1 Table of Contents: “... Introduction; 1.2 VLSI: Past, Present, and Future Roadmap; 1.3 The Interconnect Problem in VLSI; 1.4 The Long...”

2 “... of circuits that have increased in importance in the past decade. Furthermore, the text is enhanced...”

3 “... properties - have revolutionized the landscape of optical science and engineering over the past decades...”

4 “... Frequency (RF) design techniques and applications have greatly expanded over the past decade. This Second...”

5 “... operations. In the past hundred years, many theories have been proposed for control system design. However...”

6 “..., during the past few decades, research aimed at the development of thermally powered adsorption cooling...”