorganic Materials. A recent workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation highlighted these materials and their technological impact (Prog. Solid State Chem. 2008, 36, 1-133). As the report makes clear, we are presently at the halfway point of the solid-state century [The Solid State Century. Sci Am. 1997, 8 (1)], in whic...

Preface to Forum Issue 12: Authenticity

Preface: bone graft materials.

Bone grafting is the second most commonly performed procedure next to blood transfusion. Every year, 500,000 bone graft procedures are performed in the Unites States alone and 2.2 million procedures are performed worldwide. Th e approximate cost of these procedures is US$2.5 billion. Autograft is still considered the gold standard for bone grafting. Allografts and xenografts are commonly used. ...

Preface: numerical and applied linear algebra

This special issue of Advances in Computational Mathematics is devoted to Numerical and Applied Linear Algebra, which is an important area of mathematics and a fundamental part of engineering and computational science problems. One of the main tools of this area is matrices, properties of which are studied and computations of them are performed, with different methods, in a variety of applicati...

political economy of china in central asia

this research is about the political economy of china in central asia. in this research the political & economic interactions affected on chinas political economy in central asia are examined. chinas goal of presence in central asia including political-security, economic and energy goals is described in one part. in another part, the trade relations between china and central asian countries ar...