Introduction: Beyond Disunity and Historicism -- “In Order That We Should Not Ourselves Appear to Be Adjusting Our Estimates … to Make Them Fit Some Predetermined Amount” -- Ptolemy’s Theories of the Latitude of the Planets in the Almagest, Handy Tables, and Planetary Hypotheses -- Alchemy and the Changing Significance of Analysis -- Descartes and the Heart Beat: A Conservative Innovati…
The Bridge Between the Ideal and Real Mechanical Properties for Superhard Materials -- Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects of Spontaneus Crystallization of Diamond and Cubic Boron Nitride -- Strain-Induced Disorder and Phase Transformation in Hexagonal Boron Nitride under Quasi-Homogeneous Pressure up to 25 GPa: In-Situ X-Ray Study in a Rotational Diamond Anvil Cell -- Combining Hard with Soft Ma…
Invited Papers -- Nanostructured Materials Based Next Generation Devices and Sensors -- Metal-Induced Crystallization — An Advanced Technology for Producing Polycrystalline Si Films on Foreign Substrates -- Electronic Characterisation and Modelling of Disordered Semiconductors -- Spectroscopy of Rare Earth Ions -- Nanostructured and Advanced Materials for Bio-Applications -- Transmission Elec…
The Philosopher Scientist -- The Concept of Nature -- Physical Understanding -- The Scientist Philosopher -- The Block Universe -- Causation and Determinism -- Conclusion.How do major scientific discoveries reshape their originators’, and our own, sense of reality and concept of the physical world? The Scientist as Philosopher explores the interaction between physics and philosophy. Clearly w…
Targets in Ocular Allergy -- Dry Eye: Inflammation of the Lacrimal Functional Unit -- Ocular Cicatricial Pemphigoid -- Immunomodulation for Corneal Transplantation -- Scleritis -- Clinical Aspects of MALT -- Immunogenetics of Ocular Inflammatory Disease -- Immune Mechanisms in Uveitis -- The Tip of the Iceberg: Current Knowledge of Uveitis in Juvenile Arthritis -- Herpes Viruses in Ocular Infla…
The 2003 International Conference "Hydrogen Materials Science and Chemistry of Carbon Nanomaterials" was held in September 2003. In the tradition of the earlier ICHMS conferences, this meeting served as an interdisciplinary forum for the presentation and discussion of the most recent research on transition to hydrogen-based energy systems, technologies for hydrogen production, storage, utilizat…
Prologue -- Karl von Terzaghi’s Childhood, Youth and his Road to Practice and Theory -- Prelude to the Scandal -- Intermezzo -- The Scandal -- The Further Development -- Epilogue.The Engineer and the Scandal gives an in-depth study into an important part of the development of the Theory of Porous Media as well as the amazing story of the glittering life of Professor Karl von Terzaghi. It prov…
Optical Coherence Tomography Assessment of Macular Oedema -- Fundus Autofluorescence Imaging -- Macular Dystrophies -- Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy(AZOOR) -- Choroidal Folds -- Central Serous Chorioretinopathy -- Aetiology of Late Age-Related Macular Disease -- Photodynamic Therapy: Current Guidelines for the Management of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration -- Intravitreal Inj…
Organization of the Adult Primate Fovea -- Immunology and Age-Related Macular Degeneration -- Photoreceptor Degeneration in Aging and Age-Related Maculopathy -- Genes and Age-Related Macular Degeneration -- Epidemiology of Age-Related Macular Degeneration -- Prevalence and Risk Factors for Age-Related Macular Degeneration in China -- Experimental Models of Macular Degeneration -- Transporters a…
From Normal to Revolutionary Science Education -- Reflections on a Problem Posing Approach -- How Can Large International Comparative Studies Contribute to the Quality of Science Education? -- Towards a More Curricular Focus in International Comparative Studies on Mathematics and Science Education -- 40 Years of Curriculum Development -- Characteristics of Meaningful Chemistry Education -- Cros…