This book presents current results in bio-mechanical systems and materials, including prostheses, implants, medical operation robots and muscular re-training systems. Covers their mechanical properties, and the interaction of materials with mechanical systems.

This book presents the latest results related to experimental and numerical investigations of advanced materials and structures. It covers the fields of mechanical, civil and materials engineering.

This book is a very concise introduction to the basic knowledge of scientific publishing. It starts with the basics of writing a scientific paper, and recalls the different types of scientific documents. In gives an overview on the major scientific publishing companies and different business models. The book also introduces to abstracting and indexing services and how they can be used for the evaluation of science, scientists, and institutions. Last but not least, this short book faces the problem of plagiarism and publication ethics.

The idea of this monograph is to present the latest results related to design and computation of engineering materials and structures. The contributions cover the classical fields of mechanical, civil and materials engineering up to biomechanics and advanced materials processing and optimisation.